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Illinois Ag Programs to Share $435,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Twenty-eight projects in Illinois will share more than $435,000 from a federal program designed to expand the availability of locally-grown produce and strengthen the specialty-crop industry in the state.

The money is coming from the United states Department of Agriculture's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program-Farm Bill.

Tom Jennings, the director of the state's agriculture department, says the grants will encourage more local food production by creating more markets for what they grow.

Programs from all over the state will share the grant money. It will go to educational programs, advertising efforts, studies and construction projects related to specialty crops such as lima beans, asparagus and cauliflower.

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