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Dropping in to share that many of the newly established USDA Regional Food Business Centers have announced grant opportunities.

Be sure to check out the article below to learn more. They've created a resource to support regional food business planning with technical guidance and grant funding. Whether you're building your own food enterprise or collaborating with one, you might find this financial and technical aid incredibly helpful. Don't forget to subscribe to their email list to stay informed about upcoming opportunities in your area.

Summer has been busy for SCI as surely it has been for you on the farm. I just wrapped a jam-packed farm tour of the Upper Midwest that included attending our annual Soil & Climate Alliance (SCA) meeting in Minneapolis.

I’m writing in from the road where I’ll be for eight weeks this summer visiting SCI farms all over North America. The first part of my tour was in Kansas wheat country before heading to see pasture poultry farms in Kentucky.

With spring in full force, we know it’s BUSY on the farm. Time at your desk making budgets and projections, in the shop readying equipment, and in the tractor preparing fields and planting seed. On top of all that, it’s also when most SCI Farmers are deciding on how they plan to build soil health this growing season.