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<div style=""><font face="Montserrat, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The </font><font face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Community Food and Agriculture Coalition
(CFAC) is accepting Field Tested mini-</font><font face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">grant applications </font><b style="font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">through
November 1. </b><font face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> These grants are funded via the Montana Department of Agriculture and are designed for beginning specialty crop producers with operations that could
benefit from up to $5,000 in funding for on-farm efficiencies and production improvements. Apply for your farm and help spread the word to farmers who would benefit from this program. </font><br>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="Montserrat,sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:17px">Full details are <a href="https://www.missoulacfac.org/programs/farmer-support/field-tested-mini-grants/" title="https://www.missoulacfac.org/programs/farmer-support/field-tested-mini-grants/" target="_blank">on
our website</a>, and the application is available <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSel_rWbhREAB5UfKBnFmeJCOjBqSZS5pvl6OWesdCR6f23Oow/viewform" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSel_rWbhREAB5UfKBnFmeJCOjBqSZS5pvl6OWesdCR6f23Oow/viewform" target="_blank">right
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="Montserrat,sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:17px">-Apply by <b>November 1<br>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="Montserrat,sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:17px">-Required Application Review Meeting </span></font><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">(phone
or in-person)</span><span style="font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif"> with CFAC Staff, week of
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="Montserrat,sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:17px">-Get notified by <b>December 1<br>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="Montserrat,sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:17px">Please<b> </b>let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!<b><br>
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