Project Grant SBAHQ23I0114

The Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded The Farm Collaborative, a Colorado-based non-profit organization, a $966,000 Project Grant through the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) to support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in Aspen, CO. The funding is intended to facilitate programmatic and construction activities that advance the organization's mission of building a more inclusive and resilient food system, with a focus on supporting beginning and under-resourced farmers. This grant award complements The Farm Collaborative's other recent federal funding, including a $928,183 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grant from the USDA and a $190,000 Wood Utilization Assistance grant from the USDA Forest Service.