Project Grant 15LFPPXSC0115

This Project Grant award of $248,531 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Business Cooperative Services was provided to Lowcountry Fungi LLC under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175). The funding will support the development, coordination, and expansion of local and regional food systems in South Carolina over a 24-month period from September 2023 to September 2025. Key products and services to be delivered include initiatives to expand direct...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $249,135 Project Grant to Bulls Bay Enterprises, Inc. (doing business as Livingston's Bulls Bay Seafood) under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175). The grant will support the development, coordination, and expansion of local and regional food systems in South Carolina over a 24-month project period ending September 21, 2025. Funded activities may include supporting farmers markets,...

Valley Rabbits LLC received a $196,625 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The grant funds will support Valley Rabbits in establishing and expanding its meat slaughtering and processing capabilities to meet growing demand from customers and allow it to serve as a resource for other small and medium livestock farmers in the region. Specifically, the...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Community Facilities awarded a $193,500 Project Grant to the Gullah Farmers Cooperative Association on September 27, 2022 with a completion date of September 27, 2022. The funding was provided through the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community facilities providing essential services to rural residents in South Carolina. Specifically, the grant funds will...

Groundwork Jacksonville, Inc. will receive up to $2,947,955 through a cooperative agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Habitat Conservation (CFDA 11.463) federal grant program. The funding will support early planning for habitat restoration along Hogans Creek in Jacksonville, Florida from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026. Specifically, Groundwork Jacksonville will undertake activities to daylight sections of Hogans Creek that currently run...

PF Meats Holding Company, LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The funding will support PF Meats' expansion of its small, state-inspected meat processing facility in Pendleton, South Carolina into a larger, federally-inspected plant. This expansion is intended to increase affordable access and processing capacity for...

This $2,814,254 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) will fund Groundwork Jacksonville, Inc., a non-profit organization, to restore habitat along McCoys Creek in Jacksonville, FL. The project will restore riparian, wetland, forest, and shoreline habitat to support the local food web and species like red drum. It will also eliminate or reduce flooding for adjacent...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded Seaside Grown LLC a $250,000 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) on September 18, 2023. This 24-month award supports Seaside Grown LLC's efforts to develop, coordinate, and expand direct producer-to-consumer marketing channels and local/regional food business enterprises in South Carolina. The funding will enable Seaside Grown LLC, a woman-owned small business, to...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) to White Oak Pastures, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation located in Georgia. The grant, awarded on November 2, 2023, will be used by White Oak Pastures to develop and expand markets for its value-added agricultural products, including grass-fed beef, lamb, goat, pasture-raised pork, poultry, rabbit, and tallow....

The City of Orangeburg, South Carolina received an $857,075 project grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant funding will support the City's ARP Economic Development Grant for Rural Health Care Facilities initiative. This initiative aims to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community facilities providing essential services to rural residents, as is the...