Agricultural Marketing Service
The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service offers grants for local food systems, farmers markets, and specialty crops.
Get Cash to Grow Your Local Food Business!
Are you a local food business looking to expand? This grant can help fund projects that boost processing, distribution, and marketing of local agricultural products, increasing your reach and revenue.
Get Funding for Local Food Systems & Resilience
Are you part of a public or private partnership developing local food systems? This grant provides resources to strengthen your region's food economy, including pandemic preparedness and recovery.
Get Funding for Specialty Crops: USDA Grant Available!
This USDA grant is for State Departments of Agriculture to boost the competitiveness of specialty crops like fruits, vegetables, nuts, and more. Funds support marketing, research, and expanding access to these valuable agricultural products.
Get Grants for Dairy Business Growth & Innovation
Dairy businesses focused on product diversification, farmer income innovation, and regional milk utilization can access funding to develop, produce, market, and distribute their products. This grant supports initiatives aimed at reducing risk and creating higher-value opportunities for your dairy operations.
Get Grants for Food Security Projects & Local Farming!
This program offers grants to agricultural agencies and eligible entities to boost local food production and quality in underserved communities through gardening and livestock initiatives. Projects can also focus on climate resilience and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture.
Get Grants to Grow Your Meat & Poultry Business
Meat and poultry processors, including tribal enterprises and small farms, can get funding to upgrade facilities and boost capacity for federal inspection or expanded markets. This grant helps you improve efficiency, reach new customers, and meet growing consumer demand.
Get Grants to Boost Your Farm's Direct Sales!
This program is for farmers and agricultural businesses looking to expand their direct-to-consumer sales channels, like farmers markets and CSAs. Fund your projects to increase local food access, develop value-added products, and improve marketing strategies.
Unlock Funds for Food System Growth & Resilience
This grant is for partnerships aiming to build stronger local and regional food economies, especially for pandemic recovery. Receive funding to plan, develop, and coordinate efforts that connect public and private resources for a more viable food system.
Get Funding to Boost Your Local Food Business!
This grant supports businesses that connect local food producers with consumers through processing, distribution, and marketing. Funds can help you expand operations, develop value-added products, and improve food safety to reach more customers.
USDA Grants: Boost Your Maple Syrup Business!
Are you a State, Tribal government, or research institution looking to grow the domestic maple syrup industry? This USDA grant funds projects focused on research, sustainability, market promotion, and expanding maple-sugaring activities on private land.
Get Funding for Ag Innovation & New Markets!
Agricultural businesses can secure grants for applied research projects that boost efficiency and explore new domestic and international market opportunities for U.S. food and ag products. This funding drives innovation in marketing, transportation, and distribution, helping you overcome challenges and grow your reach.
Tribal Seafood Grants: COVID-19 Relief & Safety Funding
Federally Recognized Indian Tribes with seafood processing operations can now access grants to combat COVID-19 impacts and enhance worker safety. This program provides crucial funding for businesses navigating pandemic-related challenges in the seafood industry.
Grow Your Farm: Specialty Crop Grants Available!
Are you a producer of fruits, vegetables, nuts, or nursery crops? This program funds projects to boost your competitiveness through marketing, research, and expanding access.
Unlock Funds for Local Food Businesses & Farmers!
State and Tribal governments can receive funding to purchase local and regional food, supporting socially disadvantaged farmers and boosting local economies. This program aims to increase local food consumption and build economic opportunity for producers.
Get Grants for Seafood Processors: COVID-19 Relief!
This grant helps seafood processing facilities and vessels cover expenses related to COVID-19 preparedness, prevention, and response incurred between January 2020 and December 2021. State agencies will distribute these funds to eligible businesses impacted by the pandemic.
Get Grants for Seafood Processor Safety & Market Growth!
This program offers funding to seafood processors and processing vessels impacted by the pandemic to cover essential safety upgrades, market pivots like online sales, and facility retrofits. Eligible businesses can apply for relief to cover costs related to workplace safety, transportation, worker housing, and medical expenses to ensure continued operations and employee well-being.
Get Cash for Pandemic Business Costs
Small businesses and agricultural producers who incurred COVID-19 related expenses between January 27, 2020, and December 31, 2021, can apply for grants. Funds are available to cover costs associated with workplace safety, market pivots, facility retrofitting, transportation, worker housing, and medical expenses.
Fund Your Specialty Crop Business Growth!
U.S. specialty crop producers can get funding for collaborative projects that boost competitiveness in areas like food safety, pest control, research, and marketing. Enhance your business with grants addressing regional or national specialty crop challenges.
Boost Your Dairy Business: Get Funding for Innovation!
Dairy businesses looking to develop, produce, market, or distribute innovative dairy products can apply for funding. This initiative supports diversifying markets, increasing farmer income through processing, and utilizing regional milk.
Unlock Funds for Dairy Business Growth & Innovation
Dairy businesses involved in regional innovation efforts can access funding to boost product development, production, marketing, and distribution. This initiative supports diversifying markets, creating new farmer income streams, and utilizing regional milk more effectively.