Project Grant 01811

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $772,000 four-year Project Grant under the Community Food Projects (CFDA 10.225) program to Project New Village, a Black-led, community-rooted non-profit in San Diego, California. The project aims to address food and nutrition insecurity in underserved communities by: 1) collaborating with a local high school culinary arts program to develop young people's capacity to prepare value-added and...

The Village Exchange Center, Inc., doing business as Village Exchange Center Inc., was awarded a $748,042 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program. The grant will support the Village Farm at Stanley project from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2026. The project aims to advance social enterprise sustainability and food sovereignty in Aurora, Colorado through local food...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Foodshed Cooperative Inc. a $564,500 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. Foodshed will transition its emergency food distribution operations implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic to a sustainable model increasing retail sales 25% annually. Funding will support planning with Foodshed's farmer network to achieve aggregation goals and improve distribution capacity at its Central San Diego...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) was awarded a $701,304 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFPCGP). Through its Food Sync Project, IRC will work with stakeholders across the local food system in Piedmont, CA from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2025. The project aims to foster understanding of national food security trends and how they might be applied to...

This $624,029 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of a Food Index for Resilience, Security, and Tangible Solutions (FIRST) to measure community food system resilience in the face of hurricanes. A research team led by the University of Maryland Baltimore County and including subawardees the University of Arkansas and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington will develop conceptual and...

This $149,952 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will support the planning and community engagement phase of the DFARM project. DFARM aims to pilot and evaluate a distributed system of smart, connected hydroponics to empower food-insecure households in Knoxville, Tennessee to produce their own food year-round and increase local food security. The project will develop three key components: 1) an...

The Massachusetts Avenue Project Inc. and Grassroots Gardens of Western NY will co-direct the $731,071 Buffalo Food Justice Project through June 2026. Funded by the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program, the project aims to increase food self-reliance, promote comprehensive responses to local food and nutrition issues, and meet the needs of low-income residents with a focus on opportunities for...

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program supports the development and deployment of a system to help food pantries in Florida coordinate emergency food distribution during natural disasters. The project aims to enable faster and more organized emergency response by allowing food pantries to easily report their rapidly changing needs, and by providing emergency coordinators with clear information...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded the Milton Community Food Pantry a $126,000 Project Grant under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant will support the Food Pantry's construction and improvement of community facilities providing essential services to rural residents of Milton, DE through August 2024. Specifically, the funding will enable enlargement and extension of the Food Pantry's existing facility to better serve the...

This five-year, $521,938 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of tools and a theoretical model to bolster food system resilience and reduce human impacts from disasters at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Funded through NSF's Engineering Directorate and its Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation Division, the award's objectives are to advance understanding of disruptions to social and built food environments from disasters. Key deliverables...