Governor Josh Inexperienced, MD | DOA information was launched on the help program for small farms

Honolulu – The Hawaii Division of Agriculture (HDOA) is now accepting purposes for the celebrated Micro Grants for Meals Safety Program (MGFSP). Now in its third yr, this grant program, which helps small-scale horticulture, livestock and animal husbandry, will increase the amount and high quality of domestically produced meals in food-insecure communities. A complete of $2 million is on the market for this yr’s program, supplied by the U.S. Division of Agriculture within the 2018 Farm Invoice.

This yr’s program is open to:

• People, together with yard farmers – as much as $5,000
  • Candidates should be Resident of Hawaii, a minimum of 18 years of age and head of family.
  • Awards beforehand awarded below the MGFSP should not eligible

• Organizations registered to do enterprise in Hawaii, together with Native Hawaiian, non-profit, federally funded instructional establishments – as much as $10,000

o Organizations receiving awards are required to offer a minimum of 10 p.c of the grant award’s matching funds. Matching funds can’t be obtained from different federal sources.

Particular person on-line software varieties and program data can be found on the HDOA Market Growth Department web site: https://hdoa.hawaii.gov/add/md/. Requests for firms can be found on the State Procurement Workplace web site at: https://fingers.ehawaii.gov/fingers/alternatives/opportunity-details/22883

It’s the final day for all purposes June 15, 2023 midday.

“There’s been a whole lot of curiosity on this grant program, and we’re excited to have the ability to open it as much as firms this yr,” mentioned Sharon Hurd, chairwoman of the Hawaii Board of Agriculture. “We have seen the great work that people have achieved in rising their household’s meals safety and we stay up for seeing what organizations can do for his or her communities.”

Consideration might be given to the outline of the venture, the variety of beneficiaries and whether or not the applicant has been awarded in earlier programmes. Moreover, the meals safety stage of the family or group with a venture plan, as indicated by the Meals Safety Index, calculated by the Conduent Wholesome Communities Institute from Claritas, 2022. Coded by: https://www.hawaiihealthmatters.org/indexsuite/index/view?alias=foodinsecurity

Examples of actions which may be funded via this grant embrace:

• Small-scale gardening – shopping for instruments or tools, soil, seeds, vegetation, containers, fridges, composting tools, towers, hydroponic and aeroponic farming.
• Small farming and animal husbandry – purchase animals, purchase, construct or restore fences for livestock.

To help events within the software course of, Zoom webinars are scheduled for:

Wednesday, Could 17, 2023, 10 a.m. Hawaii Normal Time

To hitch the webinar, click on right here: https://zoom.us/j/96925183234

Or one faucet Cell: +16694449171,96925183234#

or telephone:

Name: +1 669 444 9171 US, +1 719 359 4580, +1 253 205 0468, +1 305 224 1968, +1 309 205 3325 +1 360 209 563 509 56251 473 4847 +1 564 217 2000, +1 646 931 3860, +1 689 278 1000

Webinar ID: 969 2518 3234

The amplification session may also be recorded and posted on the HDOA web site at: https://hdoa.hawaii.gov/add/md/

Questions concerning the applying course of must be directed to HDOA’s Market Growth Department at (808) 973-9595 or by e-mail at: [email protected]

Final yr’s program obtained 7,400 purposes, of which 579 have been awarded between $750 and $5,000, totaling $2.6 million.

Examples of proposals funded prior to now yr embrace the next initiatives:

• fences to guard crops and seedlings from fallow deer harm;
• Shopping for seeds and tree crops;
• Buy of soil amendments, fertilizers, tools and irrigation methods;
• Refrigeration/freezing capability and meals storage amenities;
• Buy of backyard towers and raised beds for vegetable manufacturing;
• constructing shade homes, aquaponic, hydroponic and aeroponic methods; And
• Constructing poultry homes.

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Media communication:

Janelle Saneishi, Public Data Officer

Hawaii Division of Agriculture

(808) 973-9560

[email protected]

http://hdoa.hawaii.gov