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 $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 City of Pine Bluff Seed to Table Community Garden was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service on July 20, 2022. The grant is part of the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production program (CFDA 10.935) to encourage emerging agricultural practices in urban and suburban areas. Under the grant, the City of Pine Bluff will develop a community garden located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to promote urban agriculture. The garden...
The City of Deerfield Beach, Florida received a $300,000 cooperative agreement award from the USDA National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The funding will support the city's efforts to encourage and promote urban agricultural practices through April 2025. Specifically, the cooperative agreement will enable the development of community gardens and farms located in urban areas, as well as the exploration of...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $149,975 Project Grant to Gardeneers, a non-profit organization, through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) program. The grant supports Gardeneers' work in operating community gardens, urban farms, and implementing innovative agricultural practices such as rooftop farms, outdoor vertical production, and green walls in Chicago from 2023 to 2026. This funding enables Gardeneers to...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) Grants Program (CFDA 10.935) provides $339,156.50 to the African People's Education & Defense Fund Inc. (doing business as Black Power Blueprint) to expand their existing Gary Brooks Black Power Community Garden and create a new community garden at the Uhuru Bakery Cafe site in Florida. The project will increase the...
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 National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc. (USCRI) under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The grant will support USCRI's FLAGSHIP FARMS FUSION GROWERS project, which will deliver services from September 16, 2022 through September 29, 2025 in Pennsylvania. The Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production program encourages...
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,...
The Soil Born Farm Urban Agriculture Project (SBFUAP) was awarded a $445,846 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The grant will support SBFUAP's "Edible City Initiative: Activating Sacra" project from September 2022 through September 2025. The project aims to encourage and promote urban agricultural practices in Sacramento,...