https://grownewsus.com/GrowNewsUS: a digital journal on American AgriTech, clean energy, heartland startups, advanced manufacturing, markets and grants, written with momentum and labelled with care.en-ushttps://grownewsus.com/stories/clean-watershed-infrastructure-round-family-farms.htmlhttps://grownewsus.com/stories/clean-watershed-infrastructure-round-family-farms.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 02:41:00 -0500Policy & GrantsA proposed cost-share round would pay family farms to build buffer strips, wetlands and drainage-water controls; this explainer shows how such programs typically work.https://grownewsus.com/stories/southwest-cooperatives-solar-resiliency-grants.htmlhttps://grownewsus.com/stories/southwest-cooperatives-solar-resiliency-grants.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 00:20:00 -0500Policy & GrantsRural electric cooperatives in the Southwest are putting resiliency grants into solar-plus-storage microgrids, according to a program summary shared by the cooperatives.