USDA Local Foods, Local Places Program (Obama Admin Archives)

Submitted by casit-admin on Thu, 10/22/2015 - 08:57
Type: 
Funding
Organization: 
USDA
Description: 

Grant deadline unknown for 2016. Communities are invited to apply for assistance from Local Foods, Local Places, a new program supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), and the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) to help create more livable places by promoting local foods. Priorities given to communities within Appalachia and surrounding regions, see application for more details.

Category: 
public health, Agriculture, food justice, sustainability, human health, disease, local, economy
Funding Amount: 
Varies
Matching Funds: 
Unknown

Geography:

Eligibility: 
Communities--no further restrictions
Website: 
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/06/09/local-food-local-places-fed…