The towns of Yabucoa, Guayama and Guayanilla will receive a combined $138,982 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development's Housing Preservation Grant program to make housing repairs and improve housing conditions for limited income rural residents, the agency announced Tuesday.
A Puerto Rican coffee and banana farmer in Utuado is among the 424 projects recently chosen to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop renewable energy projects on their premises to reduce their energy consumption and costs.
Cooperativa Ganaderos de Res in Utuado has been selected to receive a $123,800 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a marketing plan, provide legal assistance and animal health and humane treatment training for its business.