[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 147 (Monday, August 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 38392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18411]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service


Notice of Funding Availability for the Healthy Urban Food 
Enterprise Development Center Request for Applications for Fiscal Year 
(FY) 2009

AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
USDA.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability.

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SUMMARY: The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension 
Service (CSREES) is announcing the release of the FY 2009 Healthy Urban 
Food Enterprise Development Center (HUFED-Center) Request for 
Applications (RFA) via Grants.gov.

DATES: The FY 2009 Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development Center 
(HUFED-Center) RFA was posted to Grants.gov on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 
and applications must be received via Grants.gov by 5 p.m. Eastern Time 
on Wednesday, August 12, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Tuckermanty 202-205-0241 
(phone), 202-401-6488 (fax), or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background and Purpose

    Section 4402 of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. 
L. 110-246) amended section 25 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
which requires that the Secretary of Agriculture provide a grant to a 
nonprofit organization to establish and support a healthy urban food 
enterprise development center. The purpose of the HUFED Center is to 
increase access to healthy, affordable foods, including locally 
produced agricultural products, to underserved communities. The HUFED 
Center will provide training and technical assistance for healthy food 
enterprises and award sub-grants to eligible entities for healthy food 
enterprise development. The HUFED Center shall provide two main 
functions: (1) Provide for training and technical assistance (T&TA) for 
healthy food enterprises; and (2) implement a competitive sub-grant 
program for healthy food enterprises.
    The HUFED Center was created to respond to the need to redevelop a 
food enterprise structure in the United States in order to make more 
healthy, affordable food available in low-income areas, to improve 
access for small and mid-sized agricultural producers, and to promote 
the positive economic activities generated from attracting food 
enterprises into underserved communities.
    The estimated amount available for support of this program in FY 
2009 is $900,000. The eligibility criteria for the project and 
applicants, and the application forms and associated instructions 
needed to apply for a HUFED Center award can be accessed through the 
Grants.gov Web site at http://www.grants.gov.

    Done at Washington, DC, this 28th day of July 2009.
Ralph A. Otto,
Associate Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
Extension Service.
[FR Doc. E9-18411 Filed 7-31-09; 8:45 am]
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