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FMPP: Projects Awarded Grants in Fiscal Year 2008
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- New Jersey: $17,050 to the Rutherford Downtown Partnership, Rutherford, N.J., to implement a multifaceted advertising campaign to attract new farmers, vendors, and customers; and introduce four composting systems for the market to reduce waste disposal costs.
- New Mexico: $49,060 to the Pueblo of Pojoaque Poeh Cultural Center, Santa Fe, N.M., to implement a training program for the vendors at the Pueblo of Pojoaque Tribal Farmers Market; develop an outreach program for disadvantaged producers; and strengthen the farmers market through market infrastructure improvements.
- New Mexico: $49,097 to the Santa Fe Farmers Market, Santa Fe, N.M., to develop a business plan for expansion of the Santa Fe Farmers Market, and launch a marketing and advertising campaign to build customers and increase income for farmers.
- New York: $56,572 to City Harvest, Inc., New York, N.Y., to create a network of local farmers who will sell produce to New York City childcare agencies that serve meals and snacks to low-income children; develop a Web site ordering and distribution system for state procurement officials; and educate state procurement officials, the respective children, and their families about local agriculture, and enable them to connect directly to local farmers through agency activities.
- New York: $58,954 to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Brooklyn, N.Y., to launch a community advertising and mobilization campaign to increase residents’ patronage of farmers markets; and purchase EBT terminals, as part of a Farm-to-Bodega project, which will increase farmers’ revenues and the availability and convenience of purchasing fresh produce at local markets.
- New York: $30,713 to the Farmers Market Federation of New York, Fayetteville, N.Y., to increase the skills of farmers market managers through a one-on-one mentoring and training processes, which will bring about positive changes in management practices, market policies, procedures, and programming to better serve farmers, consumers, and host communities. A Web-based interface will be utilized to share training materials, mentor/mentee applications, and other project deliverables.
- New York: $53,125 to Council on the Environment, Inc., New York, N.Y., to provide training, educational programs, and resources that will allow the New Farmer Development Project’s immigrant farmers to develop their farm businesses and increase their participation in local farmers markets.
- North Carolina: $75,000 to The North Carolina Coalition of Farm and Rural Families, Fayetteville, N.C., to establish and equip a micro-commercial, food preparation facility in a converted packing shed that will be utilized as a test kitchen and farmers market. Additionally, the project will improve access to relevant marketing and financial information for over 300 predominately African-American small, limited-resource vendors/producers, and provide them with training and educational workshops in areas such as alternative purchasing methods (EBT, WIC, etc.).
- North Carolina: $18,000 to Columbus Community Farmers Market, Inc., Whiteville, N.C., to organize a community advisory/advocacy support committee to promote the Columbus County Farmers Market; develop a market research plan to increase the number of farmers/vendors and their income, to increase market attendance -- particularly among low-income and diverse community residents, and to increase the use of WIC and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program coupons; and implement a comprehensive business plan and marketing campaign through the use of incentives based on research results.
- North Carolina: $31,000 to Sandhills Family Heritage Association, Spring Lake, N.C., to strengthen and expand the Sandhills Farmers Market which will provide an affordable, efficient, and effective market place for underserved, limited-resource landowners, farmers, and handcrafters to sell their products and goods. Additionally, through a series of farmer and consumer training workshops and a gleaning program, the project will promote community health and well-being.
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