Micro-grants available for backyard gardens, aviaries and more

Are you interested in accessing grants to create a garden or aviary in your backyard?

Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity’s Micro-Grant Food Security Grant Program is awarding $5,000 micro-grants for individuals and $10,000 grants to organizations.

Papakōlea Community Development Corporation is hosting a quick online training session is scheduled at 6 p.m. Friday (Feb. 13) via Zoom to help those interested in the grant funding to learn more about the micro-grants and apply.

Successful projects have included:

• Fencing to protect crops and seedlings from axis deer damage.
• Purchasing seeds and tree crops.
• Purchasing soil amendments, compost, tools and irrigation systems.
• Purchasing garden towers and raised beds for vegetable production.
• Building shade houses, aquaponic, hydroponic and aeroponic systems.
• Constructing poultry coops.

Click here for more information about the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity grant funding.

Deadline to apply for micro-grants is noon Feb. 19.

Community Capacity Building Training is an initiative of Papakōlea Community Development Corporation’s Beneficiary Advocacy Program.

Contact Papakōlea Community Development Corporation Executive Director Lilia Kapuniai at 808-265-2755 or via email at lilia@papakolea.org.

An earlier iteration of the story attributed the micro-grant food security grant program to the Papakōlea Community Development Corporation and has now been edited to attribute the grant program to the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity.