Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Spring 2018 Grants

Food System Reform Program

$85,000

Washington, DC

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Support for the Regional Food Systems Value Chain Coordination program to build local food supply chains between rural and urban geographies to increase farm enterprise viability, securing more food systems related jobs, and increasing consumer access to healthy food.

Special Fall 2017 Grants

Food System Reform Program

$8,800

Washington, DC

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Interim grant to support speakers and convening for the MWCOG: Regional Food System Program – Local Food Distribution Work Group.

Spring 2016 Grants

Food System Reform Program

$50,000

Washington, DC

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support for a collaborative effort with USDA’s FoodLINC (Leveraging Investment for Network Coordination) program, to conduct a three-year effort aimed at building and leveraging strategic alliances between producers of healthy, sustainably grown food and institutional purchasers and anchor institutions in the Chesapeake Region (MD/VA/DC).