Project Grant AM170100XXXXG088

The North Union Farmers Market was awarded a $333,552.62 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will support the North Union Farmers Market's Time to Grow farmer technical training program, which will provide business planning, marketing, and technical skills workshops to small farmers in Northeast Ohio. The program aims to strengthen the farmers' business capacities and help...

The Northside Farmers Market (NFM) in Ohio received a $199,327.78 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP). Through this funding, NFM will deliver several services to increase food access, support farmers and food producers, and build organizational capacity. Key initiatives include an outreach and marketing campaign to attract more regular customers, incentives and...

The Greater Newark Conservancy will use a $707,289.98 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to establish two community farmer's markets and expand local farm stand operations in Newark, New Jersey. Under the Community Food Projects grant program, the Conservancy will partner with local organizations to alleviate constraints inhibiting economic interaction between low-income consumers and producers. Key deliverables include establishing...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $410,647 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to support Cobblestone Farmers Market in increasing its capacity. The three-year award running from September 2021 through September 2024 will fund targeted marketing, vendor recruitment of new and socially disadvantaged farmers, and strategic planning activities. Specifically, a robust marketing campaign aims to re-grow customer awareness and...

This Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service, under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP), provides $926,832 to Renewing The Countryside II to develop and expand ten farmers' market hubs in Minnesota from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2024. The hubs will connect small-scale local farmers to institutional and wholesale buyers, consumers, and food-insecure individuals through aggregation programs, online...

The Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA) received a $192,816 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP). RAFI-USA will develop eight new Community Supported Agriculture partnerships between small-scale farmers from its Farmers of Color Network and North Carolina churches over two years. Each partnership will create a direct producer-to-consumer market...

Wholesome Harvest Co-Op (WHC) received a $942,962 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP). The grant will support WHC's efforts to regenerate and integrate economic and food systems in northern Appalachia through September 2024. As a consumer cooperative grocery store and commercial kitchen in rural western Maryland, WHC aims to build on accomplishments from a previous FMLFPP...

The Oxford Community Market (OCM) in Oxford, Mississippi will use a $160,862 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service to expand local food system recovery and growth efforts after the COVID-19 crisis. Under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP), OCM will maintain a robust year-round market, use technology to expand direct-to-consumer marketing opportunities for North Mississippi producers, and improve access to local...

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...

Augusta Locally Grown Inc. received a $249,210 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will fund a feasibility study and implementation plan to establish a 35,000 square foot food hub facility known as "The Hub" in Georgia. The Hub aims to connect local producers to consumers through innovative sales opportunities developed in partnership with farmers, educators,...