ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 23, 2016 – U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development (USDA-RD) Alaska State Director Jim Nordlund Thursday announced that nine grant applications from Alaska scored sufficiently high enough to move to the final level of review. The grant requests were to USDA’s High Energy Cost Grant (HECG) program which was designed to help families […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development Alaska State Director Jim Nordlund today announced that USDA-Rural Development (USDA-RD) has awarded $200K in funding to the University through its Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) program, to improve economic conditions in Alaska by working to establish new cooperatives and providing technical assistance to strengthen existing ones. […]
KOTZEBUE, Alaska – U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development Alaska State Director Jim Nordlund today announced they have approved a Community Facility Grant of $24,900 to the Maniilaq Association, which provides health and social services to residents of Northwest Alaska. The funding will be used to purchase “snowbulances” for the communities of Ambler, Deering and Selawik. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Within days of Senator Lisa Murkowski urging Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to use existing federal funds to buy surplus Alaska canned sockeye salmon for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), the cabinet official today agreed, announcing plans to buy up to $30 million worth. “Food banks nationwide are reporting higher numbers […]