Project Grant 20197002630478

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Community Health Improvement Partners (CHIP), a San Diego non-profit organization, under the Farm to School Grant Program (CFDA 10.575). The purpose of this 2-year award is to fund CHIP's farm-to-school initiatives that connect local farmers and schools, as well as develop training programs for farmers markets in San Diego County. Specifically, the grant will enable CHIP to engage local communities in...

The San Diego Regional Policy & Innovation Center (the Center) was awarded a $407,980 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP). The Center will use the funding to support the development, coordination and expansion of local and regional food systems in San Diego, California from September 2022 through September 2025. Specifically, the Center aims to assist local...

The Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, Inc. was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service on July 18, 2022 to support local farm to school programs through June 30, 2024. The funding will assist the awardee's efforts to implement their CN Farm to School Supplemental project located in San Luis Obispo, California under the USDA's Farm to School Grant Program (CFDA #10.575). This program aims to improve...

This Project Grant award of $480,441 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Nutrition (CFDA 10.331, Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program) to Family Health Centers of San Diego Inc. (FHCSD), a Federally Qualified Health Center, to implement the Produce Delivery Program and Food as Medicine (PDP-FAM) initiative. The PDP-FAM initiative will deliver 20-pound fresh produce box subscriptions directly from a local farm to the homes of over 400...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Equation Collaborative Corporation $137,244.75 under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP, CFDA 10.175) to strengthen local food systems and address nutrition insecurity in San Diego County, California. Equation Collaborative will leverage its existing Box program, which provides weekly deliveries of fresh produce to 600 nutrition insecure households through partnerships with five school districts, to...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $463,614 Farm to School Grant (CFDA 10.575) to Eat Real Certified, Inc., a non-profit organization, to support a 24-month project from July 2024 to June 2026. The grant will fund initiatives to improve access to local foods in child nutrition programs in San Francisco, California. Key activities include procuring local foods for school meals, developing school gardens, providing agricultural education, and strengthening...

The San Diego Food System Alliance (Alliance) was awarded a $949,330 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Regional Food System Partnerships program to launch a Local Food Economy Lab. The Lab will engage public and private partners within the Alliance's Food Vision 2030 network, including local farms, fisheries, food hubs, businesses, institutions, mid-tier value chain businesses, technical assistance providers, government, philanthropic,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA AMS) awarded a $656,375.28 Project Grant to Ventura County Farm To School (VCF2S) under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175). The grant will support VCF2S, a food hub comprised of small farms in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, to implement a strategic plan to gain new institutional partners and increase school districts served through their existing Ventura County school food hub project....

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $629,500 Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program Project Grant to AG Link Inc. to support increasing the use of local agricultural products in California school menus from September 2022 through September 2025. The Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program, part of the Local Agriculture Market Program, aims to develop, coordinate and expand local and regional food systems. Under this award, AG Link Inc. will...

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...