This $576,519 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service will enable TC Farm, Inc. to create a regional food system supporting beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers. For an initial group of 10 women-owned or BIPOC-operated farms, the awardee will provide aggregation, delivery, and e-commerce services through branded websites to significantly increase per-customer revenue through collaboration. These services will allow farmers to maintain...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $243,939 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) to Moon River Beef, a small agricultural cooperative in Arizona. The funding will support initiatives to develop, coordinate, and expand direct producer-to-consumer marketing channels and local/regional food business enterprises. Planned activities include supporting farmers markets, implementing marketing...
This $499,267.55 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) aims to increase access to markets for local BIPOC growers and expand access to fresh, local produce among low-income populations in Minnesota. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) Establish the Food Group's "Fare for All" affordable grocery program as a consistent market for farmers of color by...
This $937,854 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (CFDA 10.311) will provide education, mentoring, and technical assistance to approximately 270 beginning farmers and ranchers in Arizona. The grant targets support for beginning farmer refugees, people of color, indigenous peoples, and other limited-resource producers in urban areas of Tucson and...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $120,900 Project Grant to the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project on September 30, 2022 through the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will fund a feasibility study to establish data on the current health and food access needs of Indigenous communities in South Central Texas. Reports from the study will inform future programming. The Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program, identified by CFDA #10.175,...
This $247,879 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA AMS) under the Wholesale Farmers and Alternative Market Development Program (CFDA 10.164) will employ a mixed methods study to understand the distinct technical assistance needs of Black, Hispanic, and Tribal producers for accessing wholesale markets. The project will review existing curricula, training materials, and outreach activities focused on areas like market access,...
The Center of Southwest Culture, Inc. was awarded a $276,477 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) to implement the Indigenous Marketing and Production for Access to Community Tables (IMPACT) project. The primary goal of the IMPACT project is to help indigenous farmers and ranchers in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area enter and improve their successes in farming, ranching,...
Community Farmers Markets Inc. received a $922,145.80 three-year Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. Through this funding, Community Farmers Markets will deliver a holistic, four-pronged approach to growing local food systems and removing barriers to food access in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Specifically, the organization will expand local food distribution through farmers...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $380,251 Project Grant to Plant It Forward under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will support Plant It Forward's efforts to ensure the long-term success and financial self-sufficiency of its food hub, which serves socially disadvantaged farmers in central, east, and south Texas. Key deliverables include developing a business plan to close the food hub's budget deficit within five years and...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $588,625 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to Friends of Zenger Farm. The grant will support the expansion of direct-to-consumer market activity by training over 60 beginning Black, Indigenous and farmers of color over three years. Zenger Farm will provide a beginning farmer program and the Come Thru Market will give emerging vendors, including Zenger Farm beginning farmers, an...