The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing the potential availability of funding for the development of urban agriculture and innovative production activities.
Donor Name: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
State: New Hampshire
County: All
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/25/2023
Size of the Grant: $15,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The New Hampshire NRCS is a federal agency that works with the people of New Hampshire to bring about effective conservation and sustainable use of land, water, wildlife and related resources.
The New Hampshire NRCS Urban Agriculture Grant is an effort to challenge local Conservation Districts, non-profit organizations, non-government organizations, institutions of higher learning and other community partners to establish urban, community and pollinator gardens across New Hampshire. The simple act of planting a garden or creating a pollinator habitat can help unite neighbors in a common effort and inspire locally led solutions to some of the challenges facing local communities within the state. Addressing hunger and health, while inspiring beautification projects, with an urban garden can positively unite communities.
As part of the USDA’s Urban Agriculture toolkit, the New Hampshire NRCS Urban Agriculture Grant will provide technical and financial assistance to eligible entities to build pollinator habitats and establish gardens for food production.
Eligible entities are invited to apply for NRCS assistance with the following key conservation objectives:
- Provide conservation learning experiences to urban communities.
- Address concerns regarding food deserts.
- Improve access to healthy, affordable food at the local level.
- Create urban gardening projects that develop urban properties into sustainable production sites for fruits and vegetable.
- Leverage non-federal resources to achieve positive natural resource conservation outcomes.
- Build and develop healthy and vibrant pollinator habitat.
- Expand conservation tools and support to address unique needs of urban farmers and communities nationwide.
- Provide a method to follow-up with the historically underserved producers to measure rate of success of their participation in both technical and financial assistance by NRCS staff.
- Describe the relationship between the applicant and urban and small acreage producers, community gardens, and/or communities addressing food insecurity through farming and education.
- Provide outreach to increase participation among historically underserved farmers and ranchers in NRCS conservation programs and services.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $150,000
- Award Ceiling: $15,000
- Award Floor: $5,000
Performance Periods
Projects may be between 1 and 2 years in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.