The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $213,809 Project Grant through the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (CFDA 10.522) to Urban Food Park, Inc. in St. Petersburg, FL. The funding will support a 2-year initiative from August 2024 to August 2026 to increase food, garden, and nutrition education capacity within schools and community organizations in the Tampa Bay area. Key activities will involve establishing school gardens,...
This federal Project Grant award of $219,887 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (CFDA 10.522) aims to build a strong local-grown food network in the North County, MO region. The project will use a Montessori-based approach to teach sustainable farming practices, establish school gardens and urban farms, and increase access to affordable, locally-grown produce through farmers...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $203,254 Project Grant to Reap Food Group Inc., a non-profit organization in Madison, Wisconsin, under the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (CFDA 10.522). The grant will fund efforts to 1) coordinate the development and implementation of a food justice curriculum across Madison schools, 2) expand experiential learning opportunities for high school students with local farmers, food...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) provides $300,000 to Edible Schoolyard NYC to pilot a professional development program for New York City educators. The program aims to increase the capacity of elementary and middle school teachers to implement culturally-responsive edible education curricula focused on urban gardening, cooking, and food justice. Key activities...
This federal Project Grant award, in the amount of $240,000, was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (CFDA 10.522). The award supports a service-learning partnership between the University of Georgia Research Foundation and East Jackson Comprehensive High School in Georgia to create and pilot high-impact high school courses and student leadership opportunities. These...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $220,460 Project Grant under the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (CFDA 10.522) to The Freshfarm Markets, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. The two-year grant will support FreshFarm's "FoodPrints" initiative, which provides experiential food and agricultural education in 21 elementary schools across Washington, D.C. Key activities include: Expanding hands-on food and agricultural education for...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (CFDA 10.522) will support a collaborative effort to address food insecurity and lack of agricultural literacy among youth in under-resourced middle schools in the Houston Independent School District. Over the two-year project period, the $220,490 award will engage 900 youth, 18 teachers, and 30 master gardeners in hands-on agricultural...
This $500,000 three-year project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will enhance the food and agricultural sciences (FAS) literacy of rural educators and students in south central Idaho. Led by Dr. ShiYi Chen at the University of Idaho, the professional development program focuses on strengthening educators' pedagogical and content knowledge related to FAS...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $220,050 Project Grant to Rutgers, The State University under the USDA's Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (CFDA 10.522). The 2-year grant, running from September 2023 to September 2025, will support the "The Farmpreneurs: Empowering Student Leaders to Increase Food Knowledge and Food Security in Their Urban Communities" project. Through this initiative, Rutgers will provide...
The Foodcorps, Inc. was awarded a $184,946 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (CFDA 10.522). The grant will support Foodcorps FASLP: Developing the Next Generation of School Nutrition Leaders from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023. The project aims to increase capacity for food, garden, and nutrition education within host organizations and school cafeterias and...