Cooperative Agreement NR213A750001C002

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Odaff) a $500,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant, awarded on June 18, 2024, will support a 5-year project to provide outreach, technical assistance, and cost-sharing to underserved private forest landowners in Oklahoma. The key goals are to increase climate change adaptation, support forest health, and...

The Arkansas Forestry Commission received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). This grant funding supports the "ARKANSAS UNDERSERVED LANDOWNER OUTREACH" initiative, which aims to provide cost-sharing, technical assistance, outreach, and education to help underserved private forest landowners in Arkansas participate in emerging...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers (CFDA 10.443) program to Community Partners, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization. The funding will be used over a 3-year period to assist Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) farmers and ranchers with land tenure issues, address language barriers, and provide awareness of available USDA resources and programs....

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $374,998 Cooperative Agreement to Arizona State University (ASU) to provide the National Organic Program (NOP), organic stakeholders, and the general public with reliable, high-quality data and reporting on the impact and successes of ongoing USDA organic technical assistance programs. Under this 1-year CFDA 10.163 Market Protection and Promotion grant, ASU will develop and implement a data governance plan,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.902) provides $240,709.00 to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas to develop and implement outreach and communication strategies. The goal is to educate the public, specifically hay land producers, on the benefits of climate-smart agricultural practices and attract new customers to...

This $6,250,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) aims to support climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners. The key objectives are to increase climate change adaptation, support forest health, and facilitate access to private environmental markets for historically marginalized landowners through cost-sharing,...

This $500,000 Project Grant award, funded by the USDA Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731), supports the Southern Group of State Foresters in providing cost-sharing, technical assistance, and education to private forest landowners in the Southern region. The key objective is to help underserved landowners participate in emerging environmental markets, such as carbon offset and ecosystem services programs, in order to increase...

This $750,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (CFDA 10.311) is being used by the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) to support socially disadvantaged producers in eastern and southern Arkansas. The key objectives of the project are to: (1) conduct a beginners farmers class, (2) educate and assist beginning farmers in developing business plans and obtaining USDA loans, (3) teach and help...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $2,050,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) to the Indian Land Tenure Foundation. This 3-year grant, awarded on December 18, 2023, will provide cost-share assistance and technical support for climate-smart forestry and conservation practices on tribal lands. Key services funded include the development of a Tribal Lands Carbon and Co-Benefits Tool, as well as a...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $553,179.00 Cooperative Agreement to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas on September 30, 2023. This 3-year project under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) will document the environmental impacts of conservation practices on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. The Division of Agriculture, a U.S. state government entity and 1862 Land Grant College,...