USDA/AMS: Local Food Promotion Program 2025 - fundsforNGOs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), is requesting applications for the 2025 Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP).

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: $100,000 to $500,000

Grant Duration: 3 Years

Details:

LFPP funds projects that develop, coordinate, and expand local and regional food business enterprises that engage as intermediaries in indirect producer to consumer marketing to help increase access to and availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural products. The program focuses on:

Supporting the processing, aggregation, distribution, and storage of local and regional food products that are marketed locally or regionally, including value-added agricultural products.
Encouraging the development of value-added agricultural products.
Assisting with business development plans and feasibility studies.
Developing marketing strategies for producers of local food and value-added products.
Facilitating regional food chain coordination and mid-tier value chain development.
Promoting new business opportunities and marketing strategies to reduce on-farm food waste.
Responding to changing technology needs in indirect producer-to-consumer marketing; and
Covering expenses related to cost incurred in obtaining food safety certification and improvements to food safety practices and equipment.

Project Types

LFPP offers four project types: Planning, Implementation, Turnkey Marketing and Promotion, and Turnkey Recruitment and Training.

Funding Information

Planning: $25,000 – $100,000
Implementation: $100,000 – $500,000
Turnkey Marketing and Promotion: $50,000 – $100,000
Turnkey Recruitment and Training: $50,000 – $100,000.

Grant Period

Planning: 24 months
Implementation: 36 months
Turnkey Marketing and Promotion: 24 months
Turnkey Recruitment and Training: 24 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: