Project Grant AM200100XXXXG112

City Green Inc. received a $665,371 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to expand its Garden State Good Food Network (GSGFN) and Veggie Mobile operations in New Jersey from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2024. Specifically, the funding will allow City Green to continue marketing and grow the GSGFN consortium of Nutrition Incentive Programs to 59 market...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded $500,100 under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to Produce Box LLC. The three-year project grant will support Produce Box's efforts to develop a home delivery service for fresh fruits and vegetables from North Carolina farms to low-income families in food deserts. By expanding local food systems and increasing access to affordable, healthy options, this initiative addresses needs among both producers and...

City Green Inc. was awarded a $1 million Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to expand the Garden State Good Food nutrition incentive program through August 2024. The Garden State Good Food program, operating in New Jersey since 2011 under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP, CFDA 10.331), provides a dollar-for-dollar match for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries to purchase...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Foodshed Cooperative Inc. a $564,500 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. Foodshed will transition its emergency food distribution operations implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic to a sustainable model increasing retail sales 25% annually. Funding will support planning with Foodshed's farmer network to achieve aggregation goals and improve distribution capacity at its Central San Diego...

This $431,250 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) will support the VeggieRx Prescription Produce Program operated by Chicago Botanic Garden. VeggieRx will provide 7,500 additional produce boxes and $8,250 in double value coupons to participants across its five clinic sites in Chicago neighborhoods disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. This will help meet immediate food security...

The New Lebanon Farmers Market received a $643,488 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will fund expansion of the awardee's successful direct producer-to-consumer virtual farmers market over three years. Key deliverables include improving the consumer online purchasing experience to increase access to locally produced foods for 17,500 individuals, including 7,000...

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 U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) to the Southeastern Growers Association, Inc. in North Carolina. The grant, awarded on September 26, 2023, will support the development, coordination, and expansion of local and regional food systems through initiatives to increase access to and availability of locally produced agricultural products, encourage...

The Council On The Environment Inc., doing business as the Council On The Environment Of New York City, received a $860,293.26 three-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service to support regional farm viability and equitable access to locally grown foods in New York City through September 2024. The grant funding will support the Council's continued development of innovative models under the USDA Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion...

Equiti Foods, LLC will use a $317,174 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to develop local and regional food systems in North Carolina. Equiti Foods will purchase excess and grade B produce from small farmers to produce frozen "Good Bowls" meals based on the Mediterranean diet. The company will partner with local commercial kitchens to produce the meals, creating economic...