Project Grant CLSS00000116868
- Federal Grant Award Summary Redhead Creamery LLC received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP, CFDA 10.175) on August 13, 2025. The award supports a two-year project period extending through August 13, 2027, to develop and expand value-added dairy products and local food system infrastructure in Minnesota. Under this mandatory grant component of the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP),...
- Federal Grant Award Summary M and J Farms, LLC received a $216,000 Project Grant from Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP), CFDA 10.175, awarded on September 11, 2025. The award is designated as a Lamp Value Added Producer Grant with a completion timeline extending through September 11, 2027. The funding supports the awardee's efforts in California to develop value-added agricultural products and expand direct producer-to-consumer...
- The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $250,000 Value-Added Producer Grant to Stepladder Farmstead Creamery, LLC on September 16, 2022. The grant funding will support Stepladder Farmstead Creamery's efforts to enter into value-added dairy product marketing and processing under the CFDA 10.352 Value-Added Producer Grants program. Specifically, the company plans to use the grant to generate new dairy products, create and expand marketing opportunities for its value-added...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Southern Cultured Creamery, LLC received a $141,000 Value Added Producer Grant from Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP, CFDA 10.175) on September 4, 2025, with a completion date of September 4, 2027. As a mandatory award within the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP), this grant supports the awardee's value-added product development and marketing initiatives to expand direct...
- Grant Award Summary Dawnbreaker Farms, LLC received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP, CFDA 10.175) on August 22, 2025. The award, with a completion date of August 22, 2027, supports the development and expansion of local and regional food systems through direct producer-to-consumer marketing channels and value-added agricultural product development...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $250,000 Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) project grant to Alexandre Family Ecodairy Farms in California on September 13, 2023. The grant will support initiatives to develop, coordinate, and expand direct producer-to-consumer marketing channels and local/regional food business enterprises. Funded activities may include supporting farmers markets, roadside stands, community-supported...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Baetje Farms, LLC received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services, obligated on August 12, 2025, under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP, CFDA 10.175). The grant supports the awardee's project activities in Missouri through August 12, 2027, with a two-year performance period. Under the FMLFPP component of the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP), eligible project...
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Stumpp Family Farm, LLC received a $249,825 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) awarded on August 29, 2025. The grant supports a two-year project period extending through August 29, 2027, focused on developing and expanding local and regional food systems through value-added producer activities. Under the LAMP (Local Agriculture Market...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Applegoat Valley Farm LLC received a $250,000 Project Grant from the Rural Business Cooperative Services (RBCS) under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP, CFDA 10.175), awarded on August 20, 2025, with a completion date of August 20, 2027. The award supports the development, coordination, and expansion of local and regional food systems through direct producer-to-consumer marketing channels and value-added agricultural product development....
Grant Award Summary Stepladder Farmstead Creamery, LLC received a $250,000 Project Grant awarded on September 2, 2025, by Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP, CFDA 10.175). The two-year project, with an ultimate completion date of September 2, 2027, supports the development of new value-added dairy products and the expansion of direct and indirect producer-to-consumer marketing channels. Through this funding, the creamery will advance locally and regionally produced dairy goods' accessibility while enhancing marketing infrastructure for small and mid-sized dairy producers in California. The FMLFPP grant funds value-added product development, marketing strategies, and regional food chain coordination initiatives. As a self-certified small disadvantaged business, Stepladder Farmstead Creamery leverages this award to strengthen rural economic development and local food systems in Cambria, California, building on its prior federal grant experience in cooperative development and agricultural marketing activities. The project aligns with FMLFPP's dual focus on supporting both direct farmer-to-consumer markets and local food business enterprises engaged in intermediary functions such as processing and distribution.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $250.0k | 9/2/25 |