Community Alliance with Family Farmers, in partnership with the Farm Service Agency, Veggielution, Agroecology Commons, the Los Angeles Food Policy Council, and Food Access LA, are thrilled to announce the recipients of the Growing Urban Agriculture microgrants for the Spring of 2024. This initiative, designed to support innovative and impactful urban agriculture projects, received an overwhelming number of applications from passionate growers dedicated to transforming their communities through local agriculture projects.
Below are a list of the Spring 2024 microgrant awardees, along with links to learn more about the projects and growers.
Los Angeles Awardees
- SEED / Ghettostead
- The Farmer Ken LLC
- Black Roots Herbals/ Coyote Gourd Farms
- ALMA Backyard Farms
- Metitlan Agri/Cultural Learning Space
- Casita Del Barrio Urban Farm
- Eco Urban Gardens
- Shift Our Ways (SOW) Collective
- Solution for Urban Agriculture
- The Ecology Center
- American Friends Service Committee, Roots for Peace, Corazon de La Gente Community Farm
- Growing Roots
Bay Area Awardees
- Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians
- Common Vision’s Garden at Prescott Elementary School
- McGee Center for Food, Faith & Justice/ Soil to the Soul Garden
- Berkeley Basket CSA
- Northridge Co-op Homes Community Garden
- Sacred Heart Community Services (SHCS), La Mesa Verde (LMV)
- People’s Programs
- Tenderloin People’s Garden
- Pollinate Farm
- PODER/Hummingbird Farm
- Farm to Fight Hunger
- Yagi Sisters Farm