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USDA Funds Kids Agri Projects

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published September 27, 2016 at 12:14 PM CDT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture not only makes microloans to grown-up farmers, the agency funds youth agricultural business ventures.

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Jacqueline Froelich

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.

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