{"id":2103,"date":"2010-11-04T16:24:49","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T16:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=2103"},"modified":"2012-10-18T16:26:48","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T16:26:48","slug":"maryland-horse-industry-board-awards-grants-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2010\/11\/04\/maryland-horse-industry-board-awards-grants-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Horse Industry Board Awards Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><em>Equestrian Groups Receive 18 Grants Totaling $17,693<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD (November 4, 2010) \u2013 Therapeutic programs, equine rescue organizations, youth clubs, educational and research programs are among the 18 organizations receiving nearly $17,700 in grants from the Maryland Horse Industry Board. The grants help to strengthen the industry by building awareness of and involvement in the horse industry through research, education and promotional activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe equine industry is an integral part of Maryland\u2019s cultural and economic heritage,\u201d said Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance. \u201cThe scope and value of projects that the board evaluated illustrates the demand for these grants, and the \u2018feed fund\u2019 continues to make it possible to support more of those requests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Funding for these grants was unavailable until Governor O\u2019Malley and the legislature approved the current budget appropriation.\u00a0 The funds were made possible through legislation entered in the 2009 session by Delegate Virginia Clagett.\u00a0 The Maryland Feed Fund, established during the 2002 legislative session, provides an ongoing source of money to promote the horse industry. The refundable $6 per ton assessment on equine feed costs about $3 per horse per year to the horse owner and supports this grant program as well as other promotional, research and outreach activities undertaken by the Maryland Horse Industry Board.<\/p>\n<p>The board received 46 grant applications totaling more than $188,000 demonstrating the need for this funding. Projects were evaluated for value to the industry, degree of industry promotion, size and scope of the activity, financial need, and quality of the written presentation.\u00a0\u00a0 Since 2001, the board has awarded 174 grants totaling more than $197,000. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mda.state.md.us\/pdf\/mhib10.pdf\">here<\/a> for a summary of the most recent grants awarded.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland Horse Industry Board was established in 1998 to promote and develop the horse industry.\u00a0 For more information, click <a title=\"click here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marylandhorseindustry.org\">here<\/a>, or call 410-841-5861.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p>Follow MDA on Twitter @MdAgDept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equestrian Groups Receive 18 Grants Totaling $17,693 ANNAPOLIS, MD (November 4, 2010) \u2013 Therapeutic programs, equine rescue organizations, youth clubs, educational and research programs are among the 18 organizations receiving nearly $17,700 in grants from the Maryland Horse Industry Board. The grants help to strengthen the industry by building awareness of and involvement in the<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2010\/11\/04\/maryland-horse-industry-board-awards-grants-2\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2103"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2105,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103\/revisions\/2105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}