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This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) provides $300,000 to Edible Schoolyard NYC to pilot a professional development program for New York City educators. The program aims to increase the capacity of elementary and middle school teachers to implement culturally-responsive edible education curricula focused on urban gardening, cooking, and food justice. Key activities...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will fund a $136,629 initiative by New York Sun Works Inc. to implement an environmental education program in New York City. The project will deliver weekly instructional sessions on environmental, climate, and foundational sciences through the lens of urban farming to over 1,600 K-8th grade students across 8 schools in Brooklyn, Queens, and...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616), will provide $11,914,745 in funding to El Departamento de la Comida (El Depa) to implement a range of community-driven initiatives. The key products and services to be delivered include: Implementing nature-based solutions and green infrastructure to address climate vulnerabilities and enhance watershed resilience;...

The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation has been awarded a $650,354 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463). The funding will be used to establish a paid internship and training program for economically disadvantaged and minority high school and college students. The program will implement habitat restoration projects on parklands in southeastern...

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to New York Sun Works Inc., a non-profit organization, to implement hydroponic farming education programs in K-12 schools through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program. The grant, with a performance period from July 21, 2023 to June 30, 2025, will enable New York Sun Works to build sustainable agriculture labs in classrooms, develop integrated science, technology,...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund the Youth Environmental Alliance, Inc. to implement an environmental education project in Broward County and Palm Beach County, Florida. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors. Key activities include...

The Ferry Beach Ecology School was awarded a $133,333 Environmental Education Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 to deliver its "Food for Thought" program. The two-year project will educate 805 students from 13 partner schools in southern Maine and northern New England on sustainable agriculture, healthy food systems, and responsible land and water conservation. Fifty percent of participating schools qualify as low-income under Title I. Through residential and...

The Wildlife Conservation Society received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on August 15, 2022 to support the IGNITING MARINE PROTECTION & CAREERS FOR TEENS (IMPACT) program. The grant was awarded under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215)....

The School District of the City of Erie received a $279,840 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service Food for Education on July 28, 2022 to support the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Competitive Grants Program. The grant will fund the district's efforts to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and emerging agricultural practices through June 2025. Specifically, the district plans to establish community gardens and farms located in urban...

This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Community Food Projects program (CFDA 10.225) provides $477,318 to the Entrepreneurs Academy to establish a pioneering hydroponic farming initiative in Harvey, Illinois. The project utilizes a modified shipping container to cultivate a variety of crops year-round, addressing food insecurity in local food deserts while promoting sustainable urban agriculture...