The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $299,964 Project Grant to A Red Circle of Missouri under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The grant will support urban, indoor, and emerging agricultural practices in Missouri through February 2025. Specifically, funding will encourage and promote community gardens and farms located in urban areas, as well as rooftop farms, outdoor vertical production, and green...
The federal Project Grant award of $495,903.77, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902), is funding the Columbia Center For Urban Agriculture (doing business as Billy) to demonstrate urban land remediation for specialty crop production over a three-year period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027. The organization specializes in urban agriculture, regenerative farming practices,...
This federal Project Grant award of $219,887 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (CFDA 10.522) aims to build a strong local-grown food network in the North County, MO region. The project will use a Montessori-based approach to teach sustainable farming practices, establish school gardens and urban farms, and increase access to affordable, locally-grown produce through farmers...
The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded a $462,387.19 Project Grant to Springfield Community Gardens on August 2, 2024. The grant, under the Soil and Water Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.902), will support outreach to the Hispanic/Latinx community in Greene County, Missouri and surrounding counties. The funds will be used by the non-profit organization to provide agricultural education, food safety...
The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded Youth Ministries For Peace And Justice, Inc. a $300,000 Project Grant under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The two-year award running from May 2023 to June 2025 will support the organization's efforts to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural practices in New York. Specifically, the funding will be used to develop community gardens...
The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $299,473.68 Project Grant to the Columbia Center For Urban Agriculture doing business as Billy, with a completion date of December 31, 2025. The grant is part of the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935), which aims to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and emerging agricultural practices including community gardens and farms located in urban areas as well as rooftop farms,...
The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $240,955 Project Grant to Harris County, Texas under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA #10.935). The grant will support efforts to accelerate existing and emerging models of urban, indoor, and other agricultural practices that serve multiple farmers or gardeners through October 2025. Specifically, funding will encourage and promote innovative production methods like...
The Farmers Market Of The Ozarks received a $199,900 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service. The grant was awarded under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production program (CFDA 10.935) and will support the NOBLE HILL COMMUNITY SUPPORTED HYDROPONIC project through March 1, 2024. The project aims to encourage and promote urban agricultural practices in Missouri through the development of a community supported hydroponic farm...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $366,790 Cooperative Agreement on January 15, 2024 to Urban Harvest STL, a non-profit organization in Missouri. The award funds Urban Harvest STL's Agricultural Professional Preparedness Program (APPP), which aims to empower the next generation of urban farmers and food activists to feed their communities through tailored on-the-farm educational and job-training programs that incorporate climate-smart...
This $346,821.35 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) federal grant program. The grant supports the "Share the Harvest" free produce distribution program for food insecure community members and career education for K-8 students in Longview/Kelso, Washington. The grant is being provided to the non-profit organization Lower Columbia School Gardens...