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National Good Food Network Webinar
Opportunity Knocks:
Two Underutilized USDA Programs For Supporting Local and Regional Food Systems
This Thursday, April 25
3:30 - 5:00pm ET
Free! Register Now
Are you a for-profit business, a nonprofit, or a state, local or tribal government looking to finance a local or regional food system project?
Join this webinar to learn about two USDA programs you may never have heard of: the Business and Industry Loan Guarantee program and the Community Facilities Loan and Grant program. USDA Rural Development can provide significant funding and technical assistance for local and regional food system infrastructure – and applications are being accepted now. Learn from USDA program experts and recipients who have successfully used these programs on this webinar.
Join this webinar to learn about two USDA programs you may never have heard of: the Business and Industry Loan Guarantee program and the Community Facilities Loan and Grant program. USDA Rural Development can provide significant funding and technical assistance for local and regional food system infrastructure – and applications are being accepted now. Learn from USDA program experts and recipients who have successfully used these programs on this webinar.
Panelists
Special guest
- Kathleen Merrigan, outgoing Deputy Secretary of USDA and a champion of local and regional food systems.
Business and Industry Loan Guarantee program
- John Broussard, B&I program director, USDA Rural Development
- Alex Gyori, General Manager, Brattleboro Food Co-op
Community Facilities Loan and Grant program
- Karen Safer, CF program director, USDA Rural Development
- Brooke Johnson, Chief Operations Officer and Programs Officer, Second Harvest Food Bank
- Kevin Deighan, Executive Director, Shore Gourmet