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Headlight staff reports
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico Department of Agriculture is accepting grant applications for its Healthy Soil Program, which was created in the 2019 Healthy Soil Act.
The act’s purpose is to promote and support farming and ranching systems and other forms of land management that increase soil organic matter, aggregate stability, microbiology and water retention to improve the state’s soil health, yield and profitability.
Potential applicants include Eligible Entities, such as nations, tribes and pueblos; land grants; acequias; soil and water conservation districts (SWCDs); and New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service. Farmers and ranchers may also apply, provided they have secured project support from an SWCD or a nation, tribe or pueblo. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Friday, July 2. Late applications will not be accepted.
NM Dept. of Agriculture plans healthy soil webinar on May 21st
Farmers, ranchers encouraged to apply
Headlight staff reports
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico Department of Agriculture’s Healthy Soil Program will host a webinar from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Friday, May 21 to show potential applicants the steps to take to be considered for a grant. The grants fund on-the-ground projects to improve soil health in the state.
“We are pleased to announce we have received grant funding through state appropriations for a third consecutive year to improve soil health in New Mexico,” said New Mexico Agriculture Secretary Jeff Witte. “Our updated Healthy Soil Program grant application process reflects the substantive input offered by Eligible Entities and the farmers and ranchers within their communities during the four virtual listening sessions we held in March and April.”
What Restaurants Need to Know Ahead of Its Anticipated Launch
This week the Small Business Administration (
SBA) provided guidance on how the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fundwill work. The Restaurant Revitalization Fund provides for qualified restaurants and other food establishments to obtain tax-free federal grants (
Grants) of up to $10 million to replace the loss of revenues resulting from the pandemic. Unlike the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program (
PPP) in which applications were submitted to and processed by participating banks and other financial institutions, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund will be administered directly by the SBA.
Restaurants and other qualified food establishments anxiously await the rollout of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund amid estimates that the $28.6 billion will cover less than 25 percent of the more than $120 billion that would be required to award Grants to all qualified eating establishments. While we still do not know exac