Project Grant NR246424XXXXG009

The Springfield Community Gardens will receive $205,000 through a Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) to provide food safety training to underserved farmers in Greene County, Missouri from August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2024. The training will focus on meeting the food safety needs of BIPOC and underserved farmers in urban and rural areas as they enter agricultural...

The Springfield Community Gardens Hospital Farm Pilot project was awarded $190,000 under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) CFDA #10.331, administered by the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The award period is November 1, 2022 through October 31, 2023. Springfield Community Gardens will use the funding to establish and operate a hospital farm pilot program in Springfield, MO. As the sub-awardee, Springfield Community Gardens will grow...

The City of Springfield, Missouri received a $286,100 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service to pilot a food waste drop off and collection program from May 1, 2023 to May 14, 2025. The award is being implemented under the USDA's Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA #10.935), which encourages emerging agricultural practices in urban and suburban areas. Through this funding, the City of...

The Lincoln Library in Springfield, Illinois will expand community outreach and engagement through a $103,995 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants program. Under the award, set to run from November 2021 through October 2022, the library will hire an Outreach Librarian to work with community partners in three underrepresented neighborhoods. The librarian will make library services more accessible in these areas, which experienced...

This Project Grant award of $208,962 from the Department of Agriculture Office of Advocacy and Outreach will provide linguistically and culturally appropriate training and technical assistance for refugee farmers operating incubator farm plots at the Global Garden Refugee Training Farm in Illinois. The training will also be available to other refugees interested in learning about vegetable farming in the Midwestern United States. The award supports the goals of the Outreach and Assistance for...

The Gardens on Spring Creek in Fort Collins, Colorado will expand health and wellness programming funded by a $107,019 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program. Under the grant, the Gardens will offer additional yoga, tai chi, and gardening wellness classes on a permanent basis in response to COVID-19 stress. New programs and signage will be provided in both English and Spanish. Local assisted living facilities will host an elder...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $298,601 project grant to The Giving Grove under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production program. The grant aims to increase access to local food and provide culturally relevant options that also create economic opportunities for urban farmers in Missouri. Specifically, The Giving Grove will work to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and emerging agricultural practices including community gardens and farms located in urban areas and...

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...

This $349,124 federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) program. The award was made on September 30, 2023 to the Oregon-based nonprofit organization Growing Gardens. The primary goals of this 3-year project are to grow the urban agricultural training capacity of Growing Gardens and integrate greenhouse education into their network of community-led...

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...