Project Grant 00E02846

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Heartland Communities Inc. a $460,312.50 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) from September 30, 2021 to September 29, 2024. The grant funds a Refugee Incubator Farm Project to support 16 Burmese refugee farmers in Northeast Indiana with instruction, interpretive services, and other assistance to establish viable vegetable farms and participate in a cooperative food hub distribution...

This $150,000 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) will support a 24-month community outreach project focused on meeting the food safety training needs of underserved, BIPOC, and immigrant farmers in urban and rural areas of Greene County, Missouri. The project will be led by the non-profit organization Springfield Community Gardens and will partner with University of Missouri Extension to provide FSMA Produce...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, under the CFDA program titled "Food Safety Outreach Program" (10.328), will provide $549,493.00 to develop a training program to help Hmong growers in the Upper Midwest improve food safety practices. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) Provide customized and culturally sensitive food safety training to Hmong growers in Missouri and Minnesota; 2) Develop a supplemental food...

This Project Grant award of $208,962 from the Department of Agriculture Office of Advocacy and Outreach will provide linguistically and culturally appropriate training and technical assistance for refugee farmers operating incubator farm plots at the Global Garden Refugee Training Farm in Illinois. The training will also be available to other refugees interested in learning about vegetable farming in the Midwestern United States. The award supports the goals of the Outreach and Assistance for...

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 Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 awarded a $198,195 cooperative agreement to Heartland Conservation Alliance, Inc. under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815). The funding will support providing training and job placement services to at-risk youth aging out of the foster care system in Kansas City, Missouri zip codes 64126-64130. Heartland Conservation Alliance will partner with Cornerstones of Care to recruit, train, and place 54 individuals in...

The Minnesota State Horticultural Society (MSHS) was awarded a $679,804.90 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFPCGP, CFDA #10.225) for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025. The grant will support MSHS in increasing food security in low-income communities in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota through establishing new community gardens, providing gardening...

The International Rescue Committee, Inc. will provide technical assistance and training services to 120 socially disadvantaged beginning farmers through a $749,998 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2021 under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) to support the organization's New Roots and Shoots project through August 31, 2024. The New Roots and Shoots...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control awarded a $2,369,218 Project Grant under the Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program (CFDA 14.900) to the Three Rivers Public Health Department in Fremont, Nebraska. The grant aims to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in privately-owned, low-income housing where children under 6 years old reside. Key objectives include: targeting high-risk housing units, utilizing cost-effective...

This $500,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306) supports Denver Urban Gardens (DUG), a non-profit organization, in providing access, skills, and resources for people to grow healthy food in the community and regenerate urban green spaces. The grant will fund DUG's "Dig Deeper Initiative" to establish community and school gardens, plant...