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  • From: Lucy Goodman <goodows AT infinet.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>, OGII <OGII AT yahoogroups.com>, SustainableAg AT yahoogroups.com, Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group <SANET-MG AT LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] [Fwd: [oeffadirect] Farmers Markets Grants]
  • Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:09:20 -0400



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Subject: [oeffadirect] Farmers Markets Grants
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:47:27 -0400
From: OEFFA <oeffa AT oeffa.org>
To: Oeffadirect <Oeffadirect AT oeffa.org>




"Diversifying Public Markets and Farmers Markets"


RFP Release


Project for Public Spaces, Inc. (PPS) is pleased to release this
Request for Pre-proposals (RFP), "Diversifying Public Markets and
Farmers Markets," with approximately $1 million in collaborative
funding from the Ford Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.


*This grants initiative is being undertaken in partnership with the
Farmers' Market Coalition, a program of the North American Farmers'
Direct Marketing Association (NAFDMA/ FMC) to support public market
networks (with a specific focus on farmers markets), individual farmers
markets, and state/regional farmers market associations. This RFP
describes the grant program for grants to be awarded in late 2005 and
early 2006.*

*The 2006 public markets grant program aims to strategically support
markets, especially in low- to moderate-income communities, to become
more economically sustainable and community-centered.*

*Grants will be awarded in three (3) categories:*
*1.** Public Market/Farmers Market Networks: Broadening Impacts &
Building Sustainability - Five (5) grants in this category from a grant
pool of approximately $475,000.
2. Individual Markets: Diversifying Farmers Markets Mini-Grants - Ten
to Fifteen (10-15) grants from a grant pool of $150,000 to $200,000.
3. State/Regional Farmers Market Associations: Building Capacity to
Support Local Markets - Four to Six (4-6) grants in this category from a
grant pool of $300,000 - 350,000.
To access the RFP and to download the application form, please visit the
PPS Public Markets Website
<http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&amp;cmd=track&amp;j=47115313&amp;u=435456>
.*

*Pre-proposals are due November 14th, 2005.*


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