Project Grant S336S230056

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants (SPECA) program to Growing Gardens, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Portland, OR. The award will fund a partnership between Growing Gardens and Zenger Farm to promote agricultural education, curriculum development, and youth leadership development focused on food systems...

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...

Grow2Zero Farms was awarded a $291,871 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service. The funding supports the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program. Through this award, Grow2Zero Farms will develop a hybrid online and in-person urban farm training program for young adults in Long Beach and the greater Los Angeles South Bay area. The program aims to expand Grow2Zero's current agricultural education services...

The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $706,588 project grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) to College Unbound, a private non-profit university in Providence, Rhode Island. This grant will fund the establishment of the Transformative Educator Pathways' Center of Excellence (TEP-CE), which aims to create a center of excellence for delivering equitable teacher preparation through...

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to New York Sun Works Inc., a non-profit organization, to implement hydroponic farming education programs in K-12 schools through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program. The grant, with a performance period from July 21, 2023 to June 30, 2025, will enable New York Sun Works to build sustainable agriculture labs in classrooms, develop integrated science, technology,...

The Common Good City Farm will provide $640,454 in educational opportunities and hands-on training in regenerative and climate-responsive agricultural techniques under a three-year Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture. Funded through September 2028 under the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers program, the City Farm will offer classroom and practical instruction to farmers in environmentally-sustainable growing methods and farm...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers (CFDA 10.443) program will provide $690,000 over 3 years to the John Bartram Association to deliver hands-on urban farming and food sovereignty education for underserved youth. Key activities include: Implementing a youth farmer curriculum for up to 25 local high school students annually, providing technical assistance and home...

The federal Project Grant award of $750,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program supports the "E-GROW" project. This 4-year project, led by Cornell University, aims to develop youth interest and competency in agricultural technology (AgTech) for food production in controlled environment agriculture (CEA). The project will pilot a CEA certificate program at 10 middle and high schools in several states, reaching an...

This $299,608 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program (CFDA 10.216) is aimed at strengthening the teacher education program at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). The project seeks to develop a collaborative relationship between UAPB and Arkansas State University to advance the cultural diversity of the agriculture, food, and natural resources (AFNR) workforce by attracting and...

The Chicago Horticultural Society (CHS) was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (CFDA 10.311). The 3-year grant will enable CHS to build capacity for its Windy City Harvest (WCH) continuum of urban agriculture training programs. Over the grant period, WCH will train 300 individuals, at least 75% of whom are considered socially disadvantaged and 70% limited...