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The Department of Agriculture Office of Advocacy and Outreach awarded a $739,302 Project Grant to Plant It Forward under the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers federal grant program (CFDA 10.443). The grant will fund comprehensive systems of farm support services for refugee and immigrant agricultural enterprises from September 29, 2022 to September 28, 2025. Specifically, Plant It Forward will strengthen the long-term viability of farms owned...

This Project Grant award of $208,962 from the Department of Agriculture Office of Advocacy and Outreach will provide linguistically and culturally appropriate training and technical assistance for refugee farmers operating incubator farm plots at the Global Garden Refugee Training Farm in Illinois. The training will also be available to other refugees interested in learning about vegetable farming in the Midwestern United States. The award supports the goals of the Outreach and Assistance for...

The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded a $310,302 Cooperative Agreement to Pollinator Partnership, doing business as Coevolution Institute, under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902). The award, with a performance period from January 5, 2024 to March 30, 2027, supports the "URBAN FARMING FOR POLLINATORS" project. Pollinator Partnership, a woman-owned non-profit organization focused on...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $380,251 Project Grant to Plant It Forward under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will support Plant It Forward's efforts to ensure the long-term success and financial self-sufficiency of its food hub, which serves socially disadvantaged farmers in central, east, and south Texas. Key deliverables include developing a business plan to close the food hub's budget deficit within five years and...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $295,522 Project Grant to Small Places doing business as Finca Tres Robles through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The grant will support the PROJECT CAPTAN initiative from April 2023 to July 2025. PROJECT CAPTAN aims to increase food access, community-based agricultural production, and farmer training in Houston's East End community through establishing community gardens and farms. The...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), will support the restoration of pollinator habitat in western North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The $300,000 award to North Carolina State University will fund three key initiatives: 1) developing extension and education materials on the benefits and guidelines...

This $493,641 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund the Partnership for Pollinator Friendly Lawns in the Southeastern United States. Led by Mississippi State University with subawards to the University of Georgia Research Foundation and Auburn University, this multi-disciplinary project aims to develop best management practices and stakeholder training programs to...

The purpose of this $1,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation) is to develop best management practices to assist small-scale urban growers with limited resources in enhancing productivity, profitability, and environmental sustainability. The grant recipient, East Texas A&M University, will leverage its expertise in agricultural innovation and community engagement to deliver...

The Xerces Society Inc. will receive $524,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service to expand pollinator and beneficial insect outreach and education to gardens nationwide. Funded through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935), this three-year award beginning May 25, 2023 will support the Xerces Society's collaboration with the USDA People's Garden Initiative....

This five-year, $1,599,748 National Science Foundation project grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program aims to address dynamic landscape inequalities in human well-being and bee health by establishing approximately 40 front yard pollinator gardens across lower-income neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio State University will coordinate with community groups to design the gardens using "Cues to Care" theory, install the gardens, and evaluate their impact...