Project Grant 96095801

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $299,437 cooperative agreement to Broadview Village Of under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The award will support establishing residential curbside food scrap composting programs in three communities and food scrap diversion operations and education in K-12 schools within those communities. It will also fund the use of finished compost in community and school landscaping and gardens....

The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $180,000 Cooperative Agreement to New Hanover County, North Carolina under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program. The County will operate an in-vessel composter to divert $180k of organic material from landfills that would otherwise be disposed of as waste. The composter was purchased in 2017 and the current funding will support composting operations through February 2025. By...

This Project Grant award of $371,516, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program (CFDA 66.921), supports the Clean Air Council's efforts to enhance residential composting and recycling in the disadvantaged communities of Braddock, Clairton, and Swissvale, Pennsylvania. The project aims to build and support backyard and community composting systems, including conducting outreach campaigns, developing...

The School Board of Orange County, doing business as Orange County Public Schools, will provide services to reduce landfill waste, increase access to compost for agricultural producers, limit fertilizer use, improve soil quality, and reduce food waste in Orange County, Florida through a $157,416 Cooperative Agreement awarded on May 15, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service. The award is being provided under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $1,353,055 Regional Food System Partnerships grant to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center on October 31, 2021 to fund the Oklahoma Local Agriculture Collaborative (OLAC) through October 30, 2024. OLAC will strengthen and grow the capacity of Oklahoma's local agriculture through three main initiatives - improving communication and access to underutilized resources, developing technical support systems to foster...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service has awarded a $346,821.35 Project Grant under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) federal grant program to Lower Columbia School Gardens in Longview/Kelso, Washington. This 3-year grant, awarded on Sep 30, 2024, will support the "Share the Harvest" free produce distribution program for food insecure community members and provide career education for K-8 students in the local area. The...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $50,000 cooperative agreement to the Land of Sky Regional Council under the Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants program (CFDA 66.808) to support a new Don't Waste Food North Carolina campaign. Through June 2024, the Land of Sky Regional Council will provide one-on-one technical assistance to commercial and institutional food service sectors, develop transferable resource tools and guidance, and support North Carolina Department of...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants (SPECA) program to Growing Gardens, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Portland, OR. The award will fund a partnership between Growing Gardens and Zenger Farm to promote agricultural education, curriculum development, and youth leadership development focused on food systems...

The City of Alexandria, Virginia received a $300,000 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service on May 5, 2023 to subsidize a municipal curbside food scrap collection program. The funding supports the city's efforts under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA #10.935), which encourages emerging agricultural practices such as community gardens and farms located in urban areas. The...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $656,204.57 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to Sustainable Connections. The grant will support the creation of optimized online seller profiles for small and mid-sized farmers and ranchers in Washington State to be included in a new online wholesale search tool. This tool will be used by retail, restaurant, institutional, and other buyers to access local food. Sustainable Connections...