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Colorado Department of Agriculture highlights hiring push and new grants including equine welfare and agrivoltaics
Summary
At its Oct. 16 meeting the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) announced several hires and new or expanded funding programs: a multi-year equine welfare grant, an ag workforce internship grant, community food access awards, and final agrivoltaics contracts. Staff said most awards are public and application windows have set deadlines.
The Colorado Department of Agriculture told its commission on Oct. 16 that the agency has filled and is recruiting for multiple positions and has launched or finalized several grant programs aimed at producers, rural employers and food-access projects.
Hires and recruitments announced included a conservation services director (interviews under way), two field specialists for a nonlethal conflict reduction program (one based in the Central Mountains, one on the Western Slope), two ag workforce service specialists (one focused on crop production, one on livestock and meat processing), a second ag emergency coordinator for Southeast Colorado, a federal land policy specialist, and a new urban agriculture specialist who will work with USDA and other partners.
The commission heard four grant-related updates. Hollis…
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