Second round of grants now open



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*Media Contact: *Allen Sommerfeld

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April 19, 2024

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MDA Announces Local Food Purchase Assistance Program Grant Recipients

Second round of grants now open

*St. Paul, MN*: Minnesota farmers and communities throughout the state are benefitting from a new program aimed at local and regional food systems. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has awarded 33 organizations, local units of government, and tribal nations $3.53 million in grants through the Minnesota Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) Program. The program provides funding for projects that buy local food primarily from socially disadvantaged farmers and distribute that food at no cost to underserved communities.

The MDA is also accepting applications for a second round of LFPA Program grants. Applications will be accepted through May 20, 2024. Applicants may request between $20,000 and $125,000, and the MDA anticipates awarding roughly $3.1 million in this second round. The application and more information can be found on the MDA website at www.mda.state.mn.us/lfpa [ [link removed] ].

Interested parties can attend one of two virtual information sessions to learn more about the LFPA Program. The sessions will be held at the following times:

                • May 1, 2024, from 5 – 6 p.m. Register for this event [ [link removed] ].

                • May 2, 2024, from 12 – 1 p.m. Register for this event [ [link removed] ].

In the first round of grants, the MDA received 50 proposals requesting approximately $5.9 million. The grant recipients are:

*Grant Recipient*



*City*



Audubon Neighborhood Association



Minneapolis



Church of the Incarnation



Minneapolis



City of Richfield



Richfield



Community Action Center



Northfield



Community Action Duluth



Duluth



Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio Inc



Saint Paul



Grand Rapids Farmers' Market



Grand Rapids



HAVEN, Int'l



Saint Paul



Hennepin County



Minneapolis



Hmong American Farmers Association



West Saint Paul



Isuroon



Minneapolis



Kaleidoscope-Kawm Thiab Siv, LLC



Oakdale



Keystone Community Services



Saint Paul



North Country Food Alliance



Minneapolis



Pillsbury United Communities



Minneapolis



Prairie Rose Agriculture Institute for Research, Innovation and Education (PRAIRIE)



Moorhead



PRISM



Golden Valley



Real Food Inc. dba Becker Market



Willmar



Red Lake Nation



Red Lake



Red Wing Area Farmers’ Market Association, Inc.



Red Wing



Red Wing Area Food Shelf



Red Wing



Region Nine Development Commission



Mankato



Riverwood Healthcare Center



Aitkin



Southeast Minnesota Food Rescue and Redistribution



Rochester



Sprout MN



Little Falls



TC Food Justice



Minneapolis



The Good Acre



Falcon Heights



The Humanity Alliance



Victoria



The Open Door



Eagan



The Sanneh Foundation



Saint Paul



The Village Agricultural Cooperative



Rochester



Virginia Farmers’ Market Hub



Virginia



White Earth Nation



White Earth



 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service awarded the MDA $8,141,877 million in LFPA funding. The LFPA Program is authorized by the American Rescue Plan to maintain and improve food and agricultural supply chain resiliency.

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