From the Ground Up Archive Prior to August 2023 | Agricultural Marketing Service

July 2023 – Promoting Independent Meat & Poultry Producers, Regional Conservation Programs, Educational Opportunities, and Funding
June 2023 – Resilient Food Infrastructure Program, National Dairy Month, Advisory Committee on Urban Agriculture, and Funding Opportunities
May 2023 - Twelve USDA Regional Food Business Center Finalists, New Organic Market Development Grants, Food & Facility Design Spotlight, and FAME Webinar
April 2023 – IAG & Local MCap New Grant Opportunities, Food & Ag Mapper and Explorer Tool, A Call for Peer Reviewers, and Oregon Farmers Markets Association Spotlight
March 2023 – Acer & FSMIP Funding, Shared Kitchen Case Studies, LAMP Resources, and Regional Environmental Council Inc.
February 2023 – LAMP Funding Now Open, NASDA Stakeholder Toolkit, BIPOC Resources, and National Center for Frontier Communities
January 2023 – Introducing the NASDA GAP Toolkit, Investments in Community Food, Ag Marketing Summit, and More!
December 2022 – Regional Business Centers Extension, FMLFPP Grants Awarded, A Look at AMS, and Dakota College at Bottineau
November 2022 – Regional Food Business Centers Extension, Native American Heritage Month, RMA Roadshow, and La Montañita
October 2022 – National Farm to School Month, Food Policy Councils, City Green, and A Simpler Place
September 2022 – Announcing USDA’s Regional Food Business Centers and New LAMP Map Navigator!
August 2022 – National Farmers Market Managers Survey and USDA’s Local Food Directories Update
July 2022 - Farmers Market Week, New Resources and Stories!
June 2022 – Food System Transformation Framework, Urban Agriculture Toolkit, and Green Umbrella
May 2022 – Reopening of the USDA Farmers Market, New Local Food Data, Barrio Bread, and Philabundance
April 2022 – Local & Regional Food Systems Covid-19 Response Final Report, Food Research Education and Workforce Development, and the U.S. Farm Stay Association
March 2022 - Improved Local Food Directories, New Meat and Poultry Investments and Jamestown Renaissance.
February 2022 – Architecture Report, LRFS Recovery and Resilience Project, and Collective Harvest
January 2022 – LRFS Webinar Series, Consumer Food Insights, and National Bison Association
December 2021 – FMLFPP Grant Awards, Consumer Survey Infographics, and Franklin County Farmers Market
November 2021 – Recent grant announcements, Native American Heritage Month
October 2021 – Farm to School Census infographics, Pandemic Response Grants, cooperative agreements
September 2021 – New meat processing resource, food systems education database, Seeds of Success
August 2021 – National Farmers Market Week, new farmers market managers survey infographics, Athens Land Trust Seeds of Success
July 2021 – Local Food Impact Assessments, Agritourism Innovation Brief, Marketing Agroforestry Products, and Seeds of Success
June 2021 – Urban Agriculture Grants, 2021 LFLP Communities, QMS Handbook, and Seeds of Success
May 2021 – FMLFPP and RFSP RFAs Available, Applicant Technical Assistance, Supply Chain Comments, and Seeds of Success
April 2021 – USDA Funding Announcements, New Innovations Briefs, and Seeds of Success
March 2021 – COVID Response Listening Sessions, Ping Counter Innovation Brief, Consumer Food Insights, and Seeds of Success
February 2021 – FY2021 AMS Local Food Grant Overview, New Innovation Briefs, and Seeds of Success
January 2021 – Seeds of Success: Digging into the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program, Local Food Marketing Practices Survey
December 2020 – LRFS Response to COVID Impact Assessments, USDA Programs in the Local Food Supply Chain, Regional Food Systems Partnerships
November 2020 – LRFS Response to COVID Impact Assessments, Farm to School Grant RFA, and Native American Heritage Month
October 2020 – SCBG, FMLFPP, and RFSP make awards, Farm to School Month, LRFS Response to COVID Webinar Series
September 2020 – Farmers Market Managers Survey Results and LRFS Response to COVID Resource Hub Launched