Discover funding opportunities for care farms across the United States, including grants, loans, and community support initiatives designed to help your farm grow.
The Good Food Funding Guide is published by New Venture Advisors, and lists grants, loans, and equity for businesses and programs promoting sustainable food and agriculture and local economies. It is arranged alphabetically into four sections: Government Grants, Private Grants, Loans, and Equity.
Community Food Funders (CFF) is a philanthropic organizing project that provides information, resources, and networking opportunities for funders in the NY-NJ-CT region. They publish the Community Food Funder Directory.
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More opportunities
- The Educational Foundation of America
- Candid– Foundation Directory
- Disability Opportunity Fund
- Growing Spaces: Regularly updated links to funding opportunities
- The Awesome Foundation
- Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund
- Kubota Community Revitalization Grant Program
- SeedGrants- Grassroots funding
- National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
- Kiva Microloans
- Center for Rural Affairs-Includes lending resources and farm startup support
- Beginning Farmer.org– Farm startup and lending resources galore!
- Through the USDA’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE) farmers and ranchers can apply for grants that typically run between $500 and $15,000 for various projects.
- SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) offers competitive grants to fund research and education projects that advance sustainable agricultural practices in the United States.