{"id":137280,"date":"2024-11-12T19:21:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T00:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=137280"},"modified":"2024-11-12T19:21:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T00:21:37","slug":"penn-state-extension-to-offer-funding-opportunities-webinar-for-agricultural-producers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=137280","title":{"rendered":"Penn State Extension to offer Funding Opportunities webinar for Agricultural Producers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Explore the opportunities available through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture&#8217;s (PDA) grant funding programs in a webinar presented by the Penn State Extension Energy Team and PDA. This session will highlight funding avenues designed to support energy innovation and business planning for agricultural operations.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will learn how to connect with technical assistance providers to enhance farm operations through the Agricultural Innovation Grant, which aims to implement new technologies, conservation, and renewable energy projects. The Farm Vitality Grant will also be discussed, offering financial support for business planning, ownership transitions, and long-term farm sustainability. Additional state-level funding opportunities will be reviewed, and a Q&amp;A session will be held to address participant questions.<\/p>\n<p>The webinar will take place on Thursday, November 21<sup>st<\/sup>, at noon. The webinar is free, and pre-registration is required. Register ASAP, as space is limited to 500 participants. Registered participants will receive a recording. You can register at the following website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bit.ly\/funding1121\">www.bit.ly\/funding1121<\/a>. Any questions about this webinar can be directed to Tom Beresnyak at <a href=\"mailto:teb119@psu.edu\">teb119@psu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nIngrid Garcia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore the opportunities available through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture&#8217;s (PDA) grant funding programs in a webinar presented by the Penn State Extension Energy Team and PDA. This session will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=137280\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Penn State Extension to offer Funding Opportunities webinar for Agricultural Producers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/psu-ext.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/125946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}