The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service and Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA #10.771) to the Northcountry Cooperative Foundation, a nonprofit organization, on September 25, 2023. The grant provides funding to the Northcountry Cooperative Foundation to deliver technical assistance, training, and feasibility studies to help establish and improve the operations of cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses in rural...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $250,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant to Stepladder Farmstead Creamery, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged for-profit limited liability company. The grant will support Stepladder Farmstead Creamery in providing training and facilitation services to beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers seeking to form agricultural cooperatives. This federal grant award, effective...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.771) to the Lake County Community Development Corporation on September 24, 2024. This Project Grant will support the organization's efforts to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to individuals and entities seeking to establish, expand, or improve rural cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses in...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.771) to Carolina Common Enterprise, a non-profit organization and community development corporation in North Carolina. The grant, awarded on September 28, 2023, supports Carolina Common Enterprise's efforts to provide technical assistance, training, and other business advisory services to individuals and businesses in rural areas seeking to establish, expand, or improve the operations of...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.771) to Carolina Common Enterprise, a non-profit organization and community development corporation based in Durham, North Carolina. The grant, awarded on September 25, 2024, will enable Carolina Common Enterprise to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to individuals and entities seeking to establish,...
The Tri-County Agricultural Cooperative was awarded a $175,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service under the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (CFDA 10.771). The two-year grant will assist minority agricultural producers in Mississippi through services aimed at improving economic conditions in rural areas. Specifically, the Cooperative will use the funding to provide startup, expansion or operational support to rural cooperatives and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.771) to the Food Co-Op Initiative, a non-profit organization based in Londonderry, Vermont. This grant, awarded on September 3, 2024, enables the organization to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to individuals and entities interested in establishing, expanding, or improving rural cooperatives and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $174,946 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.871) to the Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF), a non-profit organization, to provide technical assistance and support for the development of agricultural cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses in rural communities. The funding enables CDF to assist individuals and businesses with establishing, expanding, or operationally improving rural...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $249,924 Project Grant under the Rural Cooperative Development Grants (RCDG) program (CFDA 10.771) to Farm Coast Brewery LLC's Gnarly Vines Farm division. The funding will support the provision of technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to individuals and entities seeking to establish, expand, or improve rural cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses, with a focus on...
This $200,000 Project Grant was awarded on September 27, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (CFDA 10.771). The grant recipient, the Northwest Agriculture Business Center, is a non-profit organization that provides training, education, and technical assistance services to socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, rural businesses, and cooperatives. This funding will support the Center's efforts to...