Project Grant 201133800310581

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $220,460 Project Grant under the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (CFDA 10.522) to The Freshfarm Markets, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. The two-year grant will support FreshFarm's "FoodPrints" initiative, which provides experiential food and agricultural education in 21 elementary schools across Washington, D.C. Key activities include: Expanding hands-on food and agricultural education for...

This $750,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will fund research at the University of California, Los Angeles to address college food insecurity and promote healthy eating among vulnerable student populations. Over the one-year period from December 2022 through November 2023, the grantee and sub-awardee Chico State Enterprises will develop a framework for understanding barriers to and motivators for food...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $220,050 Project Grant to Rutgers, The State University under the USDA's Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (CFDA 10.522). The 2-year grant, running from September 2023 to September 2025, will support the "The Farmpreneurs: Empowering Student Leaders to Increase Food Knowledge and Food Security in Their Urban Communities" project. Through this initiative, Rutgers will provide...

Mchenry County College (MCC) received a $108,130 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to complete a feasibility study for establishing a food hub model. MCC's Center for Agrarian Learning operates a greenhouse and farm as part of its community education programming and seeks to aggregate products from on-campus production and local area farms to create a year-round sales...

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...

SR1 received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) to develop and provide customized food safety education and outreach from farm to table. The two-year award will fund SR1's Community Oriented Opportunities for Learning Food Safety from Farm to Table project, which aims to build upon existing food safety education and address the specialized needs of socially...

This $25 million cooperative agreement awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service will fund a Food for Education project in Liberia through September 2026. The project aims to improve education, food security, and health for school-age children in Liberia, especially girls, through the McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program (CFDA #10.608). Save the Children Federation, Inc. will implement the agreement by providing $25 million in agricultural...

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...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award of $748,674 provides funding under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop predictive models and co-produce actionable outputs with stakeholders to improve resilience of global and local food security in the face of climate extremes. The University of California, Santa Barbara leads this research collaboration awarded on December 15, 2022 for completion by November 30, 2023. The project will...

The Foodcorps, Inc. was awarded a $184,946 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (CFDA 10.522). The grant will support Foodcorps FASLP: Developing the Next Generation of School Nutrition Leaders from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023. The project aims to increase capacity for food, garden, and nutrition education within host organizations and school cafeterias and...