Food Loss and Waste Training and Technical Assistance: SARE Grant – Apply by June 28

Apr 26, 2024 | Grants and Funding

The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture grants and outreach program, has issued a call for proposals for Food Loss and Waste Training and Technical Assistance Grants. The goals of the program are to:

  • Increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for their own food needs
  • Promote comprehensive responses to local food access, farm, and nutrition issues
  • Identify strategies for reducing food loss and waste by identifying value-added production opportunities
  • Meet specific state, local, or neighborhood food and agriculture needs for planning for long-term solutions
  • Create innovative marketing activities that mutually benefit agricultural stakeholders and consumers
  • Describe how the research or training and technical assistance will lead to improved quality of life for producers, communities and consumers

The grants will support initiatives for three years. Roughly two to four projects, capped at $1 million per proposal with an expected grant size of $500,000, are anticipated to be funded in the West.