Grateful Gardeners Grant Skool Challenge
Week 1 - Administrative Setup
🌹Establish registrations and receive identity numbers (EIN, SAM.gov, FSA farm number, UEI, and Grants.gov)
💐Collect required documentation
🥀Prepare for NRCS EQIP plan in week 2
Week 2 - NRCS EQIP
🌺Walk through how to submit an NRCS EQIP application
🌷Connect and form a relationship with your NRCS/FSA agents
🪻Create site maps for Hoophouse initiative
🌻"Stack” practices and increase overall payments
🌼Use funding to pay yourself
🪷Submit your paperwork
Week 3 - Research Proposal Teardown
🏵️Identify grant ideas to propose
💐Decipher and navigate Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for USDA SARE Farmer Grants
🌷Identify and understand the core requirements of a proposal
Week 4 - Grant Submissions
🌺Create your first proposal for the USDA SARE Farmer Grant
🌸Identify your SARE region
💮Structure your proposal based upon a recently funded project
🌻Get group review for your proposal
💐Navigate and submit your SARE proposal on online portal