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The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $125,727 cooperative agreement to Community Resources Connection Inc. to create nine community gardens in underserved and food desert areas in South Carolina from September 2022 through September 2025. The award supports the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA 10.902 program's goal of providing conservation technical assistance to private landowners and organizations through locally-based conservation professionals....

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $706,008 under the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program to Mandela Partners for the Ashland Community Kitchen Initiative in Oakland, California. The initiative will transform a 623 square foot space into a culturally relevant commercial kitchen to increase access to sustainably grown produce and production capacity for limited-resource food entrepreneurs. Specifically, Mandela Marketplace will...

This $347,639 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) program will fund the North South Institute, Inc., a woman-owned non-profit organization, to plan and establish model urban and peri-urban community food systems in Broward, Palm Beach, and Indian River Counties in Florida. The project aims to utilize selected high school and veteran farming clusters to increase...

The Trident United Way will receive $408,987 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service to decrease food insecurity in the tri-county areas of southeastern South Carolina. Under the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA #10.902 program, Trident United Way will develop three community gardens in Berkley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties to provide conservation technical assistance to private landowners and...

The Gullah Farmers Cooperative Association will receive $494,960 under a Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service through the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The Cooperative will use the funding to maximize wholesale produce sales for socially disadvantaged and small farmers in South Carolina through its packaging and processing facility. Specifically, the grant will support operational investments and financial modeling to...

The Southside Community Land Trust (SCLT) received a $211,658.90 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to develop plans for crop aggregation and distribution. SCLT will operate a crop aggregation program to increase consumption of locally produced agricultural products and develop new market opportunities for farmers. Key deliverables include completing an operations...

The Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service will provide $165,000 to Just Food, Inc. for the PEOPLES GARDEN project under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production program (CFDA 10.935). This two-year project ending in May 2025 aims to encourage and promote urban agriculture through community gardens and farms located in urban New York. The award will support Just Food's efforts to establish a new community garden that brings...

The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $154,834 cooperative agreement to Brother 2 Brother LLC on August 29, 2022 under the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA #10.902 program. The award will support the creation of two community gardens in Hemingway and Columbia, South Carolina with 16 raised garden beds to benefit at-risk youth. It will also fund three career choice workshops in a low-income area focused on careers in natural resources through July 2030....

The Brookland Center for Community Economic Change (BCCEC) will utilize $320,656 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to support its Growing Capacity & Strength through Local Food Channels program from September 2021 through September 2024. The BCCEC, located in West Columbia, South Carolina, will use the funding to develop, coordinate and expand local and regional food systems through initiatives...

This federal Project Grant award of $320,006 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) program aims to address food deserts in the Mississippi Delta region. The grant will enable the Mississippi Community Housing Development Organization (MCHDO), a minority-owned non-profit organization, to establish a sustainable agricultural hub using innovative technology. The project focuses on...