Overview
It is necessary to mitigate threats to sustain the overall competitiveness of U.S. agriculture to maintain an abundant, safe food supply for people and livestock; to support the farmers, ranchers, and agricultural workers who drive the U.S. food and agriculture sector; and to sustain the vitality of rural communities, agriculture infrastructure, and agricultural businesses. The Cooperative Extension System, with its local and direct-education delivery model, is positioned to reach individuals, families, businesses owners, and communities.
The goal of the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network (FADI-EDEN) program is to support the Cooperative Extension System’s ability to maximize the resilience of the U.S. food and agriculture sector to biosecurity risks, weather events and disasters, cyber threats, and other shocks through the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN, the Network). EDEN is a national, collaborative network of Extension professionals who are dedicated to improved all-hazards management of domestic disasters and support all-hazards capacity-building efforts for peer Extension professionals so that they are prepared for and skilled in directly providing education and technical assistance to farmers and agricultural workers, youth and families, small businesses, and communities. The FADI-EDEN program, through a project, provides coordination support to the Network so that they can achieve their mission.
Featured Grant
Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network
Eligibility
In accordance with section 1472(c) of NARETPA, applicants may be: State agricultural experiment stations, State Cooperative Extension Services, all colleges and universities, other research or education institutions and organizations, Federal and private agencies and organizations, individuals, and any other contractor or recipient, either foreign or domestic, to further research, Extension, or teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences of the Department of Agriculture.