The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) 2022 California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program will award 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: 07/06/2022
Size of the Grant: Up to $1 million
Details:
Four Funding Tracks
- Track 1: The California Farm to School K-12 Procurement and Education Grant
- Track 2: The California Farm to School Partnership Grant
- Track 3: The California Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) Grant
- Track 4: The California Farm to School Producer Grant
Funding Information
- Track 1: The California Farm to School K-12 Procurement and Education Grant- Up to $1 million
- Track 2: The California Farm to School Partnership Grant- $100,000 to $500,000
- Track 3: The California Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) Grant- $50,000 to $200,000
- Track 4: The California Farm to School Producer Grant- $5,000 to $150,000
Who can apply?
Track 1: The California Farm to School K-12 Procurement and Education Grant
- California farm to school implementing organizations, defined in this Request for Applications as:
- Public school districts, county offices of education, and directly funded charter schools, including those located on Indian Reservations, in California.
- Farm to school implementing organizations must serve as a School Food Authority (SFA) and operate the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and/or School Breakfast Program (SBP) to be eligible for Track 1. Please note that farm to school implementing organizations that typically operate the NSLP or SBP but currently operate the Seamless Summer Option (SSO) during the school year instead are still eligible to apply. Please also note that farm to school implementing organizations that do not yet operate the NSLP or SBP but have a written agreement with the California Department of Education to start in School Year 2022-2023 are eligible to apply.
Track 2: The California Farm to School Partnership Grant
- Farm to school support organizations that support California farm to school programs, defined in this Request for Applications as:
- Non-profit organizations
- State-established commissions in California
- Local or Tribal government entities in California
- County agencies or regional authorities in California
- Resource conservation districts in California
- Institutions of higher education
- UC Cooperative Extension offices
- Projects with a non-profit fiscal sponsor
- Food councils
- Philanthropic organizations
- Certified small businesses in California (that are certified through California’s Small Business Certification Program and listed in the Cal eProcure database)
- Community supported agriculture networks or associations in California
- Regional farmers’ market associations in California
- Farmer or rancher cooperatives in California
- Food hubs in California
- Food processors in California
- Food producers in California
- AND California farm to school implementing organizations, defined in this Request for Applications as:
- Public school districts, county offices of education, and directly funded charter schools, including those located on Indian Reservations, in California
Track 3: The California Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) Grant
- Farm to ECE support organizations that provide support to California ECE providers, defined in this Request for Applications as:
- Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Sponsors of Day Care Homes in California and/or CACFP Sponsors of Child Care Centers in California
- Child Care and Development Fund Tribal Lead Agencies in California
- Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) agencies in California
- First 5 county commissions in California
- Alternative Payment Programs (APPs) in California
- Head Start grantees in California (i.e., an agency that is awarded funding by the Office of Head Start to provide or subcontract Head Start services in their area)
- Local Child Care and Development Planning Councils (LPCs) in California
- Non-profit organizations
- State-established commissions in California
- Local or Tribal government entities in California
- County agencies or regional authorities in California
- Institutions of higher education
- UC Cooperative Extension offices
- Projects with a non-profit fiscal sponsor
- Philanthropic organizations
- AND Child care centers in California, defined in this Request for
Applications as those that:- Provide care all or part of the day
- Primarily serve young children birth through age five (i.e., infants, toddlers, and/or preschoolers); may also serve school-age children
- Are licensed by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) OR meet appropriate criteria for a license exemption (e.g., a license-exempt Tribal child care center located on an Indian reservation)
Track 4: The California Farm to School Producer Grant
- Food producers in California, defined in this Request for Applications as:
- A person, group of individuals, non-profit organization, or Tribal government entity that leases, rents, or owns land in California (whether the land is publicly owned, privately owned, or Tribal land) and cultivates crops, raises livestock, and/or uses Indigenous food production practices on this land, and/or
- A California seafood harvester.
For more information, visit CDFA.
