Project Grant 1225G1618

Project Grows, Inc. received a $445,500 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to expand direct-to-consumer markets in the Central Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. The project aims to increase market access for small, beginning, and socially disadvantaged farmers as well as traditionally underserved and low-income communities through initiatives such as launching a...

This $372,549 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service will support the establishment of the South Oak Cliff Dallas Farmers Market. Led by Dallas County Health and Human Services Chronic Disease Prevention in partnership with local non-profits, the grant project aims to provide economic opportunities for socially disadvantaged local farmers and improve access to fresh produce in a food desert located in southern Dallas County. Specifically, the grant...

The Grow DAT Youth Farm will provide a mobile food access expansion project responding to unhealthy relationships to local food systems experienced by young adults in New Orleans through expanding access to affordable, culturally relevant, nutrient-rich foods. Funded through a $298,551 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service's Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production program (CFDA 10.935), the project will operate from September 2022 through...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Planting Justice $703,025 under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to establish new market access opportunities for small local growers in the Bay Area through September 2024. The project will operate a farmers' market truck serving stops in Oakland and Richmond, establishing market access for at least five growers and serving an estimated 15,600 customers annually. A weekly farmers' market will also be...

Community Farmers Markets Inc. received a $922,145.80 three-year Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. Through this funding, Community Farmers Markets will deliver a holistic, four-pronged approach to growing local food systems and removing barriers to food access in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Specifically, the organization will expand local food distribution through farmers...

The Market Readiness for Local Farmers and Growers program, funded through a $733,492 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP), provides farmer training, financial planning tools, market access education, and food safety resources to local and regional food businesses in the Chicago metro area. Delivered through Familyfarmed, the multi-pronged program includes intensive yet...

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 Gorge Grown Food Network was awarded a $120,133 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will support training, technical assistance, and other services to increase sustainability, resilience, and equitable access within regional food systems impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Hood River, Oregon. Specifically, the Gorge Grown Food Network and partner organizations...

The Recipe for Success Foundation (RFS) received a $374,980 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to expand farmers markets and increase fresh food access in underserved areas of Houston, Texas. RFS will use the three-year award ending September 2024 to hire a program manager and public relations firm to develop promotional materials and recruit urban farmers and food producers...

This $615,142.57 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) will enable Sun Produce Cooperative to expand its community-supported agriculture (CSA) program from 250 to 500 subscribers by 2027, with a focus on increasing access to locally-sourced food in low-income and low-food access areas of the Phoenix metropolitan region. The project aims to increase sales by...