How to Write a Successful Grant for Your Farm Business
Event Details
Date
September 13, 2023
Time
10:00am-11:00am
Location
online
Host
NY Small Business Development Center and CCE Eastern NY Commercial Hort TeamVanessa Secore (Mid Hudson SBDC)
(845) 443-8058
Looking for grants for your ag business? Attend this webinar to learn tips and tricks for writing a successful grant application from a successful grant writer and grant reviewer. The session will cover identifying a good project for grant funding, determining if a specific grant actually makes sense for your business, steps you should take to be ready to apply for grants, what makes a project a likely winner and how to write a grant application like a pro.
This is a free program, hosted by the Mid-Hudson Small Business Development Center and the Cornell Cooperative Extension Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program. To register, use this link. Meeting Registration - Zoom.
This program is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact the Mid-Hudson SBDC (845)443-8058 to make arrangements. Services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.
About the presenter, Liz Higgins, Extension Specialist Cornell Cooperative Extension, has been a reviewer for over 50 rounds of agricultural grants for USDA, state agencies and private foundations for a variety of programs. She has advised and provided feedback to many ag grant projects for farms and non-profits, and she has also written and received over 20 grants for her own food and agriculture projects. After 25+ years of responding to requests for proposals, managing grants and reviewing grants she has seen it all!
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