The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $1,128,410 project grant to the Recipe For Success Foundation on September 15, 2022 through the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP). The grant will support the Growing a New Tradition of Urban Farmers project through September 14, 2025. The primary goal of the BFRDP is to help beginning farmers and ranchers enter and improve their success in farming, ranching, and managing nonindustrial...
The Recipe for Success Foundation (RFS) received a $374,980 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to expand farmers markets and increase fresh food access in underserved areas of Houston, Texas. RFS will use the three-year award ending September 2024 to hire a program manager and public relations firm to develop promotional materials and recruit urban farmers and food producers...
The 4R Foundation, Inc. received a $295,197 Formula Grant award 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 award will support the recipient's INCREASING URBAN AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES project through May 2024. This includes actively involving the recipient in community food security issues through their popular "Books and...
The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $295,522 Project Grant to Small Places doing business as Finca Tres Robles through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The grant will support the PROJECT CAPTAN initiative from April 2023 to July 2025. PROJECT CAPTAN aims to increase food access, community-based agricultural production, and farmer training in Houston's East End community through establishing community gardens and farms. The...
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...
This $212,164 federal Project Grant was awarded on September 10, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) program. The grant was awarded to Austin Youth & Community Farm, Inc. (doing business as Urban Roots), a non-profit organization, to mitigate the effects of climate change on the local food system. The grant funding will support the use of regenerative farming and natural...
The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded $300,000 to the Sentli Center For Regenerative Agriculture through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935) on March 16, 2023. The project aims to improve food access in historically underserved communities in South Texas by facilitating urban farming through partnerships focused on education, community engagement, policy development, and urban food production. The grant...
This $349,058 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) program will support La Semilla Food Center's efforts to increase the urban impact of their Raices youth program and youth farm apprenticeship. The funding will enable La Semilla to train youth from underrepresented backgrounds in climate-adaptive desert agroecology, career skills, leadership, and...
This federal Project Grant award for $347,639 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service is for the "Using Selected High School and Veteran Farming Clusters to Plan & Establish Model Urban and Peri-Urban Community Food Systems in Broward, Palm Beach, and Indian River Counties in Florida" project. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will be used by the non-profit organization North South Institute, Inc. to develop sustainable urban and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) program to the Teen Start Program on Sep 30, 2023. The primary goals of this 3-year project are to expand access to healthy food for food-insecure residents of the Hough community in Cleveland, Ohio and to educate the Cleveland community on sustainable urban farming techniques and benefits. The project will involve...