Resident and Community Food Gardening Grant Program Now Open

April 24, 2023
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The Montgomery County Office of Food Systems Resilience and the Office of Grants Management are soliciting grant applications for the FY23 Resident and Community Food Gardening Grant Program for qualified nonprofit organizations in Montgomery County that expand resident and community food production capacity as a means of increasing local food security. Award amounts will vary, with a maximum award amount of $15,000. All funded activities must be implemented within 12 months and all grant agreements must be finalized by June 30, 2023.

Key dates for this program are:

Program Downloads:

Proposals must focus on increasing organizational capacity to provide resident access to yard, patio, and community gardening supplies, space, and education. Eligible activities include establishing new or renewed small-space food production locations, increasing access to culturally appropriate foods, providing gardening and nutrition education resources, engaging community residents directly in food production, and providing supplies to residents to enable them to grow their own produce in yards and/or on patios.

Priority for funding will focus on projects that:

  • Establish new or renewed small-space food production locations, including:
    • Private land, such as those owned by community based organizations, faith-based institutions, and educational institutions;
    • Underutilized, unused, vacant, or abandoned lots in neighborhoods and municipal centers;
    • Unused and abandoned plots in community gardens; and
    • Other creative opportunities for land access or growing spaces, such as (but not limited to) vertical gardening and rooftop gardening.
  • Increase access to culturally diverse foods and those that are more difficult to access in retail and food assistance settings in Montgomery County;
  • Provide gardening and nutrition education resources, and engage community residents directly in food production;
  • Demonstrate partnerships, including with the business community for in-kind or discounted supply purchases to increase the cost efficiency of programming; and
  • Provide planting materials, containers, seeds, seedlings, gardening supplies and/or education to residents to enable them to grow their own produce in yards and/or on patios;

For more information, please visit: https://mcmdgrants.smapply.org/prog/FY23Gardening/



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