Cooperative Agreement NR233A750005C040

The Federal Grant Award of $2,388,800.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Fertilizer Product Expansion Program (CFDA 10.383). The award, made on January 17, 2025, supports the Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) in developing an indoor composting facility to reduce landfill waste. This project aligns with the program's objectives to expand capacity, improve competition, and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $375,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Milwaukee Board of School Directors (MPS) under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production program (CFDA 10.935). The funding will support the implementation of a composting program in 10 MPS schools, serving as a model to scale up waste reduction, landfill diversion, and food recovery education district-wide. The program will provide hands-on composting education for over 6,000 students and staff,...

The City of Orlando was awarded a $125,000 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) Grants Program (CFDA 10.935). Through this funding, the city will develop an off-grid, solar-powered community compost and education center at the South Street Farm in the Parramore neighborhood. The facility will allow for composting of food waste without odors or pests, and will collect and use rainwater to operate. This pilot program...

This Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920), provides $3,291,202 in funding to the City of Baltimore's Department of Public Works. The purpose of this award is to enhance the city's efforts to reduce municipal solid waste generation and increase organic waste diversion through the development of a new solar-powered composting facility. Specifically, the funding...

The City of Cincinnati is implementing the Cincinnati Food Waste Reduction and Composting Project (CFWRCP), a Cooperative Agreement award of $499,999 from the USDA's Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production grant program (CFDA 10.935). The project aims to divert food waste from landfills and create community compost sites across the city. Key activities include preventing food waste, supporting local food rescue/transformation, and establishing 40 small-scale composting sites. The project...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 awarded a $592,253 Cooperative Agreement to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to enhance the state's solid waste infrastructure and recycling programs. The award is funded through the EPA's Post-Consumer Materials Management Infrastructure Grant Program (CFDA No. 66.920), which aims to increase material recovery and recycling across the country. Under this Cooperative Agreement, MDEQ will conduct a statewide study...

The City of Gary, Indiana has been awarded a $397,300 Cooperative Agreement grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) program (CFDA 10.935) to establish a 24-month Community Composting Pilot Program. The project will provide composting training and hands-on learning opportunities to 50 households in the City of Gary to reduce municipal food waste and develop a more sustainable food system through circular economy methods. The...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service has awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) to launch a pioneering community composting program in the Oklahoma City metro area. The grant, awarded on June 1, 2024 under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) federal grant program (CFDA 10.935), aims to address waste and landfill overcapacity issues in the region. The program will establish...

This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $426,201, was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) program. The purpose of the award is to develop a robust residential composting program in Cleveland, Ohio to reduce the city's 68,000 tons of annual food waste sent to landfills. Key components of the two-year pilot program include establishing community composting drop-off services,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service awarded a $404,750 Cooperative Agreement to the Avondale Estates Projects Corporation under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) federal grant program. This 2-year project will pilot a curbside food waste collection program for residents in Avondale Estates, Georgia and distribute the finished compost to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) growers in DeKalb County as well as local...