Glynwood Center, Inc.

Glynwood Center, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Cold Spring, New York, serves as a federal grant recipient delivering agricultural training, food-access programming, and regional food-system development in the Hudson Valley, operating primarily as a prime recipient (41% of awards) and as a sub-recipient on research and capacity-building initiatives (59% of awards).

The organization's federal footprint centers entirely on USDA programs spanning agricultural development, food access, and farmer support. Glynwood functions as prime recipient on four substantive grants and as sub-recipient on thirteen awards routed through university and state agricultural partners. As prime recipient, Glynwood holds a $124,926 cooperative agreement from the Agricultural Marketing Service's Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) awarded March 1, 2026, running through February 29, 2028, to fund the Acer Access and Development Program serving beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers in New York. Prior prime grants include a $999,680 project grant from the Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition (September 15, 2023, through September 14, 2027) supporting CSA-SNAP programming that provides one-to-one matching incentives to low-income SNAP households accessing locally grown produce through community-supported agriculture farm shares in a coalition of 120-plus Hudson Valley farms; a $748,582 project grant from the Institute of Youth, Family, and Community (September 15, 2022, through March 14, 2026) delivering the Hudson Valley Farm Apprenticeship to beginning farmers through host-farm mentorships; and a $151,524 project grant from the Agricultural Marketing Service under the Regional Food System Partnerships program (October 31, 2021, through October 30, 2023) partnering with Cornell University to conduct a feasibility study on livestock sector expansion in the Hudson Valley.

USDA concentration is near-total. The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Agricultural Marketing Service together account for 95% of awards. Glynwood serves as sub-recipient on research and capacity-building initiatives anchored by Cornell University (five sub-awards across organic agriculture research and grain-sector technical assistance, most recent July 10, 2026), New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (two sub-awards on organic grain aggregation and farmer support through the Food Sovereignty Fund), Oregon State University (two sub-awards on organic barley development), and smaller research partnerships with the University of Vermont, Pennsylvania Certified Organic, and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Research Foundation. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $4.6 million. Activity has been uneven — two awards in 2024 against five in both 2023 and 2025 — with only two awards facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Glynwood's core capability centers on farmer education, apprenticeship coordination, food-access program administration, regional food-system planning, and organic agriculture advancement, all rooted in twenty-five years of Hudson Valley operations advancing regenerative farming and direct producer-to-consumer market development.