Micro-Grants for Food Security Program | USDA AMS TM MGFSP G 22 0010

Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA AMS TM MGFSP G 22 0010

The Micro-Grants for Food Security Program (MGFSP) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), administered through the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Its core purpose is to help eligible state and territorial agricultural agencies or departments expand both the quantity and the quality of locally grown food available in communities experiencing food insecurity. Rather than funding a single centralized project, the program is designed as a pass-through model: the state or territorial applicant receives the federal award and then runs a competitive process to distribute smaller subawards (micro-grants) to local eligible entities.

Program activities focus on practical, small-scale food production that can directly increase local access to fresh foods. The emphasis is on initiatives such as community and household gardening, small herding operations, and livestock-related projects that can be implemented at a community level. By supporting these kinds of smaller, locally driven efforts, the program aims to strengthen local supply, improve food availability where needs are greatest, and build community-level capacity to produce food closer to where it is consumed.

USDA also signals that the program aligns with broader federal priorities around climate resilience and rural economic strength. While the program is fundamentally about food security and local production, AMS encourages applicants to incorporate climate-smart thinking into project design and implementation. This can include goals or activities that reduce or stabilize greenhouse gas emissions (the heat-trapping gases that contribute to climate change) or steps that help projects adapt to climate impacts already being experienced, such as higher temperatures, variable rainfall, or other weather-related stresses affecting food production.

In terms of administrative details, the opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number "USDA AMS TM MGFSP G 22 0010" and is associated with CFDA/Assistance Listing number 10.179. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity areas span agriculture as well as related community outcomes like food and nutrition, community development, and business/commerce impacts connected to local food systems. The eligible applicants are listed as "Others," with eligibility clarified in the full notice; however, the description makes clear that the primary applicants are agricultural agencies or departments in eligible states and territories (as defined in the program guidance). Those applicants then make subawards to eligible entities described elsewhere in the notice.

The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is listed as $2,128,040, and the program anticipated making around 10 awards. The opportunity was posted on April 5, 2022, with an original application deadline of June 6, 2022.

• The Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service in the agriculture, business and commerce, community development, food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Micro-Grants for Food Security Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.179.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 05, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 06, 2022 No Explanation. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,128,040.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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