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Federal Tipoffs Involving Oregon Newsletter for Sunday January 07, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Agricultural Marketing Service: USDA Partners With Oregon to Award $5.9 Million to Strengthen Food Supply Chain Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release on Jan. 2, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has a cooperative agreement with Oregon under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). Through this agreement, USDA and Oregon are working together to offer $5.9 million in competitive grant funding for projects designed to build resilience   more

Natural Resources Conservation Service Oregon Announces Funding Available for Organic Transition Initiative
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on Jan. 2, 2024: * * * Apply by February 2, 2024 * * * The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Oregon announces funding available for the Organic Transition Initiative. Apply by February 2 to be considered in the current round of funding. The Organic Transition Initiative (OTI) helps farmers during the organic transiti  more

NOAA: New Funding Reinvigorates Efforts to Recover Upper Willamette River Chinook Salmon and Steelhead
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Habitat Conservation issued the following news: * * * With $27 million in funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, NOAA is supporting four major projects to bring threatened salmon and trout species back to Oregon's Willamette River watershed. * * * An influx of $27 million from the Office of Habitat Conservation under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Infl  more