Matching Federal Grants for Agriculture Research Projects Now Available to States
The Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP) which is administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) provides matching grants for state-funded market research projects. Project examples include exploring new markets for U.S. agriculture, agricultural training, and environmental benefits. Proposals for the $1.2 million in 2012 grant funds must be received by March 23rd, 2012.
In 2010, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture developed a plan to help local growers find new opportunities to bring their fresh, healthy food to consumers and markets within the state. They partnered with Rutgers University’s Food Innovation Center and the New Jersey Department of Family and Community Health Sciences to create healthy recipes from locally grown ingredients that were also tasty and affordable options for school menus.
Using local high school students as taste-testers, they tried out their new locally-grown school lunch items. They hope that the study will eventually result in a new market for local farms to sell to New Jersey schools.
This New Jersey program is just one example of the many diverse projects funded by the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP). The grant program, administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), is designed to boost market research projects funded by state departments of agriculture, state agricultural experiment stations and other state agencies.
Since 1976, FSMIP has provided $47.7 million in matching grants to support over 925 state-funded market research projects primarily focused on the marketing, transportation and/or distribution of U.S. agricultural products domestically and internationally.
The broad range of projects support everything from agricultural training, forestry product market export analysis, environmental benefits, beef product safety and traceability, distribution strategies, farm-to-school efforts, economic development and more. Last year, we funded 25 projects in 19 states. This grant program is one of the many ways USDA supports the American agricultural economy and communities.
via USDA
Topics: Agriculture Grants, Environmental Grants, Research Grants, State Grants
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Hello. my husband and I have an old farm house on 5 acres of land.Wwe are in need of the Federal Grant for the Dept. Agriculture. I would like to have some information and an application. If at all possible. please e-mail me or send an application to 18603 Scipio Rd. Spencerville, IN 46788 Thank-you Donna Krebs