Project Grant 15LFPPXKY0098

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $124,520 Project Grant to Farm Generations Cooperative under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175). The project aims to support the cooperative's 13 farmer member-owners in developing and implementing promotional campaigns for their direct-to-consumer farm sales through the cooperative's online marketing platform, GrownBy. The grant will fund the creation and evaluation of targeted digital...

Marksbury Farm Foods, LLC received a $779,080 Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program grant from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service to expand meat and poultry processing operations in Kentucky. The Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program, administered under the USDA's Rural Business-Cooperative Service and Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 10.381, aims to increase processing capacity and options for meat and poultry producers by providing grants for...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $618,397.50 Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) grant to Future Harvest Inc., a non-profit organization serving sustainable farmers in the Mid-Atlantic region. The grant will fund a 3-year regional marketing initiative focused on increasing direct-to-consumer sales channels for the organization's over 1,000 farmer members, 75% of whom are beginning farmers. The initiative will provide 24...

This $794,294 project grant from the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service through the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program will support a partnership led by Western Kentucky University to promote local farmers markets and direct agricultural sales in southcentral Kentucky. The partnership, which also includes four local non-profits and a farm, will conduct a marketing campaign using both online and offline channels to increase awareness of and participation in...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $626,424.35 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) to the Kentucky Horticulture Council, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Lexington, Kentucky. The grant, titled "Future Proofing Farm Shares," aims to amplify and prevent disruptions to direct-to-consumer marketing efforts in Kentucky through outreach, training, and technical assistance, with an emphasis on...

Project Grows, Inc. received a $445,500 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to expand direct-to-consumer markets in the Central Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. The project aims to increase market access for small, beginning, and socially disadvantaged farmers as well as traditionally underserved and low-income communities through initiatives such as launching a...

Mad Local Food Group LLC, doing business as Pasture and Plenty, will use a $643,748 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to expand local food production and distribution, as well as job training programs focused on underserved populations. Specifically, Pasture and Plenty will double its local food throughput, purchasing over $1 million annually from more than 60 local farms and producers....

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $625,000 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) to Choplocal Inc., an online farmer's market specializing in locally-produced meat products. The grant is focused on connecting, cultivating, and strengthening relationships between local and regional producers and local/regional food businesses and consumer-facing markets. The funding will support Choplocal's efforts to...

The Community Farm Alliance (CFA) received a $720,115.90 three-year Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to implement the Farmers Market Resiliency Project in Kentucky. The Project will provide three key services to strengthen and stabilize participating farmers markets in Kentucky. It will offer a streamlined training program with modules tailored for market...

Jonesborough Locally Grown (JLG) was awarded a $200,926.44 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP). JLG operates two producer-only markets, Boone Street Market and Jonesborough Farmers Market, that source primarily from within 100 miles of Jonesborough, Tennessee. The markets support over 100 vendors, many of whom are small or beginning farmers. This Project Grant will allow JLG to build...