Project Grant 90ZR0087

This $749,923 Project Grant award from 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) aims to strengthen the capacity of refugee farming incubators to provide more effective training and technical assistance (T&TA) for their participants. The key objectives are to: 1) create a community of practice among the incubator participants, 2) develop and teach new approaches for adult...

This Project Grant award of $208,962 from the Department of Agriculture Office of Advocacy and Outreach will provide linguistically and culturally appropriate training and technical assistance for refugee farmers operating incubator farm plots at the Global Garden Refugee Training Farm in Illinois. The training will also be available to other refugees interested in learning about vegetable farming in the Midwestern United States. The award supports the goals of the Outreach and Assistance for...

The International Rescue Committee, Inc. will provide technical assistance and training services to 120 socially disadvantaged beginning farmers through a $749,998 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2021 under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) to support the organization's New Roots and Shoots project through August 31, 2024. The New Roots and Shoots...

The International Rescue Committee, Inc. (IRC) was awarded a $625,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175). The 3-year grant, beginning on September 30, 2024, will support the "New Roots Refugee Farmer and Consumer Market Expansion Project" in Charlottesville, Virginia. The project aims to build the direct-to-consumer marketing capacity of 30 beginning refugee and...

The Salt City Harvest Farm Inc. will receive $614,964 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The funding is provided through the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP), which aims to help beginning farmers and ranchers enter and improve their success in farming, ranching, and managing nonindustrial private forest lands. Salt City Harvest Farm will use the three-year award ending September 2025 to operate...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Heartland Communities Inc. a $460,312.50 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) from September 30, 2021 to September 29, 2024. The grant funds a Refugee Incubator Farm Project to support 16 Burmese refugee farmers in Northeast Indiana with instruction, interpretive services, and other assistance to establish viable vegetable farms and participate in a cooperative food hub distribution...

The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc. (USCRI) under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The grant will support USCRI's FLAGSHIP FARMS FUSION GROWERS project, which will deliver services from September 16, 2022 through September 29, 2025 in Pennsylvania. The Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production program encourages...

This Project Grant award for $150,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (CFDA 10.311) aims to establish a Deaf/New American-led community farming model in Liverpool, New York. The key products and services delivered through this 3-year project include: Providing individual farming plots and training to Deaf New Americans on traditional and modern farming techniques to cultivate...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $1,274,129 cooperative agreement to Agence D'Aide A La Cooperation Technique Et AU Developpement (ACTED) under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Near East (CFDA 19.519) to promote sustainable livelihoods of vulnerable Jordanian and Syrian households through integrated farming as an economic recovery mechanism in central and northern Jordan. The agreement period is September 30, 2021 through September 29,...

The Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success (ORIS) was awarded a $625,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP). The grant will support ORIS's program to expand opportunities for local and regional agricultural producers in New Hampshire, with a focus on refugee and immigrant farmers, through September 2025. Specifically, ORIS will work to develop more efficient and...