New grant program aims to support farmers markets, small

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — There’s A mannequin new grant program aiming to assist farmers markets and small-scale, native meals infrastructures in Virginia.

On Wednesday, Governor Ralph Northam introduced the Governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Enchancment (AFID) Facility Grant program which officers say is designed to “assist equitable and sustainable native meals methods for small-scale agricultural producers, farmers markets, and meals hubs.”

This method competitively awards matching grants of As a lot as $25,000 for infrastructure development tasks in native communities that assist native meals manufacturing and sustainable agriculture.

Delegate Sam Rasoul’s House Invoice 2068 created this grant program By way of the 2021 Widespread Meeting session. The legal guidelines authorizes the Governor to award grants of As a lot as $25,000 to political subdivisions.

The reimbursable grants are primarily for capital tasks at new and current meals hubs, farmers markets, enterprise kitchens and completely different worth-added amenities Similar to these for the processing and packaging of meats, dairy merchandise, produce, or completely different Virginia-grown merchandise.

Organizations Making an try To use for the funding can submit their purposes from October 1 through November 15.

Final award bulletins Shall be made no later than December 31 of this yr.   

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