Center For Agricultural Development And Entrepreneurship, Inc.

Center For Agricultural Development And Entrepreneurship, Inc., doing business as Cade, is a nonprofit community development organization based in Oneonta, New York, that operates as a prime recipient of federal grants supporting rural agricultural entrepreneurship and local food systems development. Cade competes exclusively in grant-funded work; the vendor has no federal contract prime or subcontract activity and receives all 15 awards in the source portfolio as a direct grant recipient from USDA and regional development agencies.

Cade's capability footprint centers on business development and technical assistance services for agricultural entrepreneurs and beginning farmers in rural New York. The organization delivers entrepreneurship skills training, business advisory and technical assistance, agricultural training programs, beginning farmer assistance, business development workshops and webinars, financial planning services, product development support, and market research and expansion facilitation. Cade brings three decades of experience in rural economic development with particular emphasis on Delaware, Schoharie, and Otsego County regions. Representative grant work includes a $607,751.60 Cooperative Agreement from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175), awarded March 1, 2026 and running through February 28, 2029, to support local and regional food systems development; a $200,000 Rural Business Development Grant from USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services (CFDA 10.351), awarded September 29, 2025 and running through September 29, 2027, targeting small and emerging agricultural enterprises with fewer than 50 new employees and less than $1 million in projected gross revenue; and a $198,745 Rural Business Development Grant also from USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services (CFDA 10.351), awarded July 28, 2023, promoting sustainable economic development and private business formation in rural communities.

Customer concentration is heavily USDA-anchored. The top five grantor agencies account for 100% of awards: USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services leads with seven awards, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service holds three, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture carries two, the Appalachian Regional Commission accounts for two, and USDA Food and Nutrition Service holds one. Across the 15 awards in the portfolio, Cade has obligated $4.1 million in combined federal funding. Activity is sparse and episodic — one award per year from 2023 through 2026, following two awards in 2022 — and only one award carries a completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. Cade does not operate as a subcontractor on any federal awards tracked in the source and holds no seats on government-wide contract vehicles or agency-wide IDIQs.