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Missoula nonprofit awarded $250K to aid new farmers; workshop is Wednesday – 3/4

March 4, 2015 /

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Our overall population of farmers is aging rapidly and we need to be replenishing that pool with young people if we want Montana to remain an agricultural state.

If you are thinking about getting your hands dirty and making a living off the land, now is the time.

The Community Food and Agriculture Coalition, a nonprofit organization in Missoula, has been awarded a $250,000 grant to expand training for beginning farmers and ranchers in the state.

The money came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, which went to only 30 organizations in the country this year.

DAVID ERICKSON

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