NIFA Awards $19.8 Million Through the 2501 Program for Outreach and Assistance to Underserved and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers

USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded $19.8 million to fund 28 projects to assist farmers and ranchers in owning and operating farms and ranches and accessing the full range of agricultural, forestry, and related programs offered by USDA as stated in 7 U.S.C. 2279. Recipient organizations provide outreach, technical assistance, and training efforts authorized under agriculture programs. The Program encourages technical assistance with accessing USDA programs, which includes working with local USDA Service Centers.

2025 Awardees:

• Regents of the University of Idaho
• Stag Vets Inc
• At Ease Orchard
• Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship
• Food Works
• Center for Land-Based Learning
• PathStone Corporation
• Hoola Veteran Services
• Arkansas Land and Community Development Corporation
• Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno
• Farm Alliance of Baltimore, Inc
• PCC Farmland Trust
• Farmers Outreach Solutions Inc.
• Sustainable Systems Research Foundation
• The National Center for Appropriate Technology
• Center for Women and Enterprise
• Council for Healthy Food Systems
• Friends of Waimanalo
• Rural South Institute
• Veterans Employment Base Camp and Organic Garden
• Farmer Veteran Coalition
• Just Cities Institute
• To Improve Mississippi Economic, Inc
• Center for Heirs' Property Preservation
• Tilth Alliance
• University of Florida
• Research Foundation for State University of New York - SUNY
• Trustees of Tufts College