USDA Regional Food Business Centers

Description:

The Regional Food Centers will serve as the cornerstone of USDA’s development of local and regional supply chains. They will offer coordination, technical assistance, and capacity building support to small and mid-sized food and farm businesses, with the goal of creating a more resilient, diverse, and competitive food system. AMS will award cooperative agreements to regionally based partners to support USDA’s work on regional food supply chains. 

Eligible Entries:

• State governments
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
• Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
• Special district governments
• City or township governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• County governments
• Private institutions of higher education
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  

Contact:

Samantha Schaffstall Dopp
Branch Chief, samantha.schaffstall@usda.gov

Link to Opportunity:

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343478