Equiti Foods, LLC will use a $317,174 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to develop local and regional food systems in North Carolina. Equiti Foods will purchase excess and grade B produce from small farmers to produce frozen "Good Bowls" meals based on the Mediterranean diet. The company will partner with local commercial kitchens to produce the meals, creating economic...
The San Francisco Bay Area Local Food Purchasing Collaborative was awarded a $226,540 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Regional Food System Partnerships program. The Collaborative will develop a Bay Area Good Food Purchasing Roadmap and technical assistance toolkit to support large institutional food purchasers in the region, including school districts, hospitals, and corrections facilities collectively serving over 100,000 people daily...
The Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH) was awarded a $910,265 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Regional Food System Partnerships program. The grant will support CCBH's Feed Our Future initiative, which leverages local and regional partnerships to advance farm to school collaborations in Ohio. CCBH will serve as the value chain coordinator for K-12 schools. The grant also provides funding to Muse Content Group to provide...
Boston Area Gleaners Inc. received a $564,801 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to operate its Boston Food Hub program from September 30, 2021 to September 29, 2024. The Boston Food Hub program aggregates and markets surplus produce and other agricultural products from regional farms in Eastern Massachusetts that would otherwise go to waste, to increase sales...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $799,928 Community Food Projects (CFDA 10.225) grant to Mill City Grows Inc., a non-profit organization in Lowell, Massachusetts, to support their work in improving food security, increasing access to growing space, building local food system resilience, and enhancing social determinants of health for Lowell residents. The 4-year grant will fund initiatives such as expanding education points at food...
This $772,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFDA 10.225), supports an initiative led by Kids Food Basket, a non-profit organization based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The project aims to build upon the organization's efforts focused on improving food security, nutrition education, and community well-being in Muskegon County, Michigan, with a...
Producegood will use a $489,032 three-year Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program to deliver fresh surplus produce to food insecure communities in San Diego County, California from June 2023 through May 2026. Leveraging over 4,000 volunteers, Producegood will recover approximately 15 million pounds of produce annually from farms and backyards to supply 80 feeding partners serving thousands...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $482,268 Community Food Projects grant to the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACEnet) to implement the "Building Rural Hunger Free Communities with Accessible Market Models" project. This 2-year grant, starting on September 15, 2024, aims to expand community access to local, healthy foods in five Appalachian Ohio counties by strengthening food production, aggregation,...
This $1,350,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Program on September 26, 2024 provides supplemental funding to certified CDFIs to support healthy food retail and non-retail outlets that expand the availability of healthy foods in underserved areas. The funding must be used for financial products, development services, loan loss reserves, and capital reserves to help these CDFIs deliver financing activities that...
The Massachusetts Avenue Project Inc. and Grassroots Gardens of Western NY will co-direct the $731,071 Buffalo Food Justice Project through June 2026. Funded by the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program, the project aims to increase food self-reliance, promote comprehensive responses to local food and nutrition issues, and meet the needs of low-income residents with a focus on opportunities for...