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Funding Sources for Food-Related Businesses, Eighth Edition
The Funding Sources for Food-Related Businesses is a directory created to support and beneft food-related business. The directory includes sources of local, regional, and national fnance opportunities that may be available to producers,...
A Community Guide to Organizing Small FarmsMembers only
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Since 1976, the American Friends Service Committee’s New Mexico program has identified with the struggles of local people to empower themselves, with particular attention to water and land use, and the need to support traditional ways of life.
Your Guide to FSA Farm LoansMembers only
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This guide was written for people who need assistance starting, expanding, or owning a farm or ranch. This guide will help you identify concerns and questions you may have before you start the loan process.
American Rescue Plan Second Anniversary Report
The American Rescue Plan has helped to power one of the strongest and most equitable recoveries on record while making investments that position our nation for economic success in the coming decades. Over the last year, American Rescue Plan programs...
MBDA Seeking Applications for SSBCI TA FundsMembers only
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MBDA is seeking proposals for its $93.5 million Capital Readiness Program grant competition to help minority and other underserved entrepreneurs launch and scale their businesses. This Program will provide funding to incubators, accelerators, and...
Building a Clean Energy Economy Members only
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The Inflation Reduction Act makes a historic commitment to build a new clean energy economy, powered by American innovators, American workers, and American manufacturers, that will create good-paying union jobs and cut the pollution that is fueling...
U.S. Treasury Approves Eleven Additional SSBCI State PlansMembers only
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the approval of state plans for Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, and Utah under the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI). Treasury...
Business Oregon to Offer Free SSBCI WebinarsMembers only
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Business Oregon is offering several free webinars about the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) program in September. See Business Oregon's website for descriptions of the webinar content, registration information, and additional details...
Cannabis Administration And Opportunity ActMembers only
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The comprehensive legislation would end federal cannabis prohibition by removing cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act; empower states to create their own cannabis laws; ensure federal regulation protects public health and safety; and...
Treasury SSBCI FAQs Updated 07-25-2022
This document outlines the U.S. Department of the Treasury's State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Frequently Asked Questions which were updated on July 25, 2022.
Treasury SSBCI FAQs Updated 06-22-2022
This document outlines the U.S. Department of the Treasury's State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Frequently Asked Questions which were updated on June 22, 2022. Some of the questions answered in this document include the upcoming SSBCI...
Food Innovation: Investing to Feed Our FutureMembers only
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The Franklin Templeton Institute, a global investment management organization, released its latest insights paper, “Food innovation: Investing to feed our future,” focusing on the innovation and investments needed to feed a growing global population...
Treasury SSBCI Capital Program Reporting Guidance
This Capital Program Reporting Guidance details the reporting and document retention requirements for jurisdictions that receive SSBCI funding. Treasury will create an online portal that participating jurisdictions must use to submit reporting data....