Project Grant 00A00100

This $224,818 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture will support Growing Gardens in delivering food, garden, and nutrition education services through its "Growing Food; Cultivating Leaders" program. The two-year program aims to connect over 4,000 students and families in Portland, Oregon with sustainable agriculture and food systems education through hands-on learning at 11 schools. It will promote local foods in school...

The Great Explorations Children's Museum will implement an outreach program in the Midtown neighborhood of St. Petersburg, Florida, to teach gardening and food sustainability skills to middle school-aged youth. Funded by a $121,442 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the project will address food insecurity in an urban food desert through STEAM-based learning methods. Younger students will be mentored by their high school-aged peers to plant and...

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...

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...

The Milwaukee Public Schools was awarded a $600,000 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The funding will support the installation of green infrastructure at five Milwaukee area schoolyards to capture an estimated 4.3 million gallons of annual stormwater runoff. Reflo, a subawardee, will lead education and outreach activities and participate in project discussions with the school district and their...

This $140,971 federal Project Grant award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will support the New Haven Ecology Project, Inc. (doing business as Common Grounds) to implement an environmental education initiative in New Haven, Connecticut and throughout New England. The key products and services to be delivered include: developing a 4-year environmental justice (EJ) curriculum at Common Ground High School,...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $239,290 Project Grant to the New Haven Ecology Project Inc., doing business as Common Grounds, under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will fund implementation of a project to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behavior in New Haven, Connecticut through July 2024. Key deliverables include placing three environmental educators in three New Haven public schools to develop...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund the Youth Environmental Alliance, Inc. to implement an environmental education project in Broward County and Palm Beach County, Florida. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors. Key activities include...

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to New York Sun Works Inc., a non-profit organization, to implement hydroponic farming education programs in K-12 schools through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program. The grant, with a performance period from July 21, 2023 to June 30, 2025, will enable New York Sun Works to build sustainable agriculture labs in classrooms, develop integrated science, technology,...

Federal Grant Award Summary New Roots Charter School in Ithaca, New York, received a $138,849 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) for the period September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. The grant supports the design, demonstration, and dissemination of environmental education practices focused on increasing environmental literacy and promoting conservation behavior among students and community...