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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: COVID-19, Food Access, School, Nutrition, Child/Youth Health, Minnesota
Deadline: Aug. 12, 2020
“The AGRI Farm to School Rapid Response Grant for Schools provides financial assistance to school districts to begin, diversify, and expand purchasing from Minnesota producers during the COVID-19 pandemic (summer and fall of 2020). These funds must be used to begin, diversify, or increase purchases directly from Minnesota producers or from Minnesota producers via distributors and food hubs. Examples of eligible purchases include:
- Beginning: purchasing Minnesota apples for the first time to include in grab-and-go meals or home deliveries
- Diversifying: adding new or additional Minnesota farmers or introducing a new product to your local sourcing
- Increasing: increasing the dollar value of a Minnesota product to use in school meals
We encourage you to source directly from Emerging Farmers, including women, immigrant farmers, and farmers of color, or work with distributors, restaurants, and food hubs that source from Emerging Farmers. Priority will be given to reimbursements for unprocessed or minimally-processed agricultural projects – see the Request for Proposals for more information.”
Funder: Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Eligibility: “Schools or school districts (public or private) that: (1) Participate in the National School Lunch Program, and (2) Serve food to K-12 students. Food service management companies that sell to these schools (if the value of the grant is credited to the school).”
Amount: $1,000 – $5,000
Contact: Link.
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