Project Grant AM22LFPPRI1118

This $560,189 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 10.185) will support the purchase of local food from small businesses and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers for distribution to schools in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Department of Education will subaward funds to Farm Fresh Rhode Island to implement activities to meet project objectives, including ensuring the...

The Economic Development Administration awarded a $3.966 million Project Grant to the City of Woonsocket, Rhode Island on July 19, 2022 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) federal grant program. The funding will support renovations to an existing commercial building to establish an indoor/outdoor food hub and workforce development facility. The food hub will provide space for food vendors and entrepreneurs to lease, and offer workforce training and business counseling services...

This $250,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services, under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175), will support initiatives by Purcells Seafood Inc. to develop, coordinate, and expand direct producer-to-consumer marketing channels and local/regional food business enterprises in Virginia. The funded activities will include supporting farmers markets, roadside stands, community-supported agriculture programs,...

The Southside Community Land Trust received a $747,894 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program. The grant will support the organization's BOOSTING FOOD ACCESS, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMY IN RHODE ISLAND project from November 1, 2022 through October 31, 2026 in Providence, Rhode Island. The Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program aims to support projects that bring...

This $500,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) enhances workforce development programs at Pierpont Community & Technical College and Sprouting Farms' Greenville Farm Kitchen in West Virginia. The grant supports a four-pronged approach involving online educational modules, Better Process Control School training, paid internships at...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $525,484.25 Project Grant to Providence Farm Collective Corp. under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will support Providence Farm Collective's efforts to improve equitable access to fresh, culturally significant foods for immigrant, refugee, and Black families in Western New York through 2024. Specifically, the organization will hire a Markets Manager to scale produce aggregation for food banks...

This federal Project Grant award of $250,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175). The funding will support a two-year project by Tapenade, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation in the agricultural sector, to develop and expand local and regional food systems in Washington state. The grant activities will focus on increasing access to and availability of locally...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Farm Fresh Rhode Island $673,230 under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) from September 30, 2021 to September 29, 2024. FMLFPP aims to support the development, coordination and expansion of local and regional food systems. With this funding, Farm Fresh Rhode Island will launch a statewide marketing and outreach campaign to promote local seafood and farm producers across Rhode Island. The...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island a $424,320 project grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program on December 20, 2022. The grant funds a wastewater facility expansion study to evaluate and recommend improvements to expand wastewater treatment capacity at Narragansett's Scarborough Treatment Facility. Establishing expanded wastewater treatment capacity is intended to increase regional and national food security...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $991,221 Project Grant under the Regional Food System Partnerships program to Harvesting Good of Maine. The grant will support the development of New England's only regional vegetable processing operation to supply fresh processed broccoli to grocery and institutional food service customers throughout the six-state region year-round. Harvesting Good will purchase broccoli from Circle B Farms and contract with food...