This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), aims to understand food security challenges faced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The $296,784 award to the University of New Hampshire will be used to conduct a formative qualitative study with 30 people with IDD and their family members to explore their...
This Project Grant award, valued at $740,000 and funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program (CFDA 10.217), aims to address the critical workforce shortage in food safety auditing, inspection, and assessment (AIA) occupations. Key objectives of the 4-year project include: (1) developing a turnkey, flexible curriculum to equip food safety educators in cultivating the next generation of food AIA professionals; (2) establishing a...
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 $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...
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...
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...
This $494,499 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) will establish the California Center for Food Safety (CCFS) to coordinate statewide efforts related to produce safety and food safety regulatory compliance within California. The key objectives are to: (1) coordinate statewide Produce Safety Rule (PSA) grower and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)...
This $494,995 federal 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) will develop Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) trainers to provide produce safety training and technical assistance to underserved growers. The award will recruit PSA trainers that work with Hispanic, African American, tribal, and small/rural farm growers, and equip them with an understanding of the...
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...
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...