Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP)

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The Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP) provides grants to intermediary organizations to support the development, coordination, and expansion of local and regional food business enterprises engaging as intermediaries in indirect producer-to-consumer marketing to increase access to and availability locally and regionally produced agricultural products.

The program focuses on:

• Supporting the processing, aggregation, distribution, and storage of local and regional food products that are marketed locally or regionally, including value-added agricultural products
• Encouraging the development of value-added agricultural products
• Assisting with business development plans and feasibility studies
• Developing marketing strategies for producers of local food and value-added products
• Facilitating regional food chain coordination and mid-tier value chain development
• Promoting new business opportunities and marketing strategies to reduce on-farm food waste
• Responding to changing technology needs in indirect producer-to-consumer marketing
• Covering expenses related to cost incurred in obtaining food safety certification and improvements to food safety practices and equipment

Funding may support 4 types of projects.

1. Planning - The planning stages of a food business that supports the development, coordination, or expansion of local and regional food systems
2. Implementation - Establish, improve, or expand a new or existing local and regional food business enterprise that benefits the local and regional food system
3. Turnkey marketing and promotion - Supports marketing and promotion activities through a set of 5 pre-defined activities
4. Turnkey recruitment and training - Supports vendor and producer recruitment and training activities through a set of 5 pre-defined activities

Priority consideration is given to applications that demonstrate one or more of the following:

• Benefit underserved communities, including communities that are located in areas of concentrated poverty with limited access to fresh locally or regionally grown food, which AMS has determined to mean the application is for a project located in a low income/low food access (LI/LA) census tract
• Used to carry out eligible activities under a partnership agreement in a Regional Food Systems Partnership project and have not received a LFPP award within the past 5 years

Eligible entities include:

• Agricultural businesses and cooperatives
• Community supported agriculture (CSA) networks and associations
• Economic development corporations
• Food councils
• Local governments
• Nonprofit and public benefit corporations
• Producer networks and associations
• Regional farmers market authorities
• Tribal governments

Planning:

• Award ceiling: $100,000
• Award floor: $25,000
• Project period: 24 months

Implementation:

• Award ceiling: $500,000
• Award floor: $100,000
• Project period: 36 months

Both Turnkey project types:

• Award ceiling: $100,000
• Award floor: $50,000
• Project period: 24 months

Estimated number of awards: 55

A 25% cash or in-kind match from non-federal sources is required.

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.