Project Grant 15LFPPKY0098

The Agricultural Institute of Marin was awarded $844,515.25 under a Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service's Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to strengthen regional mobile farmers market (MFM) service in Northern California from September 2021 through September 2024. Specifically, AIM will leverage its experience operating MFMs in the Bay Area along with sub-awardee Fresh Approach to expand MFM areas served across Northern...

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...

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 Common Market Georgia, Incorporated was awarded a $828,602.40 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to expand its farm-to-institution model in Georgia and Alabama. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit local food distributor founded in 2016, Common Market connects communities to sustainable family farms in the Southeast through its wholesale food distribution services. It sources fresh produce,...

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...

The Brass City Regional Food Hub in Connecticut will receive $162,028 from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to implement a technology interface and targeted marketing efforts. The project aims to facilitate multi-tier value chain sales and brand awareness for locally sourced agricultural products through a more robust online store and wholesale customer order management system. This will allow pre-registered...

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The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $1,004,250 Project Grant to Multiplier under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will support Multiplier's efforts to increase sales of regionally produced sustainable and regenerative agricultural products from Northern California to wholesale buyers. Multiplier intends to benefit an estimated 270 small and midsize farms and ranches as well as values-aligned food hubs by facilitating connections...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $991,221 Project Grant under the Regional Food System Partnerships program to Harvesting Good of Maine. The grant will support the development of New England's only regional vegetable processing operation to supply fresh processed broccoli to grocery and institutional food service customers throughout the six-state region year-round. Harvesting Good will purchase broccoli from Circle B Farms and contract with food...

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...