Is your community interested in strengthening its food system through planning and policy? 
Growing Food Connections is in the process of selecting up to 8 local governments in urban and rural communities across the U.S. to receive free technical assistance and guidance on how to develop tools and policies that support local farms and improve food security.
If your local government is interested in strengthening its food systems, consider nominating your community to be a Growing Food Connections (GFC) Community of Opportunity by submitting an application form. GFC is a five-year initiative to build the capacity of local governments to use policy and planning tools to strengthen community food systems. Selected GFC Communities of Opportunity will receive free technical assistance to develop and deploy policy tools to strengthen food systems. This will include training workshops, webinars, peer-to-peer mentoring among community partners, and consultation on developing policies, partnerships, and public investments that will lay the foundation for stronger food systems.
Local governments, community organizations, or interested food systems stakeholders from any region of the United States are welcome to submit an application for a United States municipality/county* to be considered as a GFC Community of Opportunity, however only communities with local government involvement will be selected.
* Growing Food Connections is a USDA-supported grant which is focused on United States municipalities. Canadian and Mexican municipalities are not eligible.
Submit an application today.
Complete applications are due Friday, September 5, 2014.
To be considered as a Community of Opportunity please fill out the application form below. Communities are required to have a local government representative as part of their team. The Application Form must be filled out by a local government representative.
Although we will select only a limited number of communities, the Growing Food Connections website will have free resources that are available to all communities.
If you have questions about the application, please contact growingfoodconnections@ap.buffalo.edu.
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