Project Grant FX17TA10960G004

Pamplin Poultry, LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The grant will support Pamplin Poultry's efforts to expand its pasture-raised poultry operations in Pamplin, Virginia over a three-year period ending September 2024. As a family-owned farm, Pamplin Poultry aims to increase access to affordable, healthy poultry products...

This $749,335 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers (CFDA 10.443) program on September 29, 2023, will fund Foodshed Capital to provide financial literacy, bookkeeping and accounting, lending readiness, and long-term business viability training to BIPOC farmers. This will include instruction on climate-smart farming practices and accessing USDA programs. Foodshed Capital, a Community...

Pastured Life Farm, LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The grant will support Pastured Life Farm's transition to USDA inspected status and increase its poultry processing capacity. Specifically, the funding will enable the farm to enclose its slaughter area, transition from chlorine baths to an air chiller...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $24,951,753 Project Grant to Prestage Farms Of South Carolina LLC under the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (CFDA 10.381). The grant will support expansion of meat and poultry processing capacity from February 2023 through February 2025. USDA's Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program aims to provide more processing options for producers by funding start-up and expansion projects at meat and poultry processors....

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $8.125 million Project Grant to Grow South Dakota under the Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program (CFDA 10.382). The two-year grant will facilitate financing to qualified meat and poultry processors in South Dakota to increase processing capacity and help create new markets. As an intermediary, Grow South Dakota will provide loans to ultimate recipients for start-up or expansion of meat and poultry processing operations from...

Mighty Fine Poultry Processing, LLC will use a $220,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to develop infrastructure supporting local poultry producers in Michigan. Specifically, the two-year award will support the awardee in designing market and kitchen facilities, as well as distribution channels, for an USDA-inspected poultry processing facility situated between three cities. The...

The Malama Kauai nonprofit organization will provide poultry and egg education services to 15 socially disadvantaged beginning farmers and ranchers on Kauai, Hawaii through the $283,684 Project Grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The grant funds the Kauai PEEP (Poultry & Egg Education Project) under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP, CFDA #10.311) to address gaps in local food production and access...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $2.1 million Project Grant to Planning & Development District III Inc. under the Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program (CFDA 10.382). The grant will facilitate financing to qualified meat and poultry processors in South Dakota to increase processing capacity from Mar 2, 2023 to Mar 2, 2025. As an intermediary lender, Planning & Development District III Inc. will provide loans to eligible ultimate recipients for...

This federal project grant award for $698,050 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Advocacy and Outreach is funded through the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers (CFDA 10.443) program. The grant aims to provide networking opportunities and training to Black farmers in North Carolina to help them improve their farming operations, access new markets, and leverage USDA resources to secure capital. Key products and services to be...

The Arkansas Land and Community Development Corporation (ALCDC) will provide training and technical assistance to new and existing beginning farmers and ranchers in 42 counties across rural Arkansas under a $478,854 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant funding supports the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP), which aims to help beginning farmers and ranchers enter and improve their success in farming,...