Cooperative Agreement AM22LPTA0000C002

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $815,891 Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program grant to Island Grown Farmers Cooperative on October 27, 2022. The grant will support the Cooperative's expansion efforts through October 27, 2024. Under the USDA's Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (CFDA 10.381), funding is provided to meat and poultry processors for start-up and expansion projects. The objective is to increase processing capacity and options for...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded West Gardiner Beef Inc. a $150,000 Project Grant under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The grant funds will support the company's efforts to expand its state-inspected slaughter and meat processing facility's capacity and begin operating under the Cooperative Interstate Shipment program. The Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants program aims to help...

This $950,000 Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Alaska Native Serving and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Education Grants program (CFDA 10.228) supports the University of Hawaii Meat & Poultry Workforce Consortium. The Consortium, comprised of Hawaii Community College, University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management, and University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical...

The Puerto Rico Agricultural Extension Service will deliver a workforce certification program for Puerto Rico's meat and poultry industry through a $950,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture. The grant funding supports the Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants program. Under the award, the Puerto Rico Meat Industry Alliance will work with higher education institutions in Puerto Rico to develop an industry-approved...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $2,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) to operate a meat and poultry inspection program for the state. This grant, provided under the USDA's Cooperative Agreements with States for Intrastate Meat and Poultry Inspection (CFDA 10.475) program, will enable MDAC to conduct ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections, product sampling, compliance monitoring, and enforcement actions to ensure...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service under CFDA program 10.475 "Cooperative Agreements with States for Intrastate Meat and Poultry Inspection", provides $120,000.00 in federal assistance to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry to operate a meat and poultry inspection program. The objective is to ensure consumers have access to safe, wholesome, and properly labeled...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $950,000.00 under the Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants program (CFDA 10.223) to Universidad Interamericana De Puerto Rico, Inc.'s Barranquitas Campus to establish a meat and poultry processing workforce training center in Puerto Rico. The four-year project aims to recruit 110 students to specialized academic programs providing skills aligned to industry standards. Laboratories will be equipped...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service under the Cooperative Agreements with States for Intrastate Meat and Poultry Inspection (CFDA 10.475) program, will supply $11,500,000.00 in federal assistance to the Texas Department of State Health Services to operate a state-level meat and poultry inspection program. The primary objective is to ensure consumers have access to safe, wholesome, and properly labeled meat...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $4,500,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to Tuskegee University under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity - Technical Assistance Grants program (CFDA 10.184). The agreement, effective May 17, 2023 through December 31, 2027, tasks Tuskegee University with providing technical assistance to support the applicants and awardees of USDA grant programs focused on expanding domestic meat and poultry...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $8.025 million Project Grant to Fondo De Inversion Y Desarrollo Cooperativo Inc. under the Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program (CFDA 10.382). The grant will facilitate financing to qualified ultimate recipients for projects involving the start-up or expansion of meat and poultry processors in Puerto Rico to increase processing capacity. Specifically, the grant provides funding to Fondo De Inversion Y Desarrollo Cooperativo...