NYS Beginning Farmer Grant Webinar
Event Details
Date
January 15, 2025
Time
5:30pm-7:30pm
Location
zoom
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureElizabeth Higgins
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email Elizabeth Higgins
NYS Beginning Farmer Grant Webinar
Are you planning to apply to the NYS Beginning Farmer Grant Program, but you have hit a wall in completing the application? This webinar is for you. Meet with Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators statewide who are providing support to farmers applying for this program. We will anticipate that prior to attending you will have reviewed the NYS FVI webinar that provides an overview of the program or reviewed the RFP/application.
We will cover:
- Any updated guidance from NYS Farm Viability about the program, based on questions they have received.
- Tips for putting your best food forward in your application
- Project management - if you get funded what happens next?
- Overall Q&A for the program - come with questions!!! Where are you stuck?
We will then break attendees into smaller groups to allow for Q&A with CCE staff to help with specific questions, by ag sector/commodity.
To Register: Webinar Registration Link
This program is being offered by the Eastern NY Commercial Hort Team, The Lake Erie Grape Program, The Cornell Vegetable Team, CCE Broome, CCE Onondaga, CCE Tompkins, CCE Harvest NY, The Lake Ontario Fruit Team and other CCE Educators around NYS.

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