Micro-Grants for Food Security Program
MGFSP assists agricultural agencies or departments in eligible states and territories, as provided in section 3. 1 Eligible Applicants, to increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food in food insecure communities through small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations by competitively
distributing subawards to eligible entities, as provided in section 3. 2 Eligible Entities.USDA promotes climate-resilient landscapes and rural economic systems, including tools to support agriculture, forests, grazing lands, and rural communities.
AMS encourages applicants to consider including goals and activities related to reducing and stabilizing the levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere or adapting to the already occurring climate change in their project’s design and implementation.
AMS encourages applicants to consider including goals and activities related to reducing and stabilizing the levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere or adapting to the already occurring climate change in their project’s design and implementation.
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Office: Agricultural Marketing Service
Estimated Funding: $28,000,000
Office: Agricultural Marketing Service
Estimated Funding: $28,000,000
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Micro-Grants for Food Security Program
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are agricultural agencies or departments in Alaska, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands.
A State department of agriculture is the agency, commission, or department of the government responsible for agriculture within the State, Territory, or Insular area.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=96835
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
Grants.gov Customer Support
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Date Posted:
2022-04-05
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2022-07-06
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