The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), offers a grant program called the Regional Food System Partnerships (RFSP) for the 2025 fiscal year.
Donor Name: Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/27/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to support partnerships that connect public and private resources to plan and develop local and regional food systems.
Project Types
- Planning & Design
- Implementation & Expansion
Funding Information
Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,500,000
- Planning & Design
- Minimum Award: $100,000
- Maximum Award: $250,000
- Implementation & Expansion
- Minimum Award: $250,000
- Maximum Award: $1,000,000.
Grant Period
- Planning & Design: 24 months
- Implementation & Expansion: 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.
- Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Network or Association
- Economic Development Corporation
- Farmer or Rancher Cooperative
- Food Council
- Local Government
- Majority-Controlled Producer Based Business Venture
- Nonprofit Corporation
- Producer
- Producer Network or Association
- Public Benefit Corporation
- Regional Farmers Market Authority
- Tribal Government.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
