Local Food Promotion Program

FMLFPPGrants@usda.gov

The Local Food Promotion Program provides grants to intermediary organizations to support the development, coordination, and expansion of local and regional food business enterprises to help increase access to locally and regionally produced agricultural products.

Funding may support 4 types of projects.

1. Capacity building - Supports the development of long-term organizational capacity of direct producer-to-consumer markets and improve and expand existing markets
2. Community development training and technical assistance (CTA) - Supports outreach, training and technical assistance to farm and ranch operations serving local markets
3. Turnkey marketing and promotion - Supports marketing and promotion activities through a set of 5 pre-defined activities
4. Turnkey recruitment and training - Support vendor and producer recruitment and training activities through a set of 5 pre-defined activities

Priority will be given to projects that benefit communities located in low income/low food access (LI/LA) census tracts.

Eligible entities include:

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

Capacity building

• Award ceiling: $250,000
• Award floor: $50,000
• Project period: 36 months

Community development training and technical assistance

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

Turnkey projects (both types)

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

Estimated number of awards: 320

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.