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The Coop Foundation are launching a new £3 million fund to support food and farming projects that are tackling the climate crisis by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Funded through Co-op donations raised from the sale of compostable carrier bags and Co-op Foundation funds, the Carbon Innovation Fund will award grants of between £75,000 and £100,000 to around ten projects per year for three years. Eligible organisations will include UK charities, social enterprises, co-operatives and local, regional and national governments worldwide.

Projects could include:

• Farming and food production practices  
• Initiatives around regenerative agriculture/agro-ecology  
• Community supported agriculture initiatives  
• Supporting diversity, resilience and learning amongst key players in the food & farming sector  
• Behaviour change (among consumers or producers)   

The fund opens to first stage applications on the 22nd November 2021 and closes at 12pm on the 10th December 2021.  

The Coop Foundation will be holding a Carbon Innovation Fund in a Zoom webinar at 11am on Wednesday 17 November.  Register in advance to find out more about the fund and to ask any questions.