The United States Department of Agriculture awarded the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) Foundation $30 million to help farmers and food businesses access new markets and available federal, state, and local resources, such as technical assistance and funding opportunities. CREA, along with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and Buffalo Go Green, were named partners.

As part of the Northeast Regional Food Business Center, CREA will build and deploy an online platform to host a curriculum of entrepreneurship and technical services offerings, manage user intake and assessment, and match users with education, training, and technical assistance. The curriculum, which will be developed by a committee co-led by Buffalo Go Green, will seek to expand agricultural production and processing, increase the amount of regionally grown products, create new products, encourage the development of food hubs, and strengthen the food supply chain.

Learn more about the Regional Food Business Center.