The U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service is soliciting applications for cooperative agreements to design and deliver a two-year program increasing market opportunities for U.S. biofertilizer exporters in Vietnam, with an application deadline of September 2, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Two awards of up to $250,000 each are anticipated from a total funding pool of $500,000. Eligible applicants are state cooperative institutions or other colleges and...
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USDA seeks to enter into a cooperative agreement with a Tribal organization, non-profit organization, or an American Indian Tribal College or any other accredited public or private academic institution of higher education with expertise working with Tribal communities to develop, design, and implement a fresh produce safety and handling training for program operators and staff of the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) (hereafter referred to as FDPIR Produce Training Program).
The training to be developed should model USDA's Produce Safety University (PSU), a one-week experiential learning program that immerses child nutrition professionals in the fresh produce supply chain, arming graduates with skills to address real life scenarios and critically analyze and respond to food safety issues.