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Prepared for Fran H. | Delivered October 25, 2021
Grants For Small Farmers
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Goals
Provide information on grants available for farmers
Specifically, identify grants available to small farmers, especially women farmers.
Identify only (excluding loans) on government, private, or state (i.e., Arizona) grants.
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Early Findings
Data Availability
The initial round of research indicates that data availability is adequate on this topic.
Grants For Small Farmers
Ask Media identifies
four grants
available to small farmers, especially women farmers in the United States:
American Agri-Women (AAW)
AAW offers
grants to women
in Agriculture, including farming and ranching, across all 50 U.S. states.
Female farmers are offered about
$1,500
, which can be applied for in grants of about
$500
each.
Applications for the grants are due
every year in October
.
Here
is a link to the website.
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP)
Organizations can apply for the
BFRDP grant
s for the benefit of their members. Small scale farmers, including women; affiliated with these organizations, can then apply for assistance through these grants.
Here
is a link to the website.
Simply Organic Giving Fund
Small scale farmers, including women farmers, who prioritize
organic farming
to solve food insecurity, can apply for this grant.
Applicants
are required to address and demonstrate how their projects will achieve short and long-term success from using the grant.
Here
is a link to the website.
Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) Program
The
VAPG grant
is primarily for small-scale individual and group farmers in the United States.
These grants prioritize disadvantaged minorities, including women, and aims to
introduce new products
to the market and improve farmers' income.
Here
is a link to the website.
Summary
In the initial round of research, we have been able to identify four grants available to small farmers, including women farmers in the United States. We have also provided a brief 2-3 sentence overview of each grant and a link to their websites.
The initial round of research also suggests that there are additional pre-compiled lists of grants available to small farmers, including women in the United States. Here are examples of such lists (https://businessyield.com/grant-opportunities/farm-grants-for-females/, https://smallbusiness.chron.com/federal-grants-farms-13856.html, and https://agriculture.az.gov/grants.)
For all our research, we would focus on the United States.
Based on the data availability, we anticipate being able to fully answer all the research questions.
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