[CED/CD/EAT] FW: 2023 USDA-NIFA Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (FASLP)

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Subject: [EXT]RE: 2023 USDA-NIFA Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (FASLP)

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FY23 FASLP RFA Webinar: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIscOuhqz0jHbh_3R3Gl9NNOH5XVQS3PIw

Join staff members with the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (FASLP) for a webinar for applicants interested in applying to the FASLP competitive program on November 15, 2022, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The webinar will focus on the FASLP Request for Applications (RFA) and general program guidelines for the FY 2023.

Food and Agriculture Service Learning Programs are intended to increase knowledge of agriculture and improve the nutritional health of children, and to bring together stakeholders from the distinct parts of the food system to increase the capacity for food, garden, and nutrition education within host organizations or entities, such as school cafeterias and classrooms, while fostering higher levels of community engagement.

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Subject: 2023 USDA-NIFA Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (FASLP)

USDA-NIFA Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (FASLP)
FASLP is a farm-to-school program that supports projects that bring together stakeholders from the distinct parts of the food system to increase the capacity for food, garden, and nutrition education within host organizations or entities, such as school cafeterias and classrooms, while fostering higher levels of community engagement between farms and school systems. The goal of these efforts is to not only increase access to school meals for underserved children, but also to dramatically improve their quality. FASLP is also focused on the development of leadership skills, knowledge, and qualities necessary to prepare students for food and agricultural and related careers in the private sector, government, and academia.

FASLP projects are intended for eligible applicants to expand existing farm-to-school initiatives and other food and agriculture experiential learning initiatives, such as training and technical assistance, evaluation activities, curriculum development, or incorporate farm to school strategies in trainings and professional opportunities along with working closely with agricultural producers in the local and regional areas with primary and secondary schools.  All projects must involve underserved rural and or urban communities and facilitate a connection between elementary schools and secondary schools with agricultural producers in the local and regional area.  Applicants are encouraged to seek and create partnerships with public or private, nonprofit or for-profit entities, including links with academic institutions (including minority-serving colleges and universities), and/or other appropriate professionals, community-based organizations, school districts, and local and state government entities.

Proposals may include the following activities, but are not limited to:
1. Expanding farm-to-school programs beyond lunch to bring local or regional food products into the School Breakfast program;
2. Operating service projects (e.g., AmeriCorps, VISTA, Food Corps, local service corps programs, etc.) that support farm to school initiatives in schools;
3. Readying producers to participate in school food service by providing training on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and other food safety-related topics;
4. Providing technical support in the form of face-to-face and/or virtual trainings, consultations, webinars, etc.;
5. Developing promotional campaigns in support of farm-to-school initiatives;
6. Expanding strategic planning efforts to expand or coordinate efforts across multiple school districts;
7. Conducting farm-to-school evaluation efforts;
8. Establishing new or strengthening existing community partnerships (e.g., working with personnel to identify appropriate suppliers, etc.);
9. Encouraging increased consumption of fruits and vegetables through promotional activities, taste tests, and other activities;
10. Expanding experiential or agriculture-based learning opportunities, such as the creation of school gardens, support to ag/food clubs, or increased exposure to on-farm activities;
11. Developing and evaluating integrated curriculum to reinforce food and nutrition-based learning throughout the school environment.

Who Is Eligible to Apply: state agricultural experiment stations; colleges and universities; university research foundations; other research institutions and organizations; private organizations, non-profit
organizations, foundations, or corporations; etc.

Closing Date: December 8, 2023

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Range of Awards: $0 - $225,000

VIEW GRANT OPPORTUNITY: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343949

For Example
ACCESSION NO: 1027460 SUBFILE: CRIS
PROJ NO: CALN-SW-ADM-7943-OG AGENCY: NIFA CALN
PROJ TYPE: OTHER GRANTS PROJ STATUS: NEW
CONTRACT/GRANT/AGREEMENT NO: 2021-70026-35873 PROPOSAL NO: 2021-08106
START: 01 SEP 2021 TERM: 31 AUG 2023
GRANT AMT: $224,141 GRANT YR: 2021
AWARD TOTAL: $224,141
INITIAL AWARD YEAR: 2021
INVESTIGATOR: Diaz Ramirez, J. N.

IMPERIAL COUNTY FARM-TO-SCHOOL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Imperial County is a rural area in the southeast corner of California Sonoran Desert. This area is also an agricultural "hub", annually producing 80% of U.S. winter fruits and vegetables. Despite this impressive characteristic, food insecurity and obesity rates are among the highest in California. Disconnection between the agriculture system and consumers has been identified through needs assessments with school districts and growers. The University of California Cooperative Extension and Desert Research and Extension Center developed this proposal to: 1) connect school district food service directors, teachers, food pantry staffs, and growers through a 2-day School-Farm Conference providing farm-school-garden tours and trainings intended to foster higher levels of community engagement between the agricultural industry and the school system. 2) increase our organization's capacity to offer more student's experiential nutrition education through field trips. 3) stimulate food chain systems change through closing the gap between farmers, schools, and food pantries by facilitating conversations to build school nutrition hubs. This includes schools purchasing local produce, thereby increasing school food quality. 4) increase community resilience to food insecurity. In over a decade of supporting FTS in schools, we have witnessed the power of experiential learning illustrated through increasing student agriculture literacy. The grant will extend this vital programming to all grade levels in 16 school districts with evidence-based nutrition curriculum. Lessons learned through the grant will be shared with practitioners interested in rural community engagement to stimulate cross-sector collaboration between school, growers, food pantries, and educational programming in scaling up FTS programs.

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