The purpose of the Michigan Department of Education’s Local Food Purchase Assistance Project is to create and expand community partnerships between existing agencies, organizations, and their local and regional disadvantaged farmers and producers. Planned activities include partnerships connecting farmers, producers, and their products to healthcare organizations, tribal organizations, regional food collectives, mobile pantry programs, fresh produce box programs, food hubs, and allowed processing facilities.

Docket Number: AMS-FGIS-22-0066
Comments Due: December 12, 2022

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Docket Number: AMS-ST-22-0060
Comments Due: December 12, 2022

Summary

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), for a new information collection “National Science Laboratories.”

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Docket Number: AMS-FGIS-21-0017
Effective Date: October 12, 2022

Summary

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is making no changes regarding the U.S. Standards for Wheat under the U.S. Grain Standards Act, as amended (USGSA).

Contact

Barry Gomoll, USDA AMS; Telephone: (202) 720-8286; Email: Barry.L.Gomoll@usda.gov.

Supporting Documents

The North Carolina Farms SHARE program will build on the success of the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association efforts started in 2020 as a response to COVID-19, increasing access to fresh, healthy, locally-grown food in underserved communities across our state while investing in small North Carolina businesses to cultivate a stable, thriving local food system.

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) Food Distribution views the LFS Grant as a perfect opportunity to assist the schools in North Carolina with providing nutritious, healthy meals for our kids while introducing and teaching them about fresh, local produce. The funds would be distributed to the schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) based on their enrollment. Schools would have the option to use these funds in our current Farm to School Program or to procure products from local farmers, vendors and businesses.

Docket Number: AMS-NOP-21-0008
Comments Due: The comment period for the notice originally published on September 2, 2022, at 87 FR 54173, is extended. Comments must be submitted on or before December 31, 2022.

Summary

The RI Department of Education (RIDE) will build upon the model developed by the RI Department of Environmental Management (DEM) for use in their recently funded Local Food Purchasing Agreement (LFPA) program to meet the following objectives:

1. Support economic opportunities and a more resilient local food system by purchasing locally and regionally produced, minimally processed or unprocessed, food, targeting purchases from socially disadvantaged farmers/producers in the amount of $560,189 (full award amount).

To contact USDA staff members regarding the Regional Food Business Centers, email RegionalFoodCenters@usda.gov.