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Napa County to get $500K to recruit, train crop specialty growers to bolster sector

NAPA COUNTY will get $500,000 in funding to recruit and train farmers, including those from disadvantaged and underrepresented groups, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, said. The grant, through the federal Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP), will boost efforts to develop and maintain skills of farmers in Napa to keep the state’s specialty crops […]