Grants for Farmers

Grant Opportunities

Updated March 9, 2025


March

3/12 - VT: Farm to School & Early Childhood Vision Grant webinar

3/30 - VT: ACT NOW initiative (NRCS)


April

4/1 - VT: Farm Agronomic Practices (FAP)

4/7 - VT: Business Building Grant

4/10 - VT: Farm to School & Early Childhood Vision Grant

4/10 - NE-DBIC: Dairy Co-packing Grant

4/24 - NE-DBIC: Dairy Food Safety & Certification Grant


May

5/1 - VT: Best Management Practice Program


Rolling:

VT: Pasture and Surface Water Fencing

VT: Seed and Filter Strip (due 60 days before planting)



Good Luck!


Other VT Programs


Other Resources

Farm Aid’s Farmer Resource Guides: Resources for farm financing, legal assistance, and beginning farmers.

Funds for Farmers: Funding resource list maintained by Marbleseed.

Understanding Federal Farm Programs: A 2021 guide from FACT about four of the USDA’s main programs for livestock farmers.

Grants and Loans for Farmers: Provided by the USDA, and provides general information federal funding opportunities.

Growing Opportunity – A Guide to USDA Sustainable Farming Programs: A 2017 guide that describes the various government programs available to sustainable farmers. It includes grant, loan, conservation, and cost-share opportunities.

Center for Rural Affairs: Fact sheets in English and Spanish about cost-share and other conservation programs offered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Black Farmer Fund: Grants and loans for Black farmers and food business owners in NY and surrounding states.

Foodshed Capital: Low interest loans to help farmers with capital and land payments, with a focus on BIPOC farmers.

Frontera Farmer Foundation: Grants to farms serving the Chicago-metro area.

Organic Farming Research Foundation Grants: Grants to conduct research projects on organic farms.

RAFI-USA Grant Opportunities: Cost-share grants for farmers and groups in North Carolina.

The Carrot Project: Low interest loan and financing opportunities in New England.

The FruitGuys Community Fund: Grants for small farms and agricultural nonprofits for sustainability projects.

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