Grant
ASAP has compiled the following list of grants available to farmers in the Southern Appalachian region. As we learn about new opportunities, we will be sure to add them. For a comprehensive listing of all federal funding opportunities that foster innovative enterprise in forestry and agriculture, please consult the SARE guide to Federal Programs for Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, Entrepreneurship, Conservation, and Community Development.
Note: Contact the grant providers directly for up-to-date information.
See also our list of loans available to farmers in the Southern Appalachian Region.
GRANT — Carolina Farm Credit: Corporate Mission Fund
Organizations may apply for up to $5,000 per year to help in their endeavors to further the future of agriculture and contribute to the agricultural economy in North Carolina. Read More ▶▶
GRANT — Cold Storage Financing Program
Natural Capital Investment Fund and NC Growing Together (a project of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems) are teaming up to provide financing and support to small– and midscale and limited resource farmers to acquire portable or stationary cold storage units. A low interest loan from […]Read More ▶▶
GRANT — FACT’s Fund-a-Farmer Grants
Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) provides grants up to $2,500 to qualifying farmers who need assistance in improving the welfare of their farm animals. FACT offers two types of grants: Pasture Improvement Grants and Certification Grants.Read More ▶▶
GRANT — Southern SARE: On-Farm Research Grants
The Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) offers On-Farm Research Grants for Cooperative Extension, NRCS, university personnel, governmental and non-governmental organizations who currently work with farmers and ranchers and are interested in conducting on-farm research or marketing projects related to sustainable agriculture.Read More ▶▶
GRANT — Southern SARE: Producer Grant Program
The Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) offers Producer Grants for on-the-farm research and marketing projects that promote sustainable agriculture. Any producer or producer organization in the Southern region is eligible to apply for a Producer Grant.Read More ▶▶
GRANT — TDA: Tennessee Agriculture Enhancement Program (TAEP)
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) offers cost-share funds for Tennessee residents to make long-term investments in livestock and farming operations through its Tennessee Agriculture Enhancement Program (TAEP).Read More ▶▶
GRANT — The North Carolina Beehive Grant Fund
Grant funds may be used for the purchase of new hives (the container structure, not the bee colonies) or for the purchase of materials to construct new hives. Funding limits are $200 per hive and $2,400 per grant recipient.Read More ▶▶
GRANT — USDA NIFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program makes competitively awarded grants to qualified small businesses to support high quality, advanced concepts research related to important scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture that could lead to significant public benefit if successful.Read More ▶▶
GRANT — USDA NRCS: Conservation Stewardship Program
The Conservation Stewardship Program helps agricultural producers maintain and improve their existing conservation systems and adopt additional conservation activities to address priority resources concerns. Participants earn CSP payments for conservation performance - the higher the performance, the higher the payment. Read More ▶▶
GRANT — USDA NRCS: Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
The USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to help plan and implement conservation practices that address natural resource concerns and for opportunities to improve soil, water, plant, animal, air and related resources on agricultural land and non-industrial private forestland.Read More ▶▶
