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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk82080804"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk82080803"><span style="color:#666666">O: 479-442-9824<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> owner-sustag@lists.umn.edu <owner-sustag@lists.umn.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarah Woutat<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 25, 2022 1:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> SUSTAG <sustag@lists.umn.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SUSTAG] Funds Available for BIPOC, Beginning, and Veteran Farmers!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Funds Available for BIPOC, Beginning, and Veteran Farmers! </span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">MOSES Farmer Advancement funds are awarded in amounts ranging from $250 to $2,000 for Black, Indigenous, people of color, Beginning (farming 10 years or less), and
Veteran farmers. Examples of eligible projects include: travel to trainings, attending educational events, purchasing inputs (seeds, fertilizer, breed stocks for free range chickens, ducks, honey bees, sheep and goats), small farm tools, reference materials
in farm management, marketing plans to mitigate pandemic challenges, portable structures that are equipped with solar power, etc. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The deadline to apply for funding is May 31, 2022. Awards will be announced on June 15, 2022.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmosesorganic.salsalabs.org%2F2022_farmer_advancement_stipend%2Findex.html&data=05%7C01%7Cmargoh%40NCAT.ORG%7C7ba90ae5f6d545b49e1208da26ebc494%7C833912b329304964ab4dec38e988d2c4%7C0%7C0%7C637865091427638583%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=LJK8LbhJ1N3Hqq1OOytWU5ib%2BJo%2B11rVBqpx8NIYka0%3D&reserved=0">Find
more information and the application here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">If you have questions, please contact Sarah Woutat, MOSES Farmer Advancement Program Coordinator:
</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sarahw@mosesorganic.org" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">sarahw@mosesorganic.org</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro";color:#548235">Sarah Woutat</span></i><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro";color:#548235">, Farmer Advancement Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro";color:#548235">MOSES—Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro";color:#548235">Organic Answer Line: 1-888-90-MOSES</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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