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Center for Rural Affairs Salutes "Dog Days" of Summer

The Center for Rural Affairsis celebratingthe “Dog Days” of summer with a canine-focused fundraiser. Send a photo of your pup to info@cfra.org, and the Center will feature the picture on their website and social media. The CFRA is hoping to raise $10,000 by the end of August.

The money will go toward all of the wonderful rural initiatives the Center supports. You may not be aware of the Center for Rural Affairs, but if you live in rural America, the center is working for you.

Some of their initiatives include Farm to School programs; Women’s Business Center and Latino Business Center; helping out beginning, women and Latino farmers and ranchers; farmers markets; rural development in rural communities; work on clean energy, water and climate change; crop insurance reform; and promoting rural health.

Go tocfra.orgto help out.

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