; and (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) Consultation In carrying out the grant program under this section, the Secretary shall consult with the National Institute of Food and Agriculture— (A) to take into consideration applied research, education, and extension results; and (B) to integrate program evaluations and results into the research, education, and extension agenda. (3) Food safety applied research agenda In determining the applied research agenda for food safety, the Secretary shall take into consideration the needs described by participants in projects funded by the program under this section. . (c) Grant features and requirements Section 405(e) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7625(e) ) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) Encouraged features The Secretary shall encourage a project carried out using grant funds under this section— (A) to include comanagement of food safety, conservation systems, and ecological health; and (B) to be appropriate to the identified needs of the priority target audience of the project. ; (2) in paragraph (3)(B)— (A) by striking The Secretary and inserting the following: (i) In general Except as provided in clause (ii), the Secretary ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (ii) Continuation grant The Secretary may approve a continuation grant for a project to receive funding under this section after the entity carrying out the project has received 3 years of grant funding under this section if the project— (I) meets 1 or more of the priorities specified in subsection (c); and (II) demonstrates a positive impact on the target audience from funding received for the prior funding cycle.