Rooted in Wyoming offers matching mini-grants of up to $1,000 to support educational gardens, community gardens, and local food development projects across the state of Wyoming.

These grants target initiatives that incorporate hands-on educational activities and promote local food development. More than 18 Sheridan County schools, community organizations, and local food businesses have received mini-grants to support their projects and programs. Mini-grants have gone out to more than 16 additional sites across the state.

Target areas for mini-grant funding include:

1. Local food production projects (e.g. buying inputs, supplies, seeds, garden builds/improvements, developing a greenhouse, purchasing seeds);

2. Local food educational programming (e.g. after school programs, culinary classes, programs in school gardens, curriculum development);

3. Tuition for coursework, lessons, or workshops pertinent to local food development.

Examples of past mini-grant funded projects include funding for a greenhouse at the Evanston Youth Club, a hydroponics project at New West High School in Buffalo, the purchasing of gardening materials for upgrading numerous school and community gardens, installation of a new refrigerator to expand market capacity at a local food freedom store, and tuition to a community college for education in greenhouse management.