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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the awarding of 2017 Specialty Crop Block Grants to West Virginia. Twelve out of 31 projects submitted from West Virginia were selected to share $230,000 in funding.
The purpose of the program is to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. Specialty crops are defined as “fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture.”
The federal agency handed out a total of $60.5 million to 678 projects across the United States and its territories for 2017. For a complete list of West Virginia’s 2017 SCBG recipients, log on to: www.agriculture.wv.gov/divisions/marketinganddevelopment/Documents/SBCG%20Web.pdf.
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