Fork Food Lab received a $1,054,073 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to execute Fork Food Lab 2.0. This expansion project will scale up internal systems to support 75 commercial kitchen incubator members, create new value-added services including cooperative purchasing and centralized marketing, become USDA-certified for meat processing, develop a table-top manufacturing...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Colvard & Company, LLC through the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA #10.180). The grant will support costs incurred by the awardee to obtain a Federal "Grant of Inspection" under the Federal Meat Inspection Act. Specifically, funding will assist with improvements and planning activities necessary for Colvard & Company to qualify for...
Backroad Meats, Inc. was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The funding will support facility upgrades and equipment purchases necessary for Backroad Meats to obtain a Federal Grant of Inspection. Specifically, the grant funds will be used to construct a 26'x35' addition with a larger 15'x25' freezer, upgrade the 10'x10' cooler,...
Falls Meat Service, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The grant will fund an expansion of the recipient's meat processing facility and operations to increase capacity for butchering and processing under USDA federal inspection. Specifically, the award will double freezer space, increase cooler space, and extend...
Country Meat Market Inc. received a $196,100 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The grant funds will support renovations to Country Meat Market's 3,200 square foot meat processing facility in Brookhaven, Mississippi to allow it to obtain federal inspection approval. Specifically, the grant will fund improvements to walls, ceilings, floors, and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $120,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry under the Cooperative Agreements with States for Intrastate Meat and Poultry Inspection program (CFDA 10.475). The one-year grant, valid from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will support Maine's operation of a meat and poultry inspection program. The primary objective is to ensure consumers have access to safe, wholesome, and properly...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Farm Creek Meats LLC $199,502.40 under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180) to assist with costs associated with obtaining a Federal Grant of Inspection. Specifically, the September 30, 2022 award will support Farm Creek Meats in making facility improvements and carrying out planning activities necessary to achieve USDA inspection at its mixed-species slaughter and...
Pastured Life Farm, LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The grant will support Pastured Life Farm's transition to USDA inspected status and increase its poultry processing capacity. Specifically, the funding will enable the farm to enclose its slaughter area, transition from chlorine baths to an air chiller...
Meat & Complete, LLC received a $200,000 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The award will support the expansion of Meat & Complete's meat and complete processing facility to obtain federal grant of inspection status from September 2021 through September 2024. The grant program aims to help meat and poultry slaughter and processing...
The Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas received a $199,697 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The grant funding will support infrastructure improvements to the University's 1960s-era Red Meat Laboratory to upgrade the environmental temperature system and harvest floor/processing room equipment. These upgrades are necessary...