Project Grant 20203380033134

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $364,673 Project Grant to Dakota Rural Action through the Regional Food System Partnerships program. The grant will support Dakota Rural Action's efforts to plan and develop local and regional food systems in South Dakota over a two-year period ending September 2029. As part of the USDA's Local Agricultural Marketing Program, the Regional Food System Partnerships program aims to bring together public and private resources...

The Center for Rural Affairs will use a $248,045 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to build capacity for indigenous local foods with Nebraska tribes. The goal is to support farm to institution sourcing in the Omaha and Santee Sioux communities as part of sovereign, healthy food systems. The Center will increase capacity of local growers to sell directly to institutions, provide...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Local Food Purchase Agreements with States, Tribes, and Local Governments program (CFDA 10.182), is intended to purchase and distribute local food with a focus on supporting socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. The $600,000 award, granted to the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe on August 15, 2024, will fund the Local Food Purchase...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $2,200,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 10.182) to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. The purpose of this 2-year agreement is for the tribe to purchase and distribute locally grown and harvested produce, meat, eggs, and culturally specific foods from approximately 100 socially disadvantaged farmers and producers within 400 miles of distribution...

The One Generation's Indigenous Farm Hub (IFH) was awarded a $249,642 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. IFH will conduct research and feasibility studies to develop a regional Community Supported Agriculture distribution and marketing plan serving underserved Indigenous communities in central and northwest New Mexico. The initiative aims to train and support new Indigenous...

The Lakota Fund, Inc. was awarded a $10 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to address severe housing shortages on nine tribal reservations in South Dakota. As the lead organization for the Building Jobs, Building Homes project, Lakota Fund will train Indigenous people in construction trades and certify them as appraisers and inspectors through partnerships with South Dakota State...

The Satanka Food and Community Innovation Hub will receive $619,245 from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) from September 2022 through September 2025. The Hub will facilitate connections between local food producers, farmers, and ranchers with community-based institutional purchasers in Albany County, Wyoming to fill long-recognized gaps in the local food system. Action Resources International will...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Local Food Purchase Agreements with States, Tribes, and Local Governments (CFDA 10.182) program provides $321,480.00 to the Tolowa Dee-Ni Nation Tribal Administration Division to purchase and distribute local food from socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. Over a two-year performance period, the Nation plans to purchase and distribute 30,000 lbs...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $3,500,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 10.182 - Pandemic Relief Activities: Local Food Purchase Agreements with States, Tribes, and Local Governments) to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians on November 15, 2024. The purpose of this 2-year agreement is to purchase and distribute local, unprocessed or minimally processed domestic foods, with a focus on supporting socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers....

The Center of Southwest Culture, Inc. was awarded a $276,477 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) to implement the Indigenous Marketing and Production for Access to Community Tables (IMPACT) project. The primary goal of the IMPACT project is to help indigenous farmers and ranchers in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area enter and improve their successes in farming, ranching,...