USDA Department: Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Application period: February-May
Awards Range: $25,000-$750,000
Match: 25%
Intended applicants: Agricultural businesses and cooperatives, producer networks and associations, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) networks and associations, food councils, local governments, nonprofit and public benefit corporations, economic development corporations, regional farmers’ market authorities, and tribal governments.
Grant focus: Indirect Producer to Consumer Markets
Summary: Funds projects that develop, coordinate and expand local and regional food business enterprises that engage as intermediaries in indirect producer to consumer marketing to help increase access to and availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural products
