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Food Security Learning Center


Community Food Project(CFP) Resources

Planning:

*NEW*  2011 Request for Applications (RFA) 
Please note: Application Deadline November 17, 2010

Guidance for Preparing Community Food Projects Proposals (41 pages) Hugh Joseph, with Assistance from Kai Siedenburg and Zy Weinberg, April 2009

Guidance for Preparing Community Food Projects Proposals (condensed, 15 pages, PDF format, updated October 2009)

Guidance for Preparing Planning Project Proposals (6 pages, PDF format, updated October 2009 with minimal revisions.)

Electronic Submissions Advisory (7 pages, PDF format, updated October 2009 )

Community Food Projects 2006 Planning Guide
A guide to preparing winning proposals for the USDA / CSREES Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program.

Case Studies of Successful Community Food Projects:

Healthy Food Healthy Communities: A Decade of Community Food Projects in Action
This 26-page document, published in 2007, highlights the advances in community food security made through the CFP grant program. It includes full profiles of eight projects, lists all 240 grant recipients since 1996, and contains basic information on how to apply for a grant.

A Guide to Community Food Projects
This 19-page guide features case studies of seven diverse and innovative projects funded by the CFP program. It also includes basic information about the program and sources for more information. Helpful Links:
Community Food Security Coalition
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Services
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
Rural Assistance Center

Updated 9/2010

 

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This project is supported by the Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program
of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture,
USDA Grant # 2009-33800-20201