The CDFA 2023-24 California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program will award up to $52.8 million in competitive grants to support projects that cultivate equity, nurture students, build climate resilience, and create scalable and sustainable change.
Donor Name: California Department of Food and Agriculture
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/04/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Funding Tracks
- Track 1: The California Farm to School TK-12 Procurement and Education Grant
- Funding Amount: $200,000 to $1 million
- Grant Period: Up to 24 months
- Track 2: The California Farm to School Technical Assistance (TA) Grant
- Funding Amount: $50,000 to $350,000
- Grant Period: Up to 24 months
- Track 3: The California Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) Grant
- Funding Amount: $50,000 to $200,000
- Grant Period: Up to 24 months
- Track 4: The California Farm to School Producer Grant
- Funding Amount: $15,000 to $350,000
- Grant Period: Up to 24 months.
Funding Priorities
The California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program will award additional points during the grant review process for projects that:
- Engage students from underserved communities
- Include small to midsize California food producers
- Include veteran California food producers, socially disadvantaged California food producers, and/or limited-resource farm households in California.
- Include California food producers who utilize climate smart agriculture practices; climate smart agriculture production systems like certified organic or transitioning to certified organic; or other regenerative strategies that increase resilience to climate change, improve the health of communities and soil, protect water and air quality, increase biodiversity, and help store carbon in the soil.
Grant Period
- Grant Term Begins: November 2024.
- Grant Term Ends: October 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Track 1: The California Farm to School TK-12 Procurement and Education Grant
- California public school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and Tribal schools (such as those administered through the Bureau of Indian Education) that are a School Food Authority (SFA) currently operating the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).
- Track 2: The California Farm to School Technical Assistance (TA) Grant
- Farm to school technical assistance (TA) organizations.
- Track 3: The California Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) Grant
- Child care centers in California.
- Track 4: The California Farm to School Producer Grant
- Food producers in California.
For more information, visit CDFA.
