Fork Food Lab
South Portland, ME
- UEI
- U4DCS5CX8MN7
- CAGE
- 8BQR6
- Primary NAICS
- 311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 95 Darling Ave, South Portland, ME 04106, USA
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
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About the company
Fork Food Lab is a non-profit shared-use kitchen incubator located in Portland, Maine. It provides commercial kitchen facilities and support services to help launch and grow food businesses. Fork Food Lab has been registered as a corporate entity and non-profit organization in the federal System for Award Management (SAM.gov) since 2019.
Fork Food Lab has received several significant grant awards from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service. These include a $1.3 million Regional Food System Partnerships grant to expand to a 42,000 square foot facility with new equipment for USDA meat processing certification, increasing capacity to 75 small business members with new services like cooperative purchasing, marketing, food safety plans, and educational programming. A $194,000 Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant supported equipment for obtaining a Federal Grant of Inspection for meat processing. Fork Food Lab received a $20,000 COVID-19 relief grant for measures like workplace safety and facility retrofits. The largest award was a $1 million Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program grant for "Fork Food Lab 2.0" - scaling up systems, value-added services, USDA meat certification, manufacturing space for wholesale production, food safety plans, and educational culinary programs to facilitate $1 million in new value-added Maine food products by 2025, creating 246 jobs and $17 million in economic impact. Earlier grants included $129,335 for expansion planning.
Quick answers
Is Fork Food Lab registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Fork Food Lab's SAM.gov registration is active through December 26, 2026.
What is Fork Food Lab's most recent federal award?
Fork Food Lab's most recent federal grant award is Fork food lab will address significant food loss within the southern maine region capitalizing on the areas growing… (23RFSPME1068), from Agricultural Marketing Service, on September 30, 2023.
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