Micro-Grants for Food Security Program
ArchivedAgricultural Marketing Service
Description
MGFSP assists agricultural agencies or departments in eligible states and territories 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.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.
Who can apply
- State governments
- Others
Contact
Grant Program Questions: IPPGrants@usda.gov; Grants.gov Questions: support@grants.gov or 1-800-518-4726.<br/>IPPGrants@usda.gov
IPPGrants@usda.gov
- PostedMar 21, 2024
- ClosesMay 28, 2024
- Award floor$125,000
- Award ceiling$2,000,000
- Program funding$5,000,000
- Expected awards10
- CFDA10.179
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