This $723,636 project grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (CFDA 10.311), aims to expand and integrate educational and support services for 90 new and beginner women and Black farmers each year in West Georgia and the Mississippi Delta. The key objectives are to provide outreach, support farm business expansion, aid market integration, and facilitate access to new market...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (CFDA 10.311) awarded a $525,000 Project Grant to Augusta Locally Grown Inc., a community-based non-profit organization, to provide a comprehensive suite of agricultural and entrepreneurial services for beginning farmers in the Greater Augusta, GA area. The project aims to help small family farms and beginning farmers in low-income areas improve and sustain their farming operations. Key activities...
The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Global Growers Network, Inc., a woman-owned non-profit organization, a $524,915 Project Grant through the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (CFDA 10.311). The funding will support the organization's efforts to assist new American and immigrant farmers in starting and maintaining successful farming businesses. Key services to be provided include matching growers with available farmland, offering...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $385,271 Project Grant under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (CFDA 10.311) to the Women, Food And Agriculture Network, a woman-owned non-profit organization. Through this 3-year award, the Network will coordinate mentoring relationships, training opportunities, and farm-sitting services to support beginning and intermediate women farmers in the Midwest region (IA, WI, IL, MN,...
The federal Project Grant award of $600,000 was made on September 15, 2024 by the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (CFDA 10.311). The grant recipient, MS MIN Farmers Alliance Inc., is a minority-owned, non-profit organization focused on supporting agricultural development for underserved communities in Mississippi. The grant funding will be used by MS MIN...
The Tri-County Agricultural Cooperative was awarded a $763,800 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program to provide outreach, training, and technical assistance to socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers in six Mississippi Delta counties. Over three years, Tri-County and its collaborators will deliver educational and hands-on training activities to at least...
The Global Growers Network Inc. was awarded a $749,997 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's Office of Advocacy and Outreach on September 28, 2021 to complete the project by September 27, 2024. The award is funded through the USDA's Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program (2501 Program), which aims to encourage and assist socially disadvantaged, veteran, and beginning farmers and ranchers. Global Growers Network...
The Generation Infocus Foundation Inc. was awarded a $250,000 project grant from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) to operate an agricultural incubator program in Hapeville, GA from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The program will provide training and resources to 20 beginning farmers annually, with a focus on veterans, socially disadvantaged individuals, and underrepresented...
The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund Inc. will receive $750,000 through a three-year Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to cooperatively mentor new and beginning farmers and ranchers in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina for regional markets. The grant funds the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP), which aims to help beginning farmers and ranchers enter and...
This three-year, $746,424 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) will support the development of a farmer mentorship program focused on beginning food-grade grain farmers. The Michael Fields Agricultural Institute and two other nonprofit farmer support organizations will create 30 mentor-mentee pairs between beginning farmers and experienced grain farmers, reserving one-third of...