A Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) rural business development grant is being awarded to a new cooperative by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Local Maine livestock producers and Five Pillars Butchery, an immigrant-owned business based in.
BANGOR – After years of planning, on Wednesday members of the Poodunck Snowmobile Club in Dixfield, Maine took delivery of their new trail grooming machine. The club used a $135,000 USDA Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) to help fund the purchase. Club members maintain more than fifty miles of trails in Maine’s Interconnected Trail System,
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development announced it is accepting applications to advance economic development and create jobs for people in rural America.