Project Grant 20257002645110
- This $240,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (CFDA 10.522) will fund Rooted WI Inc.'s "I Grew That!": Student Propelled School Lunches program. The program aims to reconnect elementary and middle school students in the Madison Metropolitan School District to the local food system through hands-on agricultural education and the incorporation of...
- Sprouting Farms Corp will receive $216,382 under a Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (CFDA 10.522) to grow farm to school initiatives in the New River Gorge region from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024. The Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program aims to increase capacity for food, garden, and nutrition education within host organizations and school cafeterias as well as...
- This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service under the Farm to School Grant Program (CFDA 10.575), is funding a $457,731 initiative led by Rural Action Inc. to expand access to healthy, local foods in K-12 schools across Appalachian Ohio and West Virginia. The project involves local food procurement, professional development and training, multi-state peer learning, agricultural education, and workforce development, delivered in...
- This $500,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) enhances workforce development programs at Pierpont Community & Technical College and Sprouting Farms' Greenville Farm Kitchen in West Virginia. The grant supports a four-pronged approach involving online educational modules, Better Process Control School training, paid internships at...
- 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 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 $300,000 three-year federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.311 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program) will fund the Mountain Roots NextGen Regen Beginning Farmer Training Program - Solutions for Resilience in a Changing Climate. Over 2025-2027, this program will provide comprehensive training, education, mentorship, and hands-on experience to 60 aspiring agrarians in regenerative and hydroponic...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $112,106 Farm to School Grant Program (CFDA 10.575) to the West Virginia Department of Agriculture, doing business as Administrative Services, for the period of July 26, 2023 through June 30, 2025. This Project Grant aims to assist the state agency in implementing farm to school initiatives that improve access to local foods in USDA child nutrition programs. The West Virginia Department of Agriculture regularly partners...
- 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...
- This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) provides $150,000 to West Virginia University to develop a systematic food safety training program and standardized operating procedures for high school horticulture program instructors involved in the Farm-to-School (FTS) program and those selling produce to their local communities. The key objectives are to: 1) conduct a...
This $240,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.522 - Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program) supports the "Roots and Routes" program implemented by the West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition Inc. The program addresses two key challenges in West Virginia - the aging farming community and schools' struggle to meet state requirements to purchase at least 5% of their food locally. The "Roots and Routes" program provides paid high school internships that combine classroom instruction with hands-on training in food production, sourcing, and leadership. Interns work with farmers, school food staff, and new processing facilities to help increase the amount of West Virginia-grown foods, such as fresh produce and eggs, in school meal programs. The project aims to build a pipeline of youth agricultural talent while supporting schools in meeting local food procurement goals. The pilot program is designed to be scalable statewide, with plans to produce curriculum, best practice guides, and administrator toolkits to enable replication across other counties.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $240.0k | 8/29/25 |