The Colorado Department of Agriculture is seeking applications for the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) Program to serve middle-of-the-supply-chain needs for Colorado produced non-meat food products.
Donor Name: Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA)
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/07/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Resilient Food System Infrastructure (RFSI) program is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) under a cooperative agreement with Colorado. By focusing on middle-of-the-supply-chain projects that benefit a number of Colorado producers, the RFSI grant program will contribute to a more resilient food system and financially stronger producers.
This grant is open to projects that support expanded capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, including specialty crops, dairy, grains for human consumption, aquaculture, and other non-meat food products.
And focus funding on projects that…
- Offer family-supporting job quality (with respect to earnings/benefits) and enhance the treatment/safety of workers;
- Focus on small and medium-sized enterprises that add options and choices for consumers and producers (emphasis on value-added and market access);
- Demonstrate local producer and/or community support for the project;
- Support underserved communities (producers and/or consumers); and
- Are submitted by cooperatives, farmer- and worker-owned enterprises.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible entities include agricultural producers or processors, nonprofit organizations, local government entities, tribal governments, and institutions such as schools, universities, or hospitals that bring producers together to establish cooperative or shared infrastructure.
For more information, visit CDA.
