The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) awarded a $771,246 Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) grant to Iowa State University of Science and Technology. The 3-year project, beginning on September 1, 2024, aims to connect educators, regulators, outreach staff, and other stakeholders to develop and maintain an active and effective produce safety network. The grant will provide support to those working with underserved audiences to...
This $150,000 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) will support a 24-month community outreach project focused on meeting the food safety training needs of underserved, BIPOC, and immigrant farmers in urban and rural areas of Greene County, Missouri. The project will be led by the non-profit organization Springfield Community Gardens and will partner with University of Missouri Extension to provide FSMA Produce...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) to develop and deliver tailored education and training to cottage food and home-based food producers. Over a three-year period ending August 2025, the University will create customized digital and in-person training materials on food safety, regulatory compliance, and entrepreneurship...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) awarded a $300,000 Food Safety Outreach Program grant to the Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Inc. to develop and implement food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance projects targeting small to mid-sized farms, beginning farmers, socially disadvantaged farmers, small processors, and small fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers in Southern California. The project aims...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $305,630 Project Grant to the University of Vermont & State Agricultural College under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328). This 3-year grant builds on a successful, multi-state produce safety education and outreach program to help small and mid-size farms in the Northeast adopt practices consistent with the Food Safety Modernization Act. The key products and services to be delivered under...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $299,800 Project Grant to Ourspace World, Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328). The grant will fund the "De-Mystifying FSMA: Creating a Food Safety Education and Training Program to Increase Market Access for Black Producers and Chefs in the Mid-Atlantic US" project over a 2-year period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025. The project aims...
The Springfield Community Gardens will receive $205,000 through a Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) to provide food safety training to underserved farmers in Greene County, Missouri from August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2024. The training will focus on meeting the food safety needs of BIPOC and underserved farmers in urban and rural areas as they enter agricultural...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) awarded a $359,748 Food Safety Outreach Program grant to Colorado State University. The 3-year project, beginning on September 1, 2024, aims to enhance the sustainability and resilience of Colorado's agricultural sector by providing education, training, and technical assistance to growers. Key components include workshops on produce safety, controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry assessments,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) awarded a $494,919 Project Grant through the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, aims to provide interactive on-farm food safety training to farm workers and underserved farmers in Louisiana and Florida. Key components include developing educational materials covering good agricultural practices...
Through a $550,000 Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328), TX A & M University Commerce, doing business as Texas A&M University, will develop produce safety educational materials tailored to underrepresented beginning farmers. The 3-year project will focus on: (1) creating produce safety virtual farm tours and associated activities, (2) developing avenues to host the educational content, and...