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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Ohio, feds will help pay for new vineyards
The Ohio Grape Industries Committee will help Ohio wineries expand their vineyards starting next spring.
The “Vineyard Expansion Assistance Program” is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant program, and is part of a goal of increasing grape acreage by 10 percent (220 acres) over the next five years in the Buckeye state.
The program caught the attention of Wines & Vines (www.winesandvines.com), which published a piece entitled “Ohio invests in winegrapes”.
I’m all for having more vineyards in Ohio, but I never would have suspected that vineyard expansion would be subsidized by tax dollars. Still, if my tax dollars have to be used for something …
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