Snake River Seed Cooperative Inc.

Snake River Seed Cooperative Inc., a for-profit cooperative based in Boise, Idaho, acts as a federal grant sub-recipient delivering farmer-to-farmer mentorship, technical assistance, and community-building services to agricultural constituencies, with minimal prime grant work.

The vendor's federal footprint is lean and recent. Snake River Seed holds one prime federal grant award — a Value-Added Agricultural Product Market Development grant from the Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services, executed in September 2023 — and sits as a sub-recipient on two grant sub-awards from Oregon Tilth, Inc., both under USDA Agricultural Marketing Service programs (executed October 2024 and October 2025). The sub-award work mirrors the prime focus: farmer-to-farmer mentorship, technical assistance, and community building. Combined federal dollars obligated across all three awards total $523 thousand over the past three years. The vendor serves two distinct USDA offices — Rural Business Cooperative Services (prime grant) and Agricultural Marketing Service (sub-awards) — with all awards falling within the agricultural development and cooperative-support grant space.

Activity is sparse and episodic. One award executed in 2023, one in 2024, and one in 2025, with no indication of growth trajectory or pipeline density. The vendor does not hold federal contracts, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs, and does not operate as a prime contractor. The sub-recipient posture (67% of all awards) reflects a role subordinate to Oregon Tilth as the grant administrator. Snake River Seed's concrete capability — farmer cooperative management, agricultural mentorship delivery, and community facilitation within USDA rural development and value-added agriculture programs — positions it as a niche performer in the agricultural cooperative space rather than a federal contracting vendor. No set-aside designations are present in the source.