NEWS RELEASE

United States Department of Agriculture • Rural Development

1221 College Park Drive, Suite 200, Dover, DE  19904

Phone: (302) 857-3580 • Fax: (302) 857-3640 • TDD: (302) 857-3585 • Web: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov

Free Grant Workshop for Farmers and Small Businesses

          Dover, DE (February 23, 2008) – USDA Rural Development and Delaware State University are announcing a free workshop for farmers, agricultural producers and small businesses that are interested in starting a cooperative or learning more about energy grants for a farm operation or small business.  In addition, the workshop will provide information to agricultural producers on Value Added Producer Grants. 

            The workshop will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Bank of America Building, Room 309 located on the Delaware State University, Dover Campus.

            To register for the workshop, contact Delaware State University, Delaware Center for Enterprise Development at (302) 857-6950 or 857-6951.  Deadline for registration is February 27, 2009.

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