For Specialty Crops Grant Apps

The Connecticut Department of Agriculture is requesting grant applications for projects that solely enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. Specialty crops are defined by the USDA as "fruits and vegetables, dried fruit, tree nuts, maple syrup, honey, horticulture, and nursery crops, including floriculture."

Projects can last up to three years and must benefit the specialty crop industry as a whole.

Applications are due via e-mail to the State Department of Agriculture by May 17, 2011.

Training workshops will be held around Connecticut to help potential applicants develop a project and quality application, including:
 
Friday, March 11, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
CT Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven

Thursday, March 24, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Middlesex County Extension Center, Haddam

Saturday, April 2, 9 to 11 a.m.
CT Ag Experiment Station Valley Lab, Windsor

Monday, April 11, 1 to 3 p.m.
Litchfield County Extension Center, Torrington

Additional information can also be found on the Specialty Crop Block Grant page at  http://www.ct.gov/doag/cwp/view.asp?a=3243&q=451174.