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...
This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) provides $150,000 to Cornell University to develop and deliver food safety education resources and training for beginning farmers in New York State. The primary objectives are to: 1) Create a set of general food safety curricula and hands-on activity plans for use in beginning farmer trainings, 2) Develop a...
This $760,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) aims to enhance food safety education and support for implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in the Western region of the United States. The award supports a coalition of food safety specialists from land-grant universities, Alaska Native-serving, Native Hawaiian-serving, and Hispanic-serving...
This $494,999 Food Safety Outreach Program project grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.328), will develop and implement innovative, accessible, and culturally appropriate food safety training for diverse produce growers in Kansas, Missouri, and South Dakota. The project team, led by Kansas State University, will utilize augmented reality (AR) tools to provide on-farm produce safety training to growers based on the Food Safety...
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...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $393,133 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (doing business as Virginia Tech) to lead a multi-state collaborative education and training program under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328). The project aims to develop and deliver a hybrid training curriculum for small food processors to enhance their capabilities in producing safe food products, understanding...
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 federal Project Grant award in the amount of $359,987 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) through the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328). The grant will support the development of a specialized curriculum and virtual training tools to address the unique food safety challenges faced by low moisture food businesses, which include bakery products, snack foods, and other manufactured foods. The project...
This $298,714 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program (CFDA 10.216) supports research to evaluate the safety and decontamination of microgreens grown in controlled environmental agriculture (CEA) systems. The grant recipient, the West Virginia State University Research and Development Corporation, will investigate the behavior and interactions of foodborne...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.328 - Food Safety Outreach Program) provides $149,706 to Iowa Valley RC&D, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, to expand its Clean Start Food Safety Coaching program. The funding will enable Iowa Valley RC&D to serve an additional 100 new and socially disadvantaged farmers in Eastern Iowa with technical assistance, hands-on training workshops, and new educational...