2012 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Grants

More information on the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program can be found here.

Alabama A&M University, Normal, Ala., $675,491

Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association, Salinas, Calif., $496,165

University of California, Santa Cruz, Calif., $664,852

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo., $552,675

University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn., $520,026

The Kohala Center, Kamuela, Hawaii, $562,000

Pacific Gateway Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, $195,502

Angelic Organics Learning Center, Inc., Chicago, Ill., $674,538

Chicago Horticultural Society, Chicago, Ill., $750,000

Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living, Pembroke, Ill., $390,000

University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., $632,289

Women, Food and Agriculture Network, Story City, Iowa., $401,802

Kentucky State University, Frankfurt, Ky., $525,646

University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., $561,564

Recirculating Farms Coalition, Inc., New Orleans, La., $50,000

University of Maryland, College Park, Md., $676,680

Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, Inc., South Deerfield, Mass., $65,594

Food System Economic Partnership, Ann Arbor, Mich., $50,000

Greater Lansing Food Bank, Lansing, Mich., $365,888

Minnesota Food Association, Marine on St. Croix, Minn., $320,107

Land Stewardship Project, Minneapolis, Minn., $367,247

Latino Economic Development Center, Minneapolis, Minn., $540,600

Hmong American Partnership, St. Paul, Minn., $526,828

Mississippi Delta Council for Farm Workers Opportunities, Inc., Clarksdale, Miss., $70,105

University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., $389,720

Legal Aid of Nebraska, Omaha, Neb., $534,454

Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success, Manchester, N.H., $358,484

Holistic Management International, Albuquerque, N.M., $537,101

New Mexico State University, Albuquerque, N.M., $661,409

Council on the Environment, Inc., New York, N.Y., $562,103

Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, $557,175

National Women in Agriculture Association, Oklahoma City, Okla. $67,500

Mercy Enterprise Corporation, Portland, Ore., $405,450

Nationalities Service Center, Philadelphia, Pa., $70,663

Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa., $499,586

Dakota Rural Action, Brookings, S.D., $135,690

University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, Texas, $678,016

Washington State University, Pullman, Wash., $675,749

Rural Community Development Resources, Yakima, Wash., $562,500

Growing Power, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisc., $562,490