The Food Well Alliance is seeking applications for its 2024 Farm Grants program to provide resources and support to local growers to connect and build healthier communities.
Donor Name: Food Well Alliance
State: Georgia
County: Clayton County (GA), Cobb County (GA), DeKalb County (GA), Fulton County (GA), Gwinnett County (GA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/14/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Farmers can use the funds under either category (Farm Support Grant or Farm Forward Grant) in many ways including but not limited to:
- Accomplishing farm infrastructure projects–season extension infrastructure (like high tunnels, caterpillar tunnels, row cover supplies), farm irrigation projects, cold storage, wash/pack station improvements, etc.
- Improving or expanding production space or capacity
- Adding farm equipment, tools, materials, supplies and inputs
- Supporting farm personnel cost
- Accessing training opportunities, professional development or professional services–like marketing, online sales channel setup, consulting, etc.
By offering two categories of support, Food Well can reach more farms with funding, while also supporting a couple of larger improvement projects so farmers can grow their businesses and provide healthy local food for others.
Funding Information
In 2024, Food Well plans to provide $274,000 in grants through two categories of support: a $8,000 Farm Support Grant awarded to 28 farms and a $25,000 Farm Forward Grant awarded to 2 farms.
Eligibility Criteria
The 2024 Farm Support Grant and Farm Forward Grant are farm-focused opportunities available to:
- Registered farm operations (farm businesses/enterprises and nonprofit farms located in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton or Gwinnett counties).
- Farms that consistently make their food and farm products available for community consumption such as selling at local farmers markets, providing a CSA-style program, offering directly to local consumers (farmstand, online sales or other direct means) and/or through other consistent, publicly available sales channels (local, retail, restaurants, regular donation partnership, etc.)
- Farm applicants must provide documentation of business license, registration of organization or tax-exempt status documentation to be considered. There is space within the application to upload documentation
Farms must spend their Farm Support Grant by Fall 2024, and submit a report documenting its use and benefits to their farm. Farm Grants can be combined with additional funding from other sources.
For more information, visit Food Well Alliance.
