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 Resources Conservation Service awarded a $235,467 cooperative agreement to the Brookland Center For Community Economic Change on August 22, 2022 to develop three community gardens to increase food security in Lexington and Richland Counties, South Carolina. The award is being made through the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA 10.902 program, which provides conservation technical assistance to private landowners, conservation districts, tribes, and other...
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 Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service awarded a $238,666.53 cooperative agreement to Victory Gardens International under the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA 10.902 program. The award will fund the creation of community gardens in Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, including a greenhouse, crop boxes, and nutrition education and healthy cooking classes focused on gardening techniques for youth, teens, and adults. The period of performance is from September 8,...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $496,820.00, was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902). The award supports the Foundation For Community Impact & Health Equity, a non-profit organization, in conducting the following activities over a 2-year period from Sep 2024 to Sep 2026: Delivering 18 climate-smart agriculture training sessions, hosting 2...
The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded Urban Triage Incorporated $132,000 under the Soil and Water Conservation cooperative agreement program (CFDA 10.902) to support the Healthy Black Agriculture Program with Urban Triage Empowers Black Families to Grow Their Own Food, Learn Healing Practices, Become Agricultural Entrepreneurs and Stewards of the Land initiative. Through this initiative, Urban Triage will provide conservation technical assistance to...
The South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development (SC ACED) was awarded a $351,394 Cooperative Agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service to provide technical assistance and outreach in support of community gardening initiatives across South Carolina. Under the Soil and Water Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 10.902), SC ACED will deploy $351k in sub-award funding by August 2022 to establish six seasonal high...
The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the West Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District to provide garden space and locally grown produce access to underserved communities in urban Oregon neighborhoods through March 1, 2028. This award will support the District's efforts under the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA #10.902 program, which aims to conserve natural resources and provide conservation technical...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award provides $171,000.00 in funding from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Soil and Water Conservation Program (CFDA 10.902) to Urban Triage Incorporated, a nonprofit organization located in Madison, Wisconsin. The purpose of the award is to support the "Supporting Healthy Black Agriculture" program, which provides technical assistance and education to Black families in agriculture. The...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $153,765.25 Cooperative Agreement under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) to Equity Matters, LLC of Lexington, SC. The award, effective October 1, 2024 through April 1, 2026, will assist underserved communities in Mississippi in addressing food insecurity through the utilization of agriculture. The funding will support the delivery of conservation technical assistance and promotion of...