Project Grant NA20NMF4270164

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Fishadelphia LLC a $732,168.34 Project Grant under the Community Food Projects (CFP) federal grant program. The grant will support FISHADELPHIA: MAKING SEAFOOD MORE SUSTAINABLE: BRINGING A COMMUNITY SEAFOOD PROGRAM TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY from August 15, 2022 to August 14, 2026 in Philadelphia, PA. The CFP program aims to foster understanding of national food security trends and improve local food systems by bringing...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $622,994 Project Grant to Wild Local Seafood CO. LLC under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will support Wild Local Seafood's participation in local and regional seafood markets in Southern California by facilitating seafood producers' access to farmers markets in Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties through 2024. Specifically, Wild Local Seafood buys seafood from fishers at higher...

This $1,185,763 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Regional Food System Partnerships (CFDA 10.177) program, supports the "Strategic Coalition and Capacity Building to Create New Opportunities for NJ Farmers with the South Jersey Farmers, Equity, and Sustainability Team (FEAST) Project." Led by the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, the project aims to strengthen local food system infrastructure, improve food security,...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $292,752 Project Grant under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) to the Cornell Cooperative Extension Association Of Suffolk County, doing business as CCE Suffolk, to promote local seafood consumption in New York. The project will utilize an established network to magnify consumer and supplier commitment to local seafood, conduct 50 cooking...

This $162,560 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service through the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) will fund planning for a maritime collective facility in California. The collective aims to support local and regional seafood producers through cold storage, processing, and educational programs. It will provide infrastructure and services to help seafood harvesters gain more control over market entry, diversify...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $499,991 Project Grant under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) to Get Hooked Seafood LLC in Carpinteria, CA. The project aims to address the lack of seafood options on school lunch menus in Ventura County, CA by developing and school-testing affordable, kid-friendly seafood products, providing seafood preparation training for school food...

This Project Grant award of $316,908 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service, under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175), aims to improve access to locally-grown produce for underserved communities in South Jersey. The Pinelands Preservation Alliance Inc. (PPA), a non-profit organization, will collaborate with local farms and other partners to establish at least three new weekly farmers markets in neighborhoods that have struggled...

This federal Formula Grant award, with ID F25AF00721, is provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605). The $123,716 grant supports a 5-year project by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) to collect vital data on the abundance and life history characteristics of structure-oriented fish species in the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean off the Delaware coast. Key activities...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $1,265,000.00 and provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469), will be used by the University of Delaware to develop a Fisheries & Aquaculture Innovation Center (FAIC). The FAIC will support Delaware's growing aquaculture industry, expand research capacity in applied fisheries and aquaculture, establish a joint institutional approach between...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $406,704.30 Project Grant to Bellingham Seafeast under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. Bellingham Seafeast will use the funding to support the continued development and expansion of the Bellingham Dockside Market program, a direct-to-consumer seafood sales opportunity launched in October 2020 by Bellingham Seafeast, a non-profit organization based in Bellingham, Washington. Specifically, the grant...