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First REAP Deadline on Feb. 21

The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) helps agricultural producers and rural small businesses complete energy projects. Offering both grants and loan guarantees, REAP helps eligible applicants conduct energy audits and feasibility studies, install renewable energy systems and make energy efficiency improvements.

The first deadline, for energy audits and for renewable energy development assistance, is Tuesday, February 21.

For more details, see the REAP NOFA in the January 20, 2012 Federal Register.

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Agriculture in the Classroom, USDA - This site provides activity ideas for agritourism operators.
Conducting Farm and Ranch Tours, UC California Small Farm Center fact sheet.
Creating Successful Agritourism Activities for Your Farm - This site provides a workbook for farmers considering agritourism. It contains detailed information on brainstorming, planning, implementing and evaluating agritourism activities. Short and to the point, designed with farmers in mind.
Farm Animals & Visitors Public Health & Safety Tips for Animal/People Interaction, Vermont Department of Health.
Farm Based Education Association - This site provides publications about on-farm education.
Farm Tours: A Marketing and Education Tool, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County - Planning and implementing your own local farm tour.
A Farmer's Guide to Hosting Farm Visits for Children, University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, University of California, Davis - This guide outlines considerations and ideas for hosting farm visits for school children.
Pizza Farm - This site presents effective ways of communicating with children concerning issues of agriculture.
Vermont Food Education Every Day (FEED) - Publications on local food production and interfacing with local schools. A community-based approach to school food system change in a rural state through a collaboration of three Vermont nonprofits: Food Works, Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont, and Shelburne Farms.

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