Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program

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The Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program provides grants to develop and expand existing farm to school initiatives and other food and agriculture experiential learning initiatives within a distinct service area with the overall goal of increasing knowledge of agriculture and improving the nutritional health of children.

Priorities include:

• Expanding access to healthy local food products in the School Breakfast Program
• Operating service projects that support farm-to-school initiatives in schools
• Readying producers to participate in school food service by providing training on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and other food safety-related topics
• Providing technical support in the form of face-to-face and/or virtual training, consultations, and webinars
• Developing promotional campaigns in support of farm-to-school initiatives
• Expanding strategic planning efforts to expand or coordinate efforts across multiple school districts
• Conducting farm-to-school evaluation efforts
• Establishing new or strengthening existing community partnerships
• Encouraging increased consumption of fruits and vegetables through promotional activities, taste tests, and other activities
• Expanding experiential or agriculture-based learning opportunities, such as increased exposure to on-farm activities
• Developing and evaluating integrated curricula to reinforce food and nutrition-based learning throughout the school environment

Eligible applicants include:

• State agricultural experiment stations
• Colleges and universities
• University research foundations
• Other research institutions and organizations
• Federal agencies
• National laboratories
• Private organizations, nonprofit organizations, foundations, and corporations
• Individuals
• Any group consisting of 2 or more entities listed above

Award ceiling: $230,000
Project period: Up to 2 years
Estimated number of awards: 4
Estimated total program funding: $930,539

Links to application instructions and the online application process are available through grants.gov.