USDA-AMS offers new grant application process starting April 5

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USDA-AMS offers new grant application process starting April 5

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is offering a grant open from April 5 to June 6.

The grant could provide up to $2,128,040.

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.