Minnesota's Climate Smart Food Systems initiative will fill critical investment gaps and accelerate momentum toward a more equitable, climate-smart food system through several initiatives. Including scaling up successful programs to keep valuable nutrients in circulation to feed people, livestock, and soil and prevent significant methane emissions. To do this, MPCA has $33 million available in grant and loan funding to prevent wasted food and support organics management.
- $12.5 million is available for expanding the MPCA's Prevention of Wasted Food & Food Rescue grant program
- $16 million is available for organics management infrastructure and programming grants
- $2 million is available for an MPCA organics management revolving loan program
- $428,000 is available for food-to-livestock grant projects
While MPCA cannot answer any specific questions about this funding until RFPs are released, below is helpful information and links tied to this funding and similar past funding:
- MN's Climate Smart Food System's webpage (newsletter sign up at the bottom of the page)
- MPCA grants newsletter
- A digital flyer about the $33 million is attached to this email
- FY24 organics grantees announcement - these are examples of awarded projects from a similar organics management grant program
- FY24 prevention of wasted food and food rescue grantees announcement - these are examples of awarded projects from the MPCA's PWF & Food Rescue grant program