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FY2025 Farm to School Grant-Turnkey

ID: USDA-FNS-2025-F2S-TURNKEY • Type: Posted

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The Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program is designed to increase the availability of local foods in schools and connect students to the sources of their food through education, taste tests, school gardens, field trips, and local food sourcing for school meals. Grants can launch new farm to school programs or expand existing efforts. The objective of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Farm to School Turnkey grants is to simplify the proposal-writing process by providing pre-designed activities to simplify applications for frequently proposed farm to school projects. However, it is important for all prospective applicants to read the RFA in full to ensure that they understand all submission requirements.

There are three Turnkey Grant project tracks available in FY 2025: Action Planning, Agricultural Education, and Edible Gardens. Applicants may only apply to one project track. The project types are summarized as follows:

  • Turnkey Action Planning grantees will develop a roadmap for launching or enhancing farm to school activities.
  • Turnkey Agricultural Education grantees will incorporate agricultural education into curricula.
  • Turnkey Edible Gardens grantees will implement a food production operation.

All applicants must demonstrate a commitment to one or more federal Child Nutrition Program(s).

The FY 2025 Farm to School Turnkey Grant awards projects of 24 months in length for funding up to $50,000. Applicants are required to provide matching support of at least 25 percent of the total project budget in the form of cash or in-kind contributions. Eligible applicants for the Turnkey Grant may include schools and other institutions that operate Child Nutrition Programs, Indian Tribal Organizations, agricultural producers or groups of agricultural producers, non-profit entities, and local agencies.

This RFA is one of three funding opportunities being offered under the Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program in FY 2025. Please see the RFA Grant Track Decision Document under the Related Documents tab for this opportunity in grants.gov for more information on the different grant types.

Background
The Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program aims to enhance the availability of local foods in schools and connect students with their food sources through various educational initiatives.

The FY 2025 Farm to School Turnkey grants are designed to simplify the proposal-writing process by providing pre-designed activities for frequently proposed farm to school projects. This allows applicants to focus on implementation rather than extensive proposal development.

Grant Details
The FY 2025 Farm to School Turnkey Grant offers three project tracks: Action Planning, Agricultural Education, and Edible Gardens. Applicants may only apply for one track.

The specific tasks under each track include:
1. Action Planning: Develop a roadmap for launching or enhancing farm to school activities.
2. Agricultural Education: Integrate agricultural education into curricula, which involves establishing a curriculum planning team, determining local food incorporation methods, developing or procuring curriculum materials, and evaluating the project outcomes.
3. Edible Gardens: Implement a food production operation within the school environment.

All applicants must demonstrate commitment to federal Child Nutrition Programs.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include schools and institutions operating Child Nutrition Programs, Indian Tribal Organizations, agricultural producers or groups of producers, non-profit entities, and local agencies.

Applicants must also provide matching support of at least 25% of the total project budget in cash or in-kind contributions.

Period of Performance
The projects funded under this grant will have a performance period of 24 months.

Grant Value
Grants can provide funding up to $50,000 for each project.

Place of Performance
The grant activities will be performed in locations where eligible institutions operate Child Nutrition Programs.
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Overview

Agency
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) [USDA]
Category of Funding
Food and Nutrition
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Program (CFDA)
10.575 - Farm to School Grant Program
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
True
Source
Grants.gov
On 10/28/24 Food and Nutrition Service posted grant opportunity USDA-FNS-2025-F2S-TURNKEY for FY2025 Farm to School Grant-Turnkey with funding of $4.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 10.575 Farm to School Grant Program. It is expected that 60 total grants will be made worth between $5,000 and $50,000.

Timing

Posted Date
Oct. 28, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Jan. 10, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EST Past Due
Last Updated
Oct. 28, 2024, 3:09 p.m. EDT
Version
2
Archive Date
Feb. 9, 2025

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
City or township governments
Independent school districts
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
County governments
Additional Info
Entities not meeting the eligibility definitions will be deemed ineligible and removed from competition without further consideration. The following are eligible entities for the FY 2025 Farm to School Turnkey Grant, which are described in more detail below. -Eligible schools, including non-profit private and charter schools, which operate the NSLP and/or SBP; -Eligible child care institutions, including non-school based institutions that have an agreement with the State agency to operate CACFP; -Eligible summer sponsors, including non-school based institutions that have an agreement with the State agency to operate SFSP; -Local agencies; -Indian Tribal Organizations and Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs); -Agricultural producers; -Non-profit entities.Entity type must be clearly indicated and unambiguous in all application materials. Applicants can only apply as one entity type. If an applicant can meet the criteria for more than one eligibility type, they should choose the entity type that best aligns with their organization. If USDA cannot determine the applicant to be an eligible entity based on information contained within the application, the applicant will be deemed ineligible and removed from competition without further consideration.Additionally, applicants can only submit one application across the three FY 2025 Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant solicitations (i.e. Implementation, Turnkey or State Agency). If multiple packages are submitted through Grants.gov by the same applicant to more than one FY 2025 Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant solicitations ALL submissions will be removed from further consideration.Finally, multiple applications from within the same entity will not be considered. For example, if both a school district and an individual school within the district apply, BOTH submissions will be removed from further consideration.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$50,000
Floor
$5,000
Estimated Program Funding
$4,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
60

Contacts

Contact
Jean Bingham Grants Officer
Contact Email
jean.bingham@usda.gov   Profile
Email Description
Grant Officer
Contact Phone
(703) 457-7709
Additional Information
Farm to School
Additional Information Site
https://www.fns.usda.gov/f2s/resources-farm-school-grant-program-applicants

Documents

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