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Huron River Watershed Council – $25,000

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Catalyzing Green Stormwater Infrastructure This grant supports the expansion of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) in three southeast Michigan communities—Ypsilanti, Belleville, and Van Buren Township—that have been identified as having the watershed’s highest flood vulnerability and greatest environmental justice concerns. In this project, HRWC will pair public listening sessions with the development of 2–3 site-specific GSI

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Flint Social Club – $25,000

Agriculture and Food Systems /

The People’s Mart With this grant, Flint Social Club will install critical infrastructure in “The People’s Mart,” a community-powered food hub that will create markets, storage capacity, and processing infrastructure for small- and mid-sized Michigan growers, food processors, and emerging food entrepreneurs, especially those from BIPOC, immigrant, and low-income communities. The Food Hub also will

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Strengthening Small Livestock Farms Through Peer Collaboration: Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology

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In May 2025, the Americana Foundation awarded a $25,000 grant to the Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology to pilot a peer-based support network for small-scale livestock producers in northwest Lower Michigan. This initiative aligns with our goal of transforming regional food systems through ecologically sound, locally rooted strategies that center the needs of growers,

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Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology – $25,000

Agriculture and Food Systems /

Strengthening Small-scale Livestock Producers in Northwest Lower Michigan Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology will use this grant to support a pilot initiative designed to strengthen small-scale livestock farming systems in Northwest Lower Michigan. The initiative will create a business-to-business collaborative of livestock farmers that will work to identify and overcome barriers to small-scale livestock

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Socially Responsible Agriculture Project – $25,058

Natural Resources /

Water Rangers Program Expansion: Supporting Rural and Native Communities in Michigan The Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP) will use this grant for outreach to and engagement with residents of rural Michigan to combat pollution caused by concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). CAFOs in Michigan have been shown to pollute the environment, threaten public health, destroy

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Argus Farm Stop / Fair Food Network – $15,000

Agriculture and Food Systems /

Partnership to Expand the Farm Stop Model Farmers, consumers, policymakers, and others are interested in learning about and expanding the farm stop model. Farm stops are everyday farmers markets where farmers own and price their products but importantly can return to the farm while their products remain on sale daily and year-round. Argus Farm Stop

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Edison Institute – $25,000

Natural Resources /

The Oxbow and Suwanee Lagoon Mycoremediation Demonstration Project With this grant, The Henry Ford (THF) and the Mushroom Conservatory (TMC) will work together to pilot a water quality restoration project grounded in “mycoremediation” – a developing field of environmental restoration that utilizes the biochemical properties of certain fungi to extract contaminants from water and sediment.

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Muskegon River Watershed Assembly – $25,000

Natural Resources /

Friends of the Muskegon River Conservation projects that preserve, protect, restore, and sustain the Muskegon River are most efficient, impactful, and economically sustainable when local communities and stakeholders are actively engaged. This grant will enable the Muskegon River Watershed Assembly to create up to four “Friends of the Muskegon River” groups to facilitate local community

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Freshwater Future – $25,000

Natural Resources /

Increasing Capacity of Northern Michigan Environmental Groups Northern Michigan (Northern Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula) contains some of the state’s most pristine and sensitive water resources – cold water trout streams, untouched Great Lakes shorelines, and high-quality inland lakes. Because critical decisions that impact water are made at the local level, community engagement in

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