Ecology Center Inc

CALIFORNIA MARKET MATCH: HEALTHY FOOD INCENTIVES

PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 PUBLIC LAW 117-328 AND THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR DIVISION L OF THAT ACT. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ARE LISTED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) THAT ACCOMPANIES A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR’S APPROPRIATIONS ACT OR CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. THE JES LISTS PROJECT, RECIPIENT, STATE, AMOUNT AND CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD PROJECTS INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. HUD WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL THE RECIPIENT SUBMITS THE REQUIRED PROJECT NARRATIVE AND CONFIRMS ALIGNMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. TO FIND THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT AWARD AS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD USE THE FOLLOWING LINK AND PATH SELECTIONS TO GET TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANTS HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/EDI-GRANTS, SELECT THE FISCAL YEAR OF INTEREST, SCROLL DOWN TO PROGRAM LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER FISCAL YEAR 20XX CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20XX: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT).; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVED PROJECT NARRATIVE.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS OR SERVED BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE JES RECIPIENT OR PROJECT DESCRIPTION SECTIONS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE AND THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 111-88. SPECIFICALL

THE GROWING SELF-RELIANT FARMERS IN ALASKAN VILLAGES AND BEYOND PROJECT BUILDS ON THE SUCCESS OF IMMERSIVE, FARM-BASED FARMER TRAINING PROGRAMS HELD AT CALYPSO FARM AND ECOLOGY CENTER (CALYPSO) IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA SINCE 2013. THIS CURRENT PROJECT FOCUSES ON SUPPORTING THE EXISTING FARMER TRAINING PROGRAMS AT CALYPSO FARM AND EXPANDING THE FARMER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO INCLUDE A NEW PROGRAM CENTERED ON ALASKA NATIVE FARMERS FROM RURAL COMMUNITIES. THE PROGRAM FOR ALASKA NATIVE FARMERS WILL BE DESIGNED, TAUGHT AND LED BY ALASKA NATIVE FARMERS. THE OVER-ARCHING GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO MEET THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF A DIVERSE POPULATION OF FIRST GENERATION ASPIRING FARMERS INTERESTED IN SMALL-SCALE DIVERSIFIED FARMING OPERATIONS BY OFFERING A VARIETY OF STRUCTURED TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT TEACH A BROAD ARRAY OF HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL TOPICS COVERING: IN DEPTH FARMING PRACTICES, EXTENSIVE FARM BUSINESS PLANNING AND PRACTICAL SKILLS SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION, CHAIN SAW USE, FOOD PRESERVATION, AND MUCH MORE. EXTENSIVE INPUT FROM BEGINNING FARMERS HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO SHAPE THE PROGRAM CURRICULUM, DESIGN AND TEACHING METHODS. PARTNERS WORKING WITH CALYPSO ON THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT INCLUDE: IGIUGIG TRIBAL VILLAGE, TYONEK TRIBAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT, KAWERAK, INC., ON THE LAND MEDIA COLLECTIVE AND THE FOLK SCHOOL FAIRBANKS.

BUILDING STRONGER AND INCLUSIVE CA FARMERS' MARKETS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION THROUGH PROMOTION, TRAINING, AND COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE WILL INCREASE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIRECT-MARKETING PRODUCERS AND STRENGTHEN CALIFORNIA'S FARMERS' MARKET INDUSTRY. THIS PROJECT BUILDS ON A PREVIOUS FMPP PROJECT AND ENABLES CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FARMERS MARKETS, LED BY THE ECOLOGY CENTER, TO PREPARE FARMERS' MARKETS FOR THE FUTURE. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES CONCURRENT CHALLENGES: MARKETPLACE COMPETITION; REDUCED CUSTOMERS; INCONSISTENT QUALITY/KNOWLEDGE OF MARKET MANAGERS; LIMITED CAPACITY AMONG MARKET ORGANIZATIONS FOR MARKETING AND OUTREACH; OPERATIONAL CHANGES DUE TO COVID-19; INCREASED FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF HEAT, DROUGHT, SMOKE, WIND, AND FLOOD EVENTS; AND THE NEED FOR MARKETS TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THE PROJECT WILL BENEFIT 650 CALIFORNIA FARMERS' MARKETS AND 2,200 GROWERS THROUGH DIGITAL MEDIA PROMOTION AND GRASSROOTS MARKETING TO EXPAND FARMERS' CUSTOMER BASES. IT WILL BUILD PROFESSIONALISM AND CONSISTENCY AMONG FARMERS MARKETS BY DEVELOPING A FARMERS' MARKET CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, TO ELEVATE THE STANDARDS FOR MARKET MANAGEMENT; ADDING TRAININGS AND PEER-TO-PEER COLLABORATIONS TO ENHANCE LEADERSHIP AND RESILIENCY RELATED TO COVID-19, CROWD MANAGEMENT AND DEESCALATION, AND JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION (JEDI). THIS PROJECT WILL DESIGN AND LAUNCH A FARMERS' MARKET GRASSROOTS MARKETING INTERNSHIP PROGRAM; PAIRING COLLEGE INTERNS WITH MARKETS, COMBINING TRAINING WITH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES, AND CULTIVATING A DIVERSE GENERATION OF NEW MARKET PROFESSIONALS; EXPECTED OUTCOMES INCLUDE INCREASED CUSTOMERS, MARKET SALES, CONSUMPTION OF LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. THIS PROJECT ANTICIPATES TRAINING 350 MARKET PROFESSIONALS, CULTIVATING 18 PAID MARKET INTERNS, AND ENGAGING OVER 2 MILLION CALIFORNIANS THROUGH ADVERTISING.

** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE GOAL OF GROWING ALASKAN FARMERS: AN AGRICULTURAL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ALASKA NATIVE PEOPLE AND THEIR COMMUNITIES IS TO TRAIN A GROWING POPULATION OF BEGINNING INDIGENOUS FARMERS IN RURAL ALASKA. THIS GOAL SUPPORTS THE BROADER VISION TO FOSTER FOOD SOVEREIGNTY ACROSS ALASKA BY PROVIDING THE TRAINING AND SUPPORT NECESSARY FOR ALASKAN VILLAGES TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD. THIS PROJECT IS AN INDIGENOUS-LED, HANDS-ON, FARMER TRAINING PROGRAM. CALYPSO FARM AND ECOLOGY CENTER IS THE LEAD ORGANIZATION, COLLABORATING WITH INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING: NATIVE MOVEMENT, TLAA DENELDEL, BICLOPS PRODUCTIONS AND KAWERAK, INC. CALYPSO HAS BEEN A RECIPIENT OF TWO BFRDP GRANTS IN THE PAST: 2016 (70017-25347) AND 2020 (49400-32435). BOTH WERE FOCUSED ON BEGINNING FARMER TRAINING IN SMALL-SCALE DIVERSIFIED FARMING. THIS CURRENT PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED BY BEGINNING INDIGENOUS FARMERS AND PILOTED AS PART OF THE 2020 PROJECT.THIS PROJECT CONTINUES AND EXPANDS INDIGENOUS-LED TRAININGS AND INCLUDES: BEGINNING AND ADVANCED TRAINING SESSIONS, TRAIN THE TRAINER SESSIONS, APPRENTICESHIPS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AS WELL AS REMOTE COURSES THROUGH THE WINTER ON A RANGE OF FARM PLANNING TOPICS. THE PROGRAM SERVES 95% INDIGENOUS FARMERS WHICH ARE CONSIDERED LIMITED RESOURCE FARMERS. THE MAJORITY ARE BEGINNING FARMERS WITH 1-3 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN CATEGORIES 1 AND 2. OUR GOAL IS THAT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WILL BE READY TO START THEIR FARMING OPERATIONS AFTER TWO YEARS OF TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION. 90% OF THE FUNDING IS ALLOCATED TO COMMUNITY-BASED 501(C)3 ORGANIZATIONS AND 10% OF THE FUNDING IS ALLOCATED TO AN INDIGENOUS OWNED FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY.

UKFO CULTURAL FUELS AND FIRE MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH TRIBAL ECORESTORATION ALLIANCE IN LAKE COUNTY CA

FARMERS MARKET ALLIANCE NEW MEDIA AND T

GROWING SELF-RELIANT FARMERS

BUILDING SOILS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS ALASKA - A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

GROWING THE SOUTHSIDE MARKET THROUGH CSA, COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND LOCAL GROWERS

CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE FARMERS' MARKET PROMOTION AND TRAINING PROJECT

THIS AGREEMENT WITH OCCIDENTAL ARTS AND ECOLOGY CENTER OAEC IS AIMED AT DEMONSTRATING PROCESS BASED RESTORATION APPLICATIONS AND TECHNIQUES IN THE COASTAL STREAMS OF MARIN COUNTY THESE APPROACHES ARE LOW COST AND HAVE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL TO RESTORE AQUATIC HABITAT FOR VARIOUS SPECIES INCLUDING SENSITIVE AMPHIBIANS AND ANADROMOUS FISH IN THIS COASTAL REGION DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN THREE MARIN COUNTY STREAMS WILL INVOLVE WORKING WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS, STATE PARKS, AND THE MARIN COUNTY RCD AND AIMED AT THE RESTORATION OF 0 25 MILES OF A TRIBUTARY STREAM TO STEMPLE CREEK, LIVESTOCK FENCING AND PROJECT PLANNING FOR 2 MILES OF WALKER CREEK AND PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR 1 MILE OF DEVILS GULCH THESE STREAMS ARE COASTAL TRIBUTARIES TO SALTWATER MARSH AND COASTAL WETLANDS IN TOMALES BAY AND ESTERO SAN ANTONIO THE THREE PROJECT SITES MAY ALSO PROVIDE HABITAT FOR REINTRODUCTION OF BEAVER CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE MARIN RCD, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, AND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE STEMPLE CREEK SPRING TRIBUTARY IS LOCATED ON A LIVESTOCK RANCH IN MARIN COUNTY THIS AREA PROVIDES IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR RED LEGGED FROG THE STREAM SPRING IS CURRENTLY IN A GULLEY WITH A NARROW BAND OF RIPARIAN VEGETATION AND PROVIDES MINIMAL HABITAT FOR AMPHIBIANS AND MIGRATORY BIRDS THE GULLEY PROVIDES ONLY SHALLOW WATER HABITAT, IT DRAINS AREA WETLANDS AND REDUCES OVERALL RIPARIAN VEGETATION PRODUCTION AND HABITAT WALKER CREEK IS IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR SPAWNING COHO AND STEELHEAD AND A MAJOR HABITAT LIMITING FACTOR FOR ANADROMOUS FISH IN THIS SYSTEM IS FINE SEDIMENT POLLUTION FROM LIVESTOCK CONTROLLING LIVESTOCK ACCESS TO TRIBUTARY STREAM AREAS COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE FINE SEDIMENT POLLUTION IN THIS SYSTEM ADDITIONALLY THIS STREAM LACKS HABITAT COMPLEXITY THAT COULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH WOOD ADDITION DEVILS GULCH IS A MAJOR SPAWNING TRIBUTARY FOR COHO SALMON MOST OF THIS STREAM IS OWNED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AT SAMUEL P TAYLOR PARK WHILE THE STREAM HAS SIGNIFICANT RIPARIAN FOREST THE CHANNEL IS SIMPLIFIED OR STRUCTURALLY STARVED WITH VERY LITTLE INSTREAM WOOD OR CHANNEL HABITAT COMPLEXITY PLACEMENT OF WOOD STRUCTURE BY HAND IN THIS SYSTEM WILL IMPROVE THE HABITAT INCLUDING POOL DEVELOPMENT, FLOODPLAIN CONNECTIVITY, AND SPAWNING GRAVEL WITHOUT CAUSING DISTURBANCE IN THIS SYSTEM FROM THE USE OF HEAVY MACHINERY

MOD 1 - CALIFORNIA CLIMATE COMMONS

INSPIRING WATER WONDERS AND CREATING CLIMATE CHAMPIONS: PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR SONOMA VALLEY STUDENTS.

FARMERS MARKET PROMOTION PROGRAM- ALASKA, SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY FARMERS' MARKET

SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY FARMERS MARKET AND

KENWOOD MARSH

INSPIRING WATER WONDERS AND CREATING CLIMATE CHAMPIONS

CA-SF BAY-DELTA-W.MARIN CTY BEAVER RSTRN THIS AGREEMENT SUPPORTS THE OCCIDENTAL ARTS AND ECOLOGY CENTER IN CARRYING OUT A BEAVER (CASTOR CANADENSIS) RESTORATION FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT STUDY TO DETERMINE IF AND WHERE BEAVER RESTORATION WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN WEST MARIN COUNTY. WORKING WITH BEAVER TO RESTORE STREAMS, WETLANDS, AND FLOODPLAINS HAS PROVEN TO BE A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO PROCESS-BASED RESTORATION. FOLLOWING THE STEPS OUTLINED IN THE USFWS BEAVER RESTORATION GUIDEBOOK, THE PROJECT WILL USE SPATIAL ANALYSIS, GROUND SURVEYS AND MULTI-STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TO ASSESS WHICH, IF ANY WEST MARIN WATERSHEDS WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR BEAVER REINTRODUCTION. IF SUITABLE WATERSHEDS ARE IDENTIFIED, ONE WILL BE SELECTED TO PILOT A COLLABORATIVE, WATERSHED-SCALE PROCESS TO DEVELOP A BEAVER-BASED RESTORATION PLAN. OTHER SUITABLE WATERSHEDS CAN BE ADDED TO THIS PLANNING PROCESS AS FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE.

METADATA TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR CONSERVATION PRACTITIONERS

SCHOOLYARD CSA GARDEN INITIATIVE

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO CREATE A MARKET INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR CALIFORNIA FARMERS MARKETS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCTS, SPECIFIED AS EITHER CONVENTIONALLY OR ORGANICALLY PRODUCED, USING A UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED AND INEXPENSIVE DATA COLLECTI