Micro-Grants for Food Security Program in the US

Deadline: 6-Jun-22

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Micro-Grants for Food Security Program (MGFSP).

The MGFSP will award grants to eligible agencies, commissions, or departments of agriculture for the competitive distribution of subgrants that increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food through small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations in areas of the United States that have significant levels of food insecurity and import a significant quantity of food.

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.

Funding Information

It is anticipated that $5 million will be available to fund applications in FY 2022. Enactment of additional Federal continuing resolutions or appropriations may affect the availability or level of funding for this program.

Eligibility Criteria

• 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.
• Eligible entities must be physically located in an eligible state or territory. Eligible Applicants and must apply directly to an eligible applicant. Eligible entities are:
  • Individuals;
  • Indian tribes or Tribal organizations;
    • Nonprofit organizations that are engaged in increasing food security, including—
      • Religious organizations;
      • Food banks; or
      • Food pantries;
    • Federally funded educational facilities, including—
      • Head Start programs or an Early Head Start programs;
      • Public elementary schools or public secondary schools;
      • Public institutions of higher education;
      • Tribal Colleges or Universities;
      • Job training programs; or
      • Local or Tribal governments that may not levy local taxes under State or Federal law.

For more information, visit Grants.gov.

For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339210