Project Grant 20227003338197

AGRO BRIDGE Project Grant Summary The Farmer Veteran Coalition received a $750,000 Project Grant award dated September 30, 2025, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Institute of Youth, Family, and Community under the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program (CFDA 10.443). The three-year award, with completion scheduled for September 29, 2028, funds the AGRO BRIDGE (Agriculture Guidance and Resources for Your Financial Empowerment)...

The Texas Agriforestry Small Farmers & Ranchers (TASF&R) was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) to develop and sustain socially disadvantaged and veteran beginning farmers and ranchers in Texas. The primary goal of the BFRDP is to help beginning farmers and ranchers in the United States enter and/or improve their successes in farming, ranching,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Council for Healthy Food Systems received a $747,537 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Advocacy and Outreach under the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program (CFDA 10.443), awarded on September 30, 2025, with completion scheduled for September 29, 2028. This three-year award supports the delivery of financial literacy training, climate-smart agricultural practice education, and...

This $750,000 Project Grant, awarded on September 29, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Advocacy and Outreach under the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers (CFDA 10.443) program, will provide training and education to socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers in Texas. The funding will support on-farm demonstrations and workshops delivered by Texas State University to teach conservation ranching, beekeeping, and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $706,972 Project Grant under the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers (CFDA 10.443) program to Texas Small Farmers & Ranchers / Community-Based Organization (CBO), a non-profit organization. The funding supports providing soil health and holistic farm management training and technical assistance to Black producers in Texas through partnerships with USDA and external partners over a 3-year...

Block Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) awarded the Texas Department of Agriculture $1.714 million under the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (CFDA 10.170) on September 30, 2025, to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops throughout Texas. The award, which extends through September 29, 2028, funds nine sub-awarded projects across five research initiatives, two education and outreach programs, and two marketing projects...

Federal Grant Award Summary Texas State University received a $200,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (WAMS) Fields Program (CFDA 10.318) to develop and deliver the Farm to Fork to Field (FFF) Project. Awarded on September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for September 14, 2027, the project provides transdisciplinary education and training...

This $291,651 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) is intended to provide soil health conservation through technical assistance to urban and small acreage farmers, with a focus on increasing outreach to historically underserved producers in Texas. The awardee, Texas Small Farmers & Ranchers / Community-Based Organization (CBO), is a non-profit...

This $750,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Advocacy and Outreach under the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers (CFDA 10.443) program. The grant will fund the creation of equitable and inclusive programs and services for socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers in Tri-County, Texas. The award will assist these underserved agricultural communities in adopting sustainable production methods and...

Federal Formula Grant Award Summary Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service received a $182,442 formula grant award effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030, under the Smith-Lever Extension Funding program (CFDA 10.511) administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The award supports the Farm Assistance Program, through which agricultural economists provide risk analysis tools and decision-support services to Texas farmers...