Project Grant 90EE1216

The Nuestras Raices Inc. was awarded a $490,608.40 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will support the "PARATE AQUI MERCADO (STOP HERE MARKET)" initiative, which aims to increase access to locally grown, culturally relevant foods in Holyoke, MA through expanding direct producer-to-consumer markets. Key activities to be undertaken include launching Nuestras Raices' LA...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Veggielution a $468,967 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to develop Community Resilience Hubs in Santa Clara County, California from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2024. Veggielution will train socially disadvantaged farmers and food entrepreneurs of color to start or expand their businesses through lack of access to resources, markets, and cultural barriers in the local...

This $372,549 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service will support the establishment of the South Oak Cliff Dallas Farmers Market. Led by Dallas County Health and Human Services Chronic Disease Prevention in partnership with local non-profits, the grant project aims to provide economic opportunities for socially disadvantaged local farmers and improve access to fresh produce in a food desert located in southern Dallas County. Specifically, the grant...

The Learning Council (TLC) received a $124,274.78 three-year Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to support the Arbol Farmers Market (AFM) in Colorado. The grant funding will allow TLC to expand and develop AFM to establish a reliable marketplace for local food producers, increase food access and security in the community, foster a resilient local food economy, and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Loyd Sanabria Hernandez, doing business as Hacienda Santa Fe, under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175). The grant funding will support the development, coordination and expansion of local and regional food systems in Puerto Rico over a 2-year period from September 2023 to September 2025. This includes activities to strengthen direct...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) to Fincas Luis Roig Inc., a minority-owned for-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The grant, with a performance period of September 2023 to September 2025, will support initiatives to develop, coordinate, and expand direct producer-to-consumer marketing channels and local/regional food business enterprises in the region....

The Urbane Development Group LTD received a $938,550.42 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP). The grant will support the establishment of The Mangrove Incubator Kitchen in Brooklyn, New York from September 2021 through September 2024. The Mangrove Incubator Kitchen will serve as a commercial kitchen incubator and hub for Central Brooklyn food entrepreneurs, with a focus...

The Latino Farmers Association (LFA) was awarded a $3,651,384.25 Organic Market Development Grant (OMDG) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service. The 3-year project aims to foster equitable participation in the organic marketplace for historically underserved and socially disadvantaged farmers, veterans, and beginning farmers. Key objectives include: 1) Transitioning the Van Ness Farmers Market in Washington, D.C. to an exclusively organic market and...

The City of Oakland received a $1.3 million project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program to provide business technical assistance services to underserved small businesses. The grant will fund cultural-driven one-on-one technical assistance in areas such as business planning, finance, marketing, technology and management to 1,100 Black and immigrant-owned small businesses located along International...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Hacienda Chocolat Corporation through the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will support Hacienda Chocolat Corporation's efforts to develop, coordinate and expand local and regional food systems in Puerto Rico over a two-year period ending September 2024. As part of the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program, which is a component of the Local Agriculture Market Program, the...