The Tennessee Department of Agriculture will receive $735,830.09 through September 2025 under a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. The grant project aims to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in Tennessee through marketing and promotion efforts, research and development assistance, expanded availability and access, and addressing challenges facing specialty crop producers. Benefitting residents statewide, measurable outcomes will be reported as...
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture will receive $554,217.86 through September 2024 under a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. The grant project aims to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in Tennessee through marketing and promotion efforts, research and development assistance to producers, and initiatives to expand availability and access to specialty crops. The Department will work with grant recipients on various activities and projects to...
The University of Tennessee received a $438,436 project grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (CFDA 10.156) to conduct consumer research and develop a digital marketing campaign to promote products participating in the Tennessee Department of Agriculture's Pick Tennessee Products program. The goal is to help add value to Tennessee's agriculture and forestry industries by providing consumer...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded an $8.2 million cooperative agreement to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Local Food Purchase Agreements with States, Tribes, and Local Governments (CFDA 10.182) program. The award will fund the purchase and distribution of locally grown foods targeting purchases from socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers across Tennessee through September 2024. The Tennessee...
The South Carolina Department of Agriculture will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through $601,531 from the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. Under the grant, the Department will leverage efforts to market and promote specialty crops in South Carolina from 2021-2024. This includes assisting producers with research and development relevant to specialty crops, as well as expanding availability and access. The Department...
The Utah Department of Agriculture will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through $368,435.19 in funding from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill (SCBGP-FB). With a project period from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2024, the department will leverage efforts to market and promote specialty crops; assist producers with research and development relevant to specialty crops; expand availability and...
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture will receive $255,673.30 through September 2024 under a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. The grant funds will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in Kentucky through marketing and promotion efforts, research and development relevant to specialty crops, and addressing challenges facing specialty crop producers. Activities will include leveraging efforts to market and promote specialty crops, assisting...
The Nevada State Department of Agriculture will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in the state through $273,886.87 in funding from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill (CFDA 10.170). The grant will support efforts to market and promote specialty crops, assist producers with research and development relevant to specialty crops, and expand availability and access to specialty crops. The Nevada Department of Agriculture, as the...
The Mississippi Department of Agriculture will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through $425,800.19 in funding from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill (SCBGP-FB, CFDA 10.170). The funding will be used from September 2021 through September 2024 to leverage marketing and promotion efforts of specialty crops; assist producers with research and development relevant to specialty crops; expand...
The Texas Department of Agriculture was awarded a $1.59 million Specialty Crop Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program for the period of September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2024. Under this grant, the Texas Department of Agriculture will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in the state through marketing and promotion efforts, assisting producers with research and development relevant to...