Texans Feeding Texas - Agricultural Surplus Grant Program

Texans Feeding Texas - Agricultural Surplus Grant Program is sponsored by Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA). This program is one of the health and nutrition grants administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture to support agricultural producers and address food insecurity.

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The Texans Feeding Texans: Surplus Agricultural Products Grant Program (Grant Program) was established to support collection and distribution of surplus agricultural products to food banks and other charitable organizations that serve needy or low-income individuals. The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) awards grant funding to help offset the costs of harvesting, gleaning, and transporting agricultural products to Texas food banks.

Grant applications will be accepted from non-profit organizations that have been determined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to be exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. These non-profit organizations must be established and operate for religious, charitable, or educational purposes and not for financial gain.

Additionally, these organizations must not distribute any of their income to their members, directors, or officers. In accordance with Texas Agriculture Code, Section 21.

002 and subject to available funds, a nonprofit organization is eligible to receive funds under the Grant Program “if the organization: has at least five years of experience coordinating a statewide network of food banks and charitable organizations that serve each county of this state; and operates a program that coordinates the collection and transportation of surplus agricultural products to a statewide network of food banks that provide food to needy or low-income individuals.

” For purposes of the grant application, the term, "agricultural product," means an agricultural, apicultural, horticultural, or vegetable food product, either in its natural or processed state, for human consumption, including: (1) fish or other aquatic species; (2) livestock, a livestock product, or a livestock by-product; (3) poultry, a poultry product, or a poultry by-product; (4) wildlife processed for food or by-products; and (5) fruit, vegetables and grains.

In addition to agricultural products grown in excess of a producer's needs, the term "surplus" includes any products not meeting that definition, which are made available by a producer for distribution to food banks and other charitable organizations that serve the needy or low-income individuals. Online Submission link: https://tda-go. intelligrants.

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