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The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $500,196.00 Project Grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, to study the consequences of incomplete consumer consideration in food markets. This research is funded under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310), which aims to address key issues in food and agricultural sciences through fundamental and applied research,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) awarded a $150,000 Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) grant to Lumbee Land Development, Inc. The grant supports the establishment of a Food and Nutrition Innovation Hub that will increase profitability for food businesses in the Lumbee community. The funding will allow Lumbee Land Development, Inc. to build capacity for its Department of Agriculture and Natural Resource to develop and expand...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $149,580 Project Grant under its Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) to the University of Illinois. The grant aims to develop and deliver a customized food safety outreach program to underserved urban farmers in Illinois. The key objectives are to: 1) identify specific food safety training needs and barriers to access food safety resources within urban minority growers in the Chicagoland area and...

This $149,080 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.328 - Food Safety Outreach Program) to Operation Spring Plant Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization, aims to provide food safety education and training to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in North Carolina. The key activities funded through this 2-year grant include: Educating producers on food safety regulations, safe and healthy food...

This $650,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (AFRI CFDA 10.310) will generate new insights on farmers' market structure, consumer behavior, and food policy through the use of big mobile location data and advanced machine learning methods. The key products and services to be delivered under this 4-year award include: Providing new understanding of consumer decisions and motivations regarding farmers' markets. Identifying...

This $119,940 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund the development and testing of a novel questionnaire to measure food literacy in upper elementary school children. The project aims to better understand children's food literacy, which refers to an individual's understanding of the interrelationships between food, health, and the environment. The questionnaire will be tested...

Through a $550,000 Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328), TX A & M University Commerce, doing business as Texas A&M University, will develop produce safety educational materials tailored to underrepresented beginning farmers. The 3-year project will focus on: (1) creating produce safety virtual farm tours and associated activities, (2) developing avenues to host the educational content, and...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $200,000 under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) to the International Fresh Produce Association to develop a Spanish-language Listeria produce safety training and education cohort program. The program will target small and medium farms, packing and processing facilities, and other entities in the Southern U.S. produce supply chain. It aims to address language and financial barriers that have prevented...

This $355,400 project grant awarded by the Department of Agriculture's National Food Safety Training, Education, Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance Program (CFDA 10.328) aims to develop and deliver a comprehensive food safety education and training program for North Carolina's local food system stakeholders. The key products and services to be provided through this 3-year grant include: A series of food safety webinars delivered in partnership with state and federal regulatory...

This $494,999 Food Safety Outreach Program project grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.328), will develop and implement innovative, accessible, and culturally appropriate food safety training for diverse produce growers in Kansas, Missouri, and South Dakota. The project team, led by Kansas State University, will utilize augmented reality (AR) tools to provide on-farm produce safety training to growers based on the Food Safety...