City Green Inc. was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA #10.935). The three-year award will support City Green's efforts to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and emerging agricultural practices in New Jersey through June 2025. Specifically, the funding will be used to develop community gardens and farms located in urban and...
The Town of Newton, New Jersey received a $169,977 cooperative agreement award from the USDA National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935) to establish community gardens and urban farms from May 2023 to April 2025. As the prime recipient, the Town will use the funding to encourage and promote urban agricultural practices in the local area by developing community gardens and farms located within the town. The...
Mill City Grows, Inc. was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA #10.935). The grant will support ecology, agriculture, access, and education activities at Pawtucket Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Massachusetts from January 2023 through January 2026. As part of the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production program's goal of encouraging...
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 National Resources Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $300,000 to the Boston Farms Community Land Trust, Inc. through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) federal grant program. The award period runs from May 25, 2023 through June 1, 2026 to support the development of urban, indoor, and emerging agricultural practices in Massachusetts. Specifically, the funding will encourage community gardens and farms located in urban areas as well...
The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $343,405 Project Grant to The Ecology School, a non-profit organization in Saco, Maine, under the USDA's Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) grant program (CFDA 10.935). The funding will enable The Ecology School to establish community gardens, develop composting infrastructure, create food waste diversion programs, and implement urban farming techniques in underserved communities. The project aims to increase food...
The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $297,575 Project Grant to Upstate Circle Of Friends through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) federal grant program. The award will support products and services to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and emerging agricultural practices from August 5, 2022 through July 31, 2025. Specifically, the funding will be used to address the backlog of projects focused on community gardens and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $306,988 Cooperative Agreement under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) grant program (CFDA 10.935) to the Municipality of Princeton, NJ. The grant funds will support Princeton's expansion of a community-wide food scraps drop-off program from 2 to 12 collection sites. This will enable the diversion of an estimated 156 tons of residential food waste annually from landfills to the nearby Trenton Renewables anaerobic...
This $347,639 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) program will fund the North South Institute, Inc., a woman-owned non-profit organization, to plan and establish model urban and peri-urban community food systems in Broward, Palm Beach, and Indian River Counties in Florida. The project aims to utilize selected high school and veteran farming clusters to increase...
The Greater Newark Conservancy will use a $707,289.98 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to establish two community farmer's markets and expand local farm stand operations in Newark, New Jersey. Under the Community Food Projects grant program, the Conservancy will partner with local organizations to alleviate constraints inhibiting economic interaction between low-income consumers and producers. Key deliverables include establishing...