Agricultural Marketing Service
The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service offers grants for local food systems, farmers markets, and specialty crops.
Get Grants to Grow Your Local Food Business!
This program is for farmers and local food businesses looking to expand direct sales and access new markets. Funds can be used to boost farmers markets, boost online sales, develop value-added products, and improve food safety practices.
Fund Your Bison Business: Production & Marketing Grants
Bison producers and industry organizations can receive funding to improve production, marketing, and business development for bison products. This grant supports innovative solutions and partnerships to strengthen the entire U.S. bison industry.
Boost Dairy Business: USDA Grants for Innovation & Growth!
Dairy businesses working with specific innovation hubs can access funds to develop new products, boost farmer income through processing, and create higher-value uses for dairy. This program helps diversify markets and leverage regional milk production.
Get Grants for Local Food Businesses!
If you're an agricultural agency or department in an eligible state or territory, this program can provide subawards to boost local food production in underserved communities. Funds are for small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations, with an encouragement to incorporate climate resilience.
Unlock New Markets: Get Funding for Ag Product Growth!
Are you in the U.S. food or agriculture sector? This program offers funding to help you discover new markets, innovate your marketing strategies, and improve distribution for your products, both at home and abroad.
Maple Syrup Producers: Get Funding for Growth & Sustainability
If you own land with maple trees, this program offers funding to expand or start your maple syrup business through research, sustainability, and market promotion. Get support to boost your maple product sales and public access for sugaring activities.
Get Funding for Local Food Systems & Resilience
Connect with public and private partners to build resilient local food economies, including pandemic response and recovery. This grant funds innovative projects that strengthen regional food systems and expand producer participation.
Boost Your Farm Business: Get Funds for Local Sales!
Farmers! This grant helps you expand direct sales channels like farmers markets, CSAs, and online platforms to sell more local produce. Fund projects that increase access to your goods and promote new marketing strategies.
Get Funding for Your Local Food Business!
Local farmers and food businesses, this grant is for you! Fund projects that boost local food sales, processing, and marketing, making fresh, regional products more accessible to consumers.
Get Grants for Your Specialty Crops: Boost Sales & Innovation!
This grant is for State departments of agriculture to fund projects that boost the competitiveness of specialty crops like fruits, vegetables, nuts, and flowers. Eligible projects focus on marketing, research, expanding availability, and addressing producer challenges.
Get Grants for Farm Labor & Supply Chain Resilience!
Agricultural employers facing labor shortages can apply for grants to strengthen their supply chains and improve working conditions. This program aims to support U.S. economic recovery by stabilizing the domestic food supply.
Get Grants for Specialty Crops: Boost Your Business!
Are you a business involved with specialty crops? This program funds collaborative, multi-state projects focused on improving food safety, pest control, research, or marketing to make your crops more competitive domestically and internationally.
Get Funding to Grow Your Dairy Business
Dairy businesses working with specific USDA-approved initiatives can apply for funding to diversify products, boost farmer income through innovation, and promote regional milk use.
Unlock Organic Market Growth: Get Grant Funding!
Organic producers and handlers can get funding to build new processing, storage, and distribution capacity, or develop new markets. This grant aims to boost domestic organic product demand and overcome supply chain bottlenecks.
Get Funding to Expand Your Meat Processing Business!
This grant is for small and mid-sized meat and poultry processors looking to boost their processing capacity and compete more effectively. Funds are available to help you grow your business, create jobs, and increase producer income within the sector.
Get Grants for Indigenous Animal Meat Processing!
Tribal nations and enterprises can now access funding to expand or enhance local animal protein processing capacity. This grant supports traditional harvesting methods, indigenous animals, and community food supply chains.
Get Grants for Local Food Projects & Boost Your Business!
Is your business involved in local food production or community agriculture? This program offers grants to help you expand your gardening, herding, or livestock operations, bringing more locally grown food to food-insecure communities. The funding aims to support climate-resilient practices and strengthen rural economies.
Fund Your Maple Business: Acer Grant!
This grant helps state governments, tribal nations, and research institutions boost the domestic maple syrup industry through research, sustainability, and market promotion. If you own land with maple trees, you could be eligible for funding to start or expand maple-sugaring operations or allow public access for these activities.
Unlock New Markets & Boost Your Ag Business!
This program empowers U.S. food and agricultural businesses to explore and seize new market opportunities, both domestically and internationally. Fund research and innovation to revolutionize your marketing, transportation, and distribution systems.
Get Grants to Grow Your Local Food Business!
Farmers and food producers can get funding to expand their direct sales to consumers, like farmers markets, CSAs, or online shops. This program helps boost local food businesses, reduce waste, and improve food safety.