People’s Garden Initiative Cooperative Agreements Program
Department Of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
The People’s Garden community connects gardens across the country that produce local food, practice sustainability, create jobs, and strengthen communities. People’s Gardens empower communities to grow healthy nutritious food in a sustainable way and teach about the benefits of local, resilient food systems. These gardens foster community collaboration, create jobs and train future farmers, prioritize green spaces, provide access to nutritious food, and benefit the environment. People’s Gardens
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Helps communities grow their own food and learn about sustainable gardening. Provides support for local food production and community collaboration.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Funding for local and tribal governments to develop infrastructure and strategies for composting and food waste reduction, supporting sustainable food systems.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: composting, food waste reduction, urban agriculture
Region: local governments, tribal governments
Other Criteria: developing infrastructure and strategies for composting and food waste reduction, projects that make compost easily accessible to agricultural producers, projects that integrate plans to save and reuse food waste, projects that anticipate economic benefits, projects that provide collaboration with multiple partners, proposals require a 25% match (can include in-kind contributions)
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Review eligibility requirements
- Prepare application materials
- Submit application through the designated portal
- 🌐Application Portal
- http://www.usda.gov/farming-and-ranching/farm-bill
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 📅Key Dates
- August 19, 2019Application Deadline
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- financial assistance for innovative production methods
- technical assistance for urban agriculture
- crop insurance
- food safety certification expenses
- grants for community food projects
- 📏Expense Caps
- Reimburses up to 75% of cost of organic certification renewal
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- 25% minimum
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- cash
- in-kind contributions
- 📚Stacking Rules
- No explicit stacking rules mentioned.
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- Documentation of matching funds is required, but specifics are not detailed.
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards in a fiscal year
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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This program offers funding up to $1,000,000 (minimum $200,000).
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