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Describe all support your proposed project has from any specialty crop stakeholders. Describe the specialty crop producers/farmers, producer organizations, processors, or distributors that support this project and why they support it. If a stakeholder has provided (verbal or written) support to you or a collaborator or partner, you may include those specifics in this narrative.
A thorough description of the involvement of each stakeholder in your project in the narrative box of the application is important.
Stakeholder letters of support are not required to be submitted with your application, but are part of the scoring criteria. Including one or more letters by stakeholders may strengthen your proposal by enabling reviewers to better gauge the level of support for your application.
Describe all support your proposed project has from any specialty crop stakeholders. Describe the specialty crop producers/farmers, producer organizations, processors, or distributors that support this project and why they support it. If a stakeholder has provided (verbal or written) support to you or a collaborator or partner, you may include those specifics in this narrative.
A thorough description of the involvement of each stakeholder in your project in the narrative box of the application is important.
Stakeholder letters of support are not required to be submitted with your application, but are part of the scoring criteria. Including one or more letters by stakeholders may strengthen your proposal by enabling reviewers to better gauge the level of support for your application.
Stakeholders in the project are not necessarily beneficiaries of the project. A beneficiary is an entity that stands to benefit from the performance of the grant project activities. Examples of SCBG project beneficiaries are the attendees of a grant funded workshop who learn how to write a food safety plan; growers who learn how to detect and control a common plant disease by attending a conference presentation; or children who learn about growing, preparing, and eating specialty crops in a school program.
Stakeholders can be growers, grower-level groups, processors, and distributors involved in the specialty crop industry that support the project by standing to benefit from it, or that are assisting the applicant/grantee in setting priorities, by reviewing and commenting on the project, or implementing the project. For the purposes of this grant, stakeholders are not the project partners or collaborators who are listed in the application.
Stakeholders in the project are not necessarily beneficiaries of the project. A beneficiary is an entity that stands to benefit from the performance of the grant project activities. Examples of SCBG project beneficiaries are the attendees of a grant funded workshop who learn how to write a food safety plan; growers who learn how to detect and control a common plant disease by attending a conference presentation; or children who learn about growing, preparing, and eating specialty crops in a school program.
Stakeholders can be growers, grower-level groups, processors, and distributors involved in the specialty crop industry that support the project by standing to benefit from it, or that are assisting the applicant/grantee in setting priorities, by reviewing and commenting on the project, or implementing the project. For the purposes of this grant, stakeholders are not the project partners or collaborators who are listed in the application.
We prefer a two-word descriptor of each beneficiary. You may provide a more detailed explanation of benefit to beginning farmers if that is a focus of your project.
We prefer a two-word descriptor of each beneficiary. You may provide a more detailed explanation of benefit to beginning farmers if that is a focus of your project.
Yes, descriptions of all stakeholders that support your project should be included in your proposal. The USDA requires descriptions of stakeholder support for each project, because letters of support are not included in your project profile that will be submitted as part of the state plan that the MDA submits to USDA (if your project is selected for funding).
Yes, descriptions of all stakeholders that support your project should be included in your proposal. The USDA requires descriptions of stakeholder support for each project, because letters of support are not included in your project profile that will be submitted as part of the state plan that the MDA submits to USDA (if your project is selected for funding).
A standalone work plan is not a part of the application. Instead, the work plan is built into the budget narratives for the Personnel and the Contractors/consultants budget categories. In the “Justification” sections of both the categories, you should list the activities to be completed by name/title, including approximately when the activities will occur.
