Project Grant NY16878

The Small Business Administration Office of International Trade awarded a $288,000 Project Grant to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership under the State Trade Expansion Program. The grant will fund services to increase the number of small businesses in Richmond, VA that export goods and services, as well as increase export values for small businesses already engaged in international trade. Over the one-year period from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2022, the Partnership...

The Department of Agriculture, through the Market Access Program (CFDA 10.601), awarded a $198,529.53 Cooperative Agreement to fund overseas marketing and promotional activities to develop, maintain, and expand commercial export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products. The award, with a performance period from March 29, 2024 to March 29, 2024, is intended to support a range of international market development initiatives, including generic and brand promotion efforts, trade...

The Common Market Georgia, Incorporated was awarded a $828,602.40 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to expand its farm-to-institution model in Georgia and Alabama. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit local food distributor founded in 2016, Common Market connects communities to sustainable family farms in the Southeast through its wholesale food distribution services. It sources fresh produce,...

The Small Business Administration Office of International Trade awarded a $537,464 Project Grant to the Department of Commerce Office of Finance Programs to deliver services under the State Trade Expansion federal grant program (CFDA 59.061). The grant aims to increase the number of small businesses exporting and boost export values for existing small business exporters through September 2022. Specifically, the grant will fund services delivered from Baltimore, Maryland to help more small...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $351,750 Cooperative Agreement under the Market Access Program (CFDA 10.601) to fund overseas marketing and promotional activities to develop, maintain, and expand commercial export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products. The award, made on March 25, 2024, supports activities by eligible organizations, such as U.S. agricultural trade groups, cooperatives, and state agencies, to conduct generic and brand-specific promotional...

The Small Business Administration Office of International Trade awarded a $969,753 Project Grant to the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina Inc. under the State Trade Expansion program (CFDA 59.061). The grant funding will support efforts to increase the number of small businesses in North Carolina that export goods and services, as well as increase export values for small businesses already engaged in international trade. Specifically, the Economic Development Partnership of...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service under the Market Access Program (CFDA 10.601), is intended to support the development and expansion of commercial export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products. The $298,795.63 grant, awarded on May 22, 2024, will fund marketing and promotional activities aimed at increasing international market opportunities for American agricultural goods. The program is designed to...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Planting Justice $703,025 under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to establish new market access opportunities for small local growers in the Bay Area through September 2024. The project will operate a farmers' market truck serving stops in Oakland and Richmond, establishing market access for at least five growers and serving an estimated 15,600 customers annually. A weekly farmers' market will also be...

The South Carolina Department of Commerce received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the Small Business Administration Office of International Trade on September 30, 2022 to increase exports for small businesses in the state under the State Trade Expansion Program. The grant period runs through September 29, 2024. The State Trade Expansion Program aims to increase the number of small businesses exporting and the value of exports for small businesses already engaged in international trade. With...

This $794,294 project grant from the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service through the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program will support a partnership led by Western Kentucky University to promote local farmers markets and direct agricultural sales in southcentral Kentucky. The partnership, which also includes four local non-profits and a farm, will conduct a marketing campaign using both online and offline channels to increase awareness of and participation in...