The Food Well Alliance is accepting applications for its 2026 Farm Grants.
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: 01/11/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Thriving & supported farms are the center of a robust local food system. The skill, dedication, and passion of local farmers nourishing metro Atlanta’s communities through their work is vital to a local food system that can feed us all. Metro Atlanta’s farmers fill the role of leader, business owner, educator, community builder, environmental steward, and more. Still, small-scale, sustainable farms can struggle to access funding and capital to address their needs in order to improve their farm operations.
Farms will identify their top needs and challenges and explain how a Farm Grant would help address them. As with previous opportunities, Farm Grant funds can be used in whatever way best supports each farm’s operations. Examples of ways farms use the funding support could include:
- Completing farm infrastructure projects (season extension, post-harvest handling, market ready infrastructure)
- Improving or expanding production areas
- Supporting farm personnel costs
- Purchasing vital equipment
- Materials, or supplies for farm operation
- Accessing professional services or farmer training.
Categories
There are two Grant Categories that farmers can apply for:
- Farm Support Grant – This category is a $8,000 grant to reach a relatively large number of farms to address their needs around completing farm infrastructure projects; purchasing tools, equipment, or materials (for improved efficiency & yields, season extension, etc.); improving or expanding production areas; accessing professional services; and supporting farm personnel costs.
- Farm Forward Grant –This $25,000 grant is intended to help a farm move forward in their work growing food by addressing a larger farm improvement project. Applications for this grant should be project-focused, but a request can include various components to address farm needs through things like purchasing tools, equipment, or materials; improving or expanding production areas; accessing professional services; and supporting farm personnel costs.
Uses of Funds
- Possible uses of the Farm Grant funds under either category (Farm Support Grant or Farm Forward Grant) could include (but are not limited to):
- Accomplishing farm infrastructure projects — Season extension infrastructure (high tunnels, caterpillar tunnels, row cover supplies); farm irrigation projects ; farm cold storage, wash/pack station improvements
- Improving or expanding production space or capacity
- Adding farm equipment, tools, materials, supplies, & inputs to improve farm operation
- Supporting farm personnel costs
- Accessing training opportunities, professional development, or professional services–like marketing, online sales channel setup, consulting, etc.
Eligibility Criteria
The 2026 Farm Support Grant & Farm Forward Grant are farm-focused grant opportunities. Eligible Farm Grant applicants should meet the following eligibility to apply:
- Registered farm operations (farm businesses/enterprises & nonprofit farms) located in Clayton, Cobb, Dekalb, Fulton, or Gwinnett counties
- Farms that consistently make their food and farm products available for community consumption through means such as: selling at a local farmers market, through a CSA-style program, direct to local consumers (farmstand, online sales, or other direct means), through donation, and/or through other sales channels (local retail, restaurants, etc).
- Farm applicants must provide documentation of businesses license, registration of organization, or tax-exempt status documentation to be considered (space within the application to upload documentation).
- Grant funds from a 2026 Farm Grant should be used by the farm by Fall 2026, when farms will need to submit a brief report on the use of their Farm Support Grant & how it supported their farm. The Farm Support Grant can be combined with additional funding from other sources.
For more information, visit Food Well Alliance.
