Supporting Community Agriculture and Local Education Systems (Project SCALES)
Lindsey Turner, PhD
projectscales@boisestate.edu
This opportunity, Project SCALES, will provide funding for projects that aim to build capacity and increase the resilience of food systems by supporting partnerships between school food authorities and growers, producers, distributors, and processors, as well as other industry partners.
Goals and objectives include:
- Improve the K-12 school food supply chain by incentivizing innovation
- Reduce barriers for schools in sourcing, ordering, processing, and storing locally sourced foods
- Support school nutrition teams in using fresh local ingredients
- Leverage social responsibility of food industry to create innovative solutions for the school food system
- Identify sustainable solutions and best practices for the school food system that are scalable and replicable
Eligible applicants will include at least 3 partners with one being from the food industry and one being a school food authority. Rural school food authorities are eligible.
Award ceiling: $1,000,000
Award floor: $500,000
Project period: up to 3 years
Estimated number of awards: 17
Estimated total program funding:
$8,500,000
Links to additional guidance and the online application portal are available on the program website.
For complete information about funding programs, including your
application status, please contact funders directly. Summaries are provided
for your convenience only. RHIhub does not take part in application processes
or monitor application status.