Food Grant Opportunities and Resources

Cooking Matters is excited to announce a competitive grant opportunity to current or new partners interested in offering online nutrition and food skills education that actively engages low-income parents and caregivers and their kids. Through this grant, education must be delivered online and have a focus on parent-child engagement.

Important Dates:

• Deadline: Monday, October 19th by 8pm ET
• AWARDS ANNOUNCED VIA EMAIL: No later than November 2nd 2020, 8 pm ET
• GRANT PERIOD: November 15th 2020 - June 10th 2021

 Application Announcement and Application
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EPA and USDA invite communities interested in revitalizing neighborhoods through development of local food systems to apply for Local Foods, Local Places technical assistance. Local Foods, Local Places supports projects that: 

• Create livable, walkable, economically vibrant main streets and mixed-use neighborhoods. 
• Boost economic opportunities for local farmers and main street businesses.
• Improve access to healthy, local food, especially among disadvantaged populations.

Eligibility: Eligible applicants include local governments, Indian tribes, and nonprofit institutions and organizations proposing to work in a neighborhood, town, or city of any size anywhere in the United States. This year, communities with projects located in federally designated Opportunity Zones will receive special consideration. Highest consideration will be given to those communities who can identify how Local Foods, Local Places assistance will leverage the Opportunity Zone designation to support implementation of the resulting action plan.
 
Deadline: October 30, 2020
 
How to apply: See the complete application instructions at: https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/local-foods-local-places-2020-2021-application