TRENTON – Applications Available for Gleaning Program Grants
The state Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher has announced the Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the Gleaning Support Program Grant.
A total of $100,000, subject to availability of funds, is anticipated to be accessible to eligible nonprofit organizations.
Grants are available to nonprofit entities operating in New Jersey that can show evidence of a gleaning program for a minimum of two years within the past three calendar years.
Gleaning Support Program funds must be used to support “gleaning activities,” which include the harvesting, collection and distribution of donated produce from New Jersey farm fields to New Jersey organizations to help feed the state’s hungry.
The public notice, eligibility requirements and application are posted at www.nj.gov/agriculture/grants/gleaninggrants.html.
The funding for the grants comes from the State Food Purchase Program that Gov. Chris Christie allocated $6.8 million for this year to be distributed quarterly to the state’s six food banks to purchase healthy food with a high priority on buying locally grown produce from New Jersey farmers.
Additional information is available by calling the state Division of Food and Nutrition at 609-292-0337.
