Deadline: June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1

Funding Amount: Up to $5,000 per application with a lifetime maximum of $10,000 per farm business

Eligible Uses: There are five priority categories:

• Value-Added Enterprise

• Certified Organic Agriculture

• Agroforestry/Specialty Crops

• Food Systems Resiliency

• Emerging Agricultural Technologies

Eligibility:

• A Kentucky-based farm with gross annual agricultural sales greater than $1,000 and below $250,000 in the previous two years.

• Kentucky-based, formal, non-governmental organizations and cooperatives that serve multiple Kentucky farms or producers

  KSU Small-Scale Farm Grant

Deadline: June 5, 2026

Funding Amount:

• Capacity Building: $50,000 - $250,000

• Community Development Training and Technical Assistance: $100,000 - $500,000

• Turnkey Marketing and Promotion: $50,000 - $100,000

• Turnkey Recruitment and Training: $50,000 - $100,000

Eligibility:

• Agricultural businesses and cooperatives

• Producer networks and associations

• CSA networks or associations

• Food councils

• Regional farmers market groups

• Nonprofit and public benefit corporations

• Local and tribal governments

Eligible Uses: The Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) funds projects that expand direct producer-to-consumer markets and increase access to local food. Projects require a 25% match and must benefit multiple producers. Activities may include projects like launching or expanding farmers markets, CSAs, or agritourism, providing training and technical assistance, and carrying out coordinated marketing, promotion, and vendor recruitment efforts, etc.

Farmers Market Promotion Program | Agricultural Marketing Service

Deadline: June 5, 2026

Funding Amount: 

• Planning: $25,000 - $100,000

• Implementation: $100,000 - $500,000

• Turnkey Marketing and Promotion: $50,000 - $100,000

• Turnkey Recruitment and Training: $50,000 - $100,000

Eligibility: 

• Agricultural businesses and cooperatives

• Producer networks and associations

• CSA networks or associations

• Food councils

• Regional farmers market groups

• Nonprofit and public benefit corporations

• Local and tribal governments

Eligible Uses: The Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP) funds projects that build and expand local and regional food businesses that aggregate, process, and distribute local products. Projects require a 25% match and must benefit multiple producers. Activities may include planning for new facilities or services, launching or expanding food hubs and value chains, and carrying out coordinated marketing, promotion, and producer recruitment or training efforts, etc.

Local Food Promotion Program | Agricultural Marketing Service

Deadline: June 5, 2026

Funding Amount:

• Planning and Design Projects: $100,000 to $250,000

• Implementation and Expansion Projects: $250,000 to $1,000,000

Eligibility: MUST be a partnership between at least one eligible entity and at least one eligible partner.

• Agricultural businesses and cooperatives

• Producer networks and associations

• CSA networks or associations

• Food councils

• Regional farmers market groups

• Nonprofit and public benefit corporations

• Local and tribal governments

Eligible Partners:

• State agencies or regional authorities

• Philanthropic corporations

• Private corporations

• Institutions of higher education

• Commercial, Federal or Farm Credit system lending institutions

Eligible Uses: The RFSP supports partnerships that connect public and private resources to plan and develop local or regional food systems. The RFSP focuses on building and strengthening the viability and resilience of the local or regional food economy.

Project types include:
1. Planning and Design Projects: support partnerships in the early stages of convening, envisioning, goal setting and identifying strategies for developing local or regional food systems such as feasibility studies, conducting research on specific market, mid-tier value chain, or infrastructure investments, etc.

2. Implementation and Expansion Projects: support partnerships building on prior or ongoing efforts within a local or regional food system such as creating value chains, developing processes for ongoing community engagement, etc.

Regional Food System Partnerships | Agricultural Marketing Service