USDA Funding for the Acer Access and Development Program and Micro-Grants for Food Security Program

USDA announced more than $9.75 million in funding available through the Acer Access and Development Program and the Micro-Grants for Food Security Program. The funding supports projects to promote the domestic maple syrup industry, strengthen research, education, natural resource sustainability and marketing of maple syrup and maple-sap products, and increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food in food-insecure communities with high dependence on food imports.