Description
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has awarded funding through the Micro Grant for Food Security Program to the Alaska Division of Agriculture to increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food through small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations in food insecure communities in areas of the State that have significant levels of food insecurity and import a substantial quantity of foods. The Alaska Division of Agriculture competitively distributes funds from this grant program through sub-awards to eligible individuals and organizations for select project types. The program is accepting applications from individuals, tribal governments, tribal organizations, nonprofits engaged in increasing food security, federally funded educational facilities.
