Supporting Community Agriculture and Local Education Systems (Project SCALES)
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Lindsey Turner, PhD
projectscales@boisestate.edu
Jennifer McNeil, RDN, SNS
jennifer@lunchassist.org
Ally Mrachek, MS, RD
ally@lunchassist.org
Technical assistance during the application process:
info@ProjectSCALES.com
208.426.1632
This opportunity, Project SCALES, will provide funding to foster innovation among school food authorities (SFAs) across the United States, with an overall goal of supporting local innovations and collaborations that ensure a resilient, just, equitable, and nutritious school food system. The first round of grants will focus on rural communities.
Goals and objectives include:
- Improve the K-12 school food supply chain by incentivizing innovation
- Establish and/or strengthen partnerships between various entities of the food system, including schools, food producers, processors, distributors, and other potential partners
- Create a sustainable, resilient, equitable, and nutritious school food system
- Collect and disseminate lessons learned and share best practices for cross-sector partnerships in the K-12 school food system
Potential activities by strategy are listed in the application instructions.
Eligible applicants are rural school food authorities (SFAs) or school districts as the primary entity. At least one formalized partnership must be documented at the time of application.
Award ceiling: $150,000
Project period: April, 2024 - June,
2026
Estimated number of awards: 35
Estimated total program funding:
$5,250,000
Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application portal are available on the program website.
While not required, potential applicants are encouraged to submit an online indication of interest by December 20, 2023.
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