USDA-NRCS NJ Urban/Community Agriculture Grant Opportunity

The NRCS NJ Urban Grant opportunity has opened today (April 4th) and will be open until June 7th.  The NRCS Notice of Funding Opportunity (NFO), Opportunity Number USDA-NRCS-NJ-CGARD-24-NOFO0001359, has been posted to Grants.gov and is open for applications through June 7th, 2024.  The opportunity can be found easily on Grants.gov through the basic search criteria by using the opportunity number, searching the CFDA of 10.902, or from this direct link:  https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/3533 It can also be found by filtering for All Department of Agriculture.  Grant Opportunity Information.

This year, the grant looks a little different than it has in the past.  We are only able to implement conservation practices on established USDA People’s Gardens, but we can more broadly support conservation education and outreach experiences.    The process of getting registered as a People’s Garden is pretty straight forward.  If you are interested, please visit the following site:

 

The goals of this grant opportunity are as follows:

  1. Provide conservation learning experiences and/or outreach activities related to

conservation implementation to urban and underserved communities.

  1. Support The People’s Garden Initiative at established People’s Gardens by

implementing conservation activities that cover one or more of the following:

  1. Conservation and climate-smart agriculture demonstrations
  2. Storm water control or water quality improvement
  3. Soil protection from erosion
  4. Habitat for wildlife, including pollinators

 

3. Leverage non-federal resources to achieve positive natural resource

conservation outcomes.

  1. Provide a method to follow-up with the historically underserved growers to

measure rate of success of their participation in both technical and financial

assistance by NRCS staff.

  1. Provide outreach to increase participation among historically underserved

participants in NRCS conservation programs and service