Twelve projects receive nearly $350K in MDA funding



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July 11, 2024

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Grants Awarded to Grow Sustainable Agriculture Practices on Minnesota Farms

Twelve projects receive nearly $350K in MDA funding

*St. Paul, MN*: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has announced the latest recipients of its Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grant, awarding nearly $350,000 to 12 projects across the state focused on researching sustainable ag practices and systems.

The Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grant funds innovative research or demonstration projects that explore the energy efficiency, environmental benefit, and profitability of sustainable agriculture techniques — from the production through marketing processes — on Minnesota farms.

Topics being researched by this year’s grantees range from cover cropping, solar land access, in-row weeding systems, biocontrol techniques, and cut flower production. An overview of each awarded project is provided in the table below.

Grant project updates are published annually in the MDA’s Greenbook [ [link removed] ], which provides a summary of each active project along with results, management tips, locations of previous projects, and other resources to help encourage widespread adoption of sustainable practices.

The next round of Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grants will open for applications in the fall of 2024. Visit the grant webpage [ [link removed] ] for updates and more information on previous projects.

Funding for this program is made available through the MDA’s AGRI Program, which administers grants to farmers, agribusinesses, schools, and more throughout the state of Minnesota. The AGRI Program exists to advance Minnesota’s agricultural and renewable energy sectors.

*Grantee
Name*



*Project Title*



*Grant Amount*



*Grantee City*



*Project Location (County/
Reservation)*



Amundsen Farms, Inc



Atmospheric Water Collection Project



$48,955



Duluth



Carlton and St. Louis



Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute



Hemp Wool Matting Pilot Project



$11,101



Osage



White Earth Reservation; Becker, Wadena, and Aitkin County



Anthony Polyakov



Optimizing Crop Productivity and Quality Through Targeted Electric and Magnetic Field Exposure



$24,997.89



Eden Prairie



Scott



Bemidji State University



Computer Vision Guided In-row Weeding System for Organic Farming in Northern Minnesota



$25,000



Bemidji



Beltrami



Fond du Lac Reservation Business Committee



Fond du Lac Gitigaaning Regenerative vs. Conventional



$25,000



Cloquet



Carlton and St. Louis



Lakeside Prairie Farm LLC



Restoration of an Oak Savannah Following Buckthorn Removal by Goats



$25,000



Barrett



Grant



Owl Forest Farm



Evaluating Cold-Hardy Roses for Cut Flower Production in USDA Zone 3



$49,830



Iron



St. Louis



Regents of the University of Minnesota



Broccolini: A Broccoli Alternative to Limit Losses Due to Pathogens and Pests



$32,836



Minneapolis



Carver, Meeker, Ramsey, and Rice



Regents of the University of Minnesota



Bounty and Blooms: Integration of Cut Flowers in Urban Vegetable Farms



$48,500



Minneapolis



Ramsey and Hennepin



The Food Group



Enabling Solar Facility Land Access for Emerging and Immigrant Farmer Empowerment



$19,818.48



New Hope



Sherburne



Twin Cities Berry Company



Investigating Biocontrol Techniques to Reduce Spray Usage Inside Affordable, Controlled Environments



$24,577.02



St. Paul



Isanti



Urban Roots MN



Cover Cropping to Remediate Urban Soil Compaction



$11,534.15



St. Paul



Ramsey



 

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