Project Grant 20173380027046

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 U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $1,095,662 Regional Food System Partnerships (CFDA 10.177) Project Grant to the Local Environmental Agriculture Project, Inc. in Roanoke, Virginia. The 3-year grant will support the Roanoke Foodshed Network's efforts to build an equitable and resilient regional food system in Southwest Virginia. Key objectives include facilitating partner collaboration, building awareness and support for the regional food economy,...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $1,412,144 Project Grant to Health Care Without Harm under the Regional Food System Partnerships program. The three-year award will support coordination of institutional food purchasers, government agencies, nonprofits, producers, and processors in Virginia to strengthen the state's regional food system. Subrecipients and consultants will aid in communication, value chain coordination, product development, food safety...

The $234,122.50 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 support Grow Ohio Valley, Inc.'s efforts to build a local, integrated food system in the Ohio Valley region of West Virginia. The grant funds will be used to develop targeted marketing campaigns to promote local farmers and their products, host educational events and workshops on sustainable agriculture, and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $585,400 Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program (CFPCGP) project grant to Grow Ohio Valley, Inc., a non-profit organization. The 3-year "Paving the Path to Community Food Access" project will engage consumers, farmers, and markets to increase food access and build a more secure and integrated local food system in underserved communities in the Ohio Valley region. Key...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Growing Places Garden Project, Inc. a $406,518 Project Grant under the Regional Food System Partnerships program. Over a two-year period, Growing Places Garden Project will lead a comprehensive planning process to develop a sustainable and resilient local food value chain and business model for North Central Massachusetts. Key activities include conducting a strategic planning process using a SOAR analysis to formalize the...

The Appalachian Resource Conservation and Development Council was awarded a $776,303.54 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Regional Food System Partnerships program (CFDA #10.177) to establish the Northeast Tennessee Food Vision initiative. The initiative aims to strengthen the local food system in eight counties in Northeast Tennessee through several key services. It will launch a regional branding campaign called Northeast...

The Southside Virginia Fruit and Vegetable Producers Association was awarded a $426,235 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will support the Association's efforts to develop, coordinate and expand local and regional food systems in Virginia through September 2025. As a grassroots organization founded by farmers to provide access to institutional buyers and shared equipment and...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Healthy Harvest Food Bank, Inc. doing business as Healthy Harvest Food Bank. The grant period runs from April 27, 2021 through April 27, 2023 to support the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program. Under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA #10.766), grant funds will be used to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve a community facility providing essential services to...

The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded Cultivate Charlottesville $281,910 under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program to support the project "THE POWER TO GROW: CULTIVATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN URBAN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD EQUITY IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA BY ENGAGING COMMUNITY RESIDENTS INCLUDING YOUTH" from March 13, 2023 through August 15, 2024. This Project Grant funding will allow Cultivate Charlottesville to...