The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the 2026 Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP).
Donor Name: Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 06/05/2026
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
FMPP’s purpose is to support the development, coordination, and expansion of direct producer-to-consumer markets to increase access to and availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural products.
The primary goals are to:
- Connect the regional food economy by bringing farmers, businesses and communities together.
- Support the development of business plans, feasibility studies, and strategies for value-added agricultural products and local and regional food system infrastructure.
- Strengthen capacity and development of regional food system development through community collaboration and expansion of mid-tier value chains.
- Improve income and job opportunities for producers and food businesses.
- Simplify the application and the reporting processes for the program.
Funding Information
- Turnkey Projects
- Minimum Award: $50,000
- Maximum Award: $100,000
- Capacity Building
- Minimum Award: $50,000
- Maximum Award: $250,000
- Community Development Training and Technical Assistance
- Minimum Award: $100,000
- Maximum Award: $500,000
Grant Period
- Turnkey Projects: 24 Months
- Capacity Building: 36 Months
- Community Development Training and Technical Assistance: 36 Months
Eligibility Criteria
All applicants must be domestic entities owned, operated, and located within the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or Tribal Governments. Eligible applicants include:
- Agricultural Business or Cooperative
- A business or member-owned entity that provides, holds, delivers, transports, offers, or sells agricultural products or services for member benefit as well as the organization or other business that they represent.
- Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Network or Association
- Formal groups of farms that work collectively to offer consumers regular (usually weekly) deliveries of locally-grown farm products during one or more harvest season(s) often on a subscription or membership basis. This includes organizations or other businesses that assist, serve, or represent community-supported agriculture (CSA) or CSA networks.
- Economic Development Corporation
- An organization whose mission is to improve, maintain, develop, and/or market or promote a specific geographic area.
- Food Council
- A food policy council or food and farm system network that represents multiple organizations involved in the production, processing, and consumption of food, and local, Tribal, or State governments, that addresses food and farm-related issues and needs within a city, county, State, Tribal region, multicounty region, or other food system network.
- Local Government
- Any unit of government within a State, including a county; borough; municipality; city; town; township; parish; local public authority, including any public housing agency under the United States Housing Act of 1937 , or a public transportation agency; special district; school district; intrastate district; council of governments, whether or not incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under State law; and any other agency or instrumentality of a multi-state, regional, or intra-state or local government.
- Nonprofit Corporation
- Any organization or institution, including nonprofits with State or IRS 501 (c) status and accredited institutions of higher education, where no part of the organization or institution’s net earnings of which inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
- Producer Network or Association
- A producer group- or member-owned organizations or businesses that provide, offer, or sell agricultural products or services through a common distribution system for the mutual member benefit the owners, including organizations that assist, represent, or serve producers or producer networks.
- Public Benefit
- Corporation A corporation organized to construct or operate a public improvement, where the profits inure to the benefit of one or more State or to the people therein.
- Regional Farmers Market Authority
- Entity that establishes and enforces State, regional, or county policies and jurisdiction over State, regional, or county farmers markets. State agencies are eligible if their State’s regulatory statutes identify the specific State agency as a regional farmers market authority.
- Tribal Government
- A governing body or governmental agency of any Indian Tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community (including any native village as defined in Section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 85 Stat. 688 (43 U.S.C. § 1602) certified by the Secretary of the Interior as eligible for the special programs and services provided through the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
