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The money comes from the USDA and 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act, and is being awarded by the Kentucky Division of Forestry.
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That includes $$800,999 going towards Bandana Ag Incorporated in Ballard County through the USDA’s Fertilizer Production Expansion Program. The money will help expand its dry fertilizer facility, which would be distributed to more than 150 local producers.
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The $22 million grant will see the north side of the corridor between Boardwalk and Brian Station Road reconstructed.
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A $50,000 grant from the Kentucky Association of Health Plans is going toward Floyd County’s St. Vincent Mission to help expand their facilities.
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More than $8 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are being made available to help eastern Kentucky communities improve their water and waste infrastructure.
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The project will test if waste within the mines can be used to help the growing process.
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Mt. Folly Farm is getting $5 million from the grant to help it focus on what the USDA calls “climate-smart” farming.
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The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is getting federal grant funding from the USDA to help support Future Farmers of America programs across school districts.
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The Fletcher Group, a nonprofit that helps people recover from substance use disorder, is getting $3.3 million from the U.S. Department of Health to combat the opioid epidemic in Kentucky.
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One will award grant funding to clean illegal open dumps, and another will help fund litter cleanup along public roads.