Project Grant 20187002028858

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) awarded a $300,000 Food Safety Outreach Program grant to the Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Inc. to develop and implement food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance projects targeting small to mid-sized farms, beginning farmers, socially disadvantaged farmers, small processors, and small fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers in Southern California. The project aims...

Trustees Of Tufts College, doing business as Tufts University School Of Medicine, received a $150,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328). The grant will fund food safety training, education, and technical assistance for up to 50 small-scale, beginning, immigrant, and organic specialty crop farmers in Massachusetts and New England to help them meet institutional procurement...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Oregon State University a $536,923 Project Grant under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) with a performance period of September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The purpose of the grant is to establish the Pacific Food Safety Education and Training Collaborative, which will provide customized food safety training and technical assistance to diverse communities across the vast Pacific territories of...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $297,000 Project Grant under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) to Texas Tech University System. The overarching goal of this grant is to advance minority-serving institutions' (MSIs) ability to secure food safety education grant funding by developing a targeted toolkit and providing professional development, training, and technical assistance for grant writers at MSIs. Key objectives include...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) awarded a $150,000 Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) grant to Lumbee Land Development, Inc. The grant supports the establishment of a Food and Nutrition Innovation Hub that will increase profitability for food businesses in the Lumbee community. The funding will allow Lumbee Land Development, Inc. to build capacity for its Department of Agriculture and Natural Resource to develop and expand...

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $299,995 Project Grant to Tennessee State University Research And Sponsored Programs Division, doing business as Starbucks Licensed Store, under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328). The goal of this 3-year project is to build capacity for enhancing commerce of value-added commodities in Tennessee by providing process authority consultation, microbiological testing, technical assistance workshops,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) awarded a $545,144 Project Grant under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGA Research Foundation) to develop a hybrid train-the-trainer curriculum for Cooperative Extension agents in home food preservation, retail food safety, and cottage/small food business. This collaborative education and training project aims to reach 300 Extension agents...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $399,784 Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) project grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, also known as the Office of Sponsored Programs, to develop and deliver a customized training program for small food producers, especially those that are minority, women-owned, or in underserved communities in Georgia. The project will create a six-day interactive workshop series utilizing a cohort model,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) to Tuskegee University, Alabama A&M University, and Auburn University. The grant will fund the development of a value-added curriculum for small, limited resource growers in the Black Belt region of Alabama. The project will draw on the legacy of George Washington Carver and provide technical information related to...

This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) provides $150,000 to Cornell University to develop and deliver food safety education resources and training for beginning farmers in New York State. The primary objectives are to: 1) Create a set of general food safety curricula and hands-on activity plans for use in beginning farmer trainings, 2) Develop a...