The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services has awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.771) to the Food Co-Op Initiative, a non-profit organization located in Minnesota. Through this federal grant, Food Co-Op Initiative provides cooperative development services including training, feasibility studies, business planning, and leadership development to assist individuals and businesses with starting, expanding, or improving the operations of...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.771) to the Food Co-Op Initiative, a non-profit organization based in Londonderry, Vermont. This grant, awarded on September 3, 2024, enables the organization to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to individuals and entities interested in establishing, expanding, or improving rural cooperatives and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service and Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA #10.771) to the Northcountry Cooperative Foundation, a nonprofit organization, on September 25, 2023. The grant provides funding to the Northcountry Cooperative Foundation to deliver technical assistance, training, and feasibility studies to help establish and improve the operations of cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses in rural...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.771) to Cooperative Development Services, Inc. (CDS), a non-profit organization based in Eagan, Minnesota. The grant, with a performance period from August 28, 2024, to August 28, 2024, will enable CDS to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to individuals and entities seeking to establish, expand, or...
The Tri-County Agricultural Cooperative was awarded a $175,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service under the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (CFDA 10.771). The two-year grant will assist minority agricultural producers in Mississippi through services aimed at improving economic conditions in rural areas. Specifically, the Cooperative will use the funding to provide startup, expansion or operational support to rural cooperatives and...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded Cooperative Development Services Inc. a $200,000 Project Grant under the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (CFDA 10.771) to improve economic conditions in rural Wisconsin. The two-year award runs from September 2022 to September 2024 and will support CDS's delivery of services to startup, expand or improve the operations of rural cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses. As the sole sub-awardee, CDS will utilize the funding...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Democracy At Work Institute on September 19, 2022 under the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (CFDA 10.771). The grant aims to improve economic conditions in rural California areas by supporting the startup, expansion, or operational improvement of rural cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses through cooperative development centers. Specifically, the Democracy At Work Institute will utilize...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $175,000 Project Grant to the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives through the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (CFDA 10.771). The two-year grant will support the Association's efforts to improve economic conditions in Mississippi by assisting minority agricultural producers in starting, expanding, or improving the operations of rural cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses through 2024. The Rural Cooperative...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $175,000 Project Grant to the Democracy At Work Institute through the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (CFDA 10.771). The two-year grant will support the Democracy At Work Institute's efforts to assist minority agricultural producers in California through the provision of technical assistance and training services aimed at addressing persistent poverty. The Rural Cooperative Development Grants program aims to improve...
The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute Inc., doing business as AURI, received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service on September 16, 2022 through the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (RCDG, CFDA #10.771). The RCDG program aims to improve economic conditions in rural areas by supporting the start-up, expansion, or operational improvement of rural cooperatives and other mutually-owned businesses. Under this award, AURI...