Cooperative Agreement NR243A750003C046

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....

OKO Urban Farms Inc. was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Community Food Projects competitive grant program. Through this three-year award ending May 2026, OKO Farms will implement its Community Food Project in Brooklyn, New York to improve access to nutritious food for low-income residents. Key initiatives include providing 3,200 hours of agricultural and culinary training to young adults annually,...

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 National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $150,000 cooperative agreement to Renewing The Countryside II under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). Through this funding, Renewing The Countryside II will improve existing community gardens or start new gardens in the Twin Cities metropolitan area to benefit the local community. As a small non-profit organization, Renewing The Countryside II will leverage its experience providing...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Resources Conservation Service under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) program, will expand the existing Gary Brooks Black Power Community Garden and create a new community garden at the Uhuru Bakery Cafe site. The $339,156.50 award, provided to the African People's Education & Defense Fund Inc. (doing business as Black Power Blueprint), will increase planting area, add...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers (CFDA 10.443) program will provide $690,000 over 3 years to the John Bartram Association to deliver hands-on urban farming and food sovereignty education for underserved youth. Key activities include: Implementing a youth farmer curriculum for up to 25 local high school students annually, providing technical assistance and home...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants (SPECA) program to Growing Gardens, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Portland, OR. The award will fund a partnership between Growing Gardens and Zenger Farm to promote agricultural education, curriculum development, and youth leadership development focused on food systems...

The School Board of Orange County, doing business as Orange County Public Schools, will provide services to reduce landfill waste, increase access to compost for agricultural producers, limit fertilizer use, improve soil quality, and reduce food waste in Orange County, Florida through a $157,416 Cooperative Agreement awarded on May 15, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service. The award is being provided under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative...

The Chicago Horticultural Society (CHS) was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (CFDA 10.311). The 3-year grant will enable CHS to build capacity for its Windy City Harvest (WCH) continuum of urban agriculture training programs. Over the grant period, WCH will train 300 individuals, at least 75% of whom are considered socially disadvantaged and 70% limited...

This $349,124 federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) program. The award was made on September 30, 2023 to the Oregon-based nonprofit organization Growing Gardens. The primary goals of this 3-year project are to grow the urban agricultural training capacity of Growing Gardens and integrate greenhouse education into their network of community-led...