The Linn County Food Systems Council has awarded $115,000 in grants to 17 local organizations through its Food Access, Resiliency, and Equity (FARE) Grant Program.
The FARE Grant Program is a Linn County American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funded project administered by the Linn County Food Systems Council to replace lost public sector revenue in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Linn County Board of Supervisors allocated $250,000 in ARPA funding to support local food initiatives to increase food security.
The Food Systems Council established the FARE grant program to support food-related businesses and nonprofit organizations in Linn County that play a key role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, promote public health and wellness, increase resiliency in the Linn County food system and address systemic food system challenges.
Award recipients for the second FARE grant cycle are:
Local Harvest CSA, $20,000
Rodale Institute-Midwest Organic Center, $16,000
Green Square Meals, $14,500
Black Earth Gardens, $10,000
Southeast Linn Community Center, $10,000
Darius K Nupolu, $10,000
Area Substance Abuse Council, $5,000
Aroma Artisan Pizza LLC, $5,000
Grow at Kazimour Farm & Orchard, $5,000
Over The Moon Farm & Flowers LLC, $5,000
Marion Cares, $3,000
Children of Promise Mentoring Program, $2,700
Full Bowl, $2,500
United We March Forward, $2,500
Matthew 25, $1,500
Horizons, A Family Service Alliance, $1,300
Marion Public Library Foundation, $1,000
“These impactful projects add critical infrastructure and equipment to build resiliency and security in our local food system, support the food sector’s COVID-19 recovery, and improve food access for underserved communities in Linn County,” said Linn County Food Systems Council Chair Emmaly Renshaw in a statement.
More information about the FARE grant program is available at LinnCountyIowa.gov/FAREgrant.
