Apply now for Fund-a-Farmer Grants

The Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) is now accepting applications for its Fund-a-Farmer Grants.

Donor Name: Food Animal Concerns Trust

State: All States

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 01/03/2026

Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000

Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned

Details:

FACT advances vision that all food-producing animals are raised in a humane and healthy manner. They accomplish this by supporting humane farmers, promoting policies that make foods from animals safe and healthy to eat, and helping consumers make informed food choices.

Kinds of Grants

Fund-a-Farmer Welfare Improvement Grants

FACT will fund around $3,500 Fund-a-Farmer grants for one of the following project types:

For farms looking to:

Improve the lives of their farm animals. Projects could include:
- Transition to pasture-based systems
- Expand animals’ access to well-managed pasture
- Improve the living conditions of their food animals
Grants for farmers pursuing animal welfare certification to one of these certifying agencies
- Certified Animal Welfare Approved (AWA) and affiliated certifications by A Greener World
- Certified Humane
- Global Animal Partnership (GAP) Animal Welfare Certified (steps 4 to 5+)
Grants for animal welfare certified farmers. Projects could include:
- Maintain any of the following certifications
  - Certified Animal Welfare Approved (AWA) and affiliated certifications by A Greener World
  - Certified Humane
  - Global Animal Partnership (GAP) Animal Welfare Certified (steps 4 to 5+)
- Projects related to the marketing, sales, and distribution of welfare-certified products.
- Expand animals’ access to well-managed pasture
- Improve the living conditions of their food animals

For Fund-a-Farmer Systems Change and Innovation Grant

FACT will fund two $10,000 Fund-a-Farmer grant for one of the following project types:

Farms looking to:

Develop business plans/feasibility studies for significant changes to an operation including conversion to pasture or adoption of alternative breeds
- For example: A feasibility study to see if a farm can move from an enclosed operation to a pasture-based one
Install the infrastructure necessary to convert from a non-pasture to a pasture-based operation.
- For example: Hogs raised in open hoop houses, closed barns or with little or no access to pasture being moved to a pasture-based system
Adoption of alternative breeds including sourcing genetics, housing accommodations, feed changes, marketing
- For example: Farms who would like to switch from conventional breeds of poultry to higher welfare slower growing or heritage breeds
Develop co-operative or other forms of shared marketing among pasture-based farms including the development of cooperative agreements and necessary documents
- For farms interested in developing a cooperative market for pasture-based products