Assistance program
Local Food Promotion Program
$17.7 Million committed in FY2018–FY2022
- Agency
- Agricultural Marketing Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 10.172
- What it does
- To increase domestic consumption of and access to locally and regionally produced agricultural products, and to develop new market opportunities for farm and ranch operations serving local markets, by developing, improving, expanding, and providing outreach, training, and technical assistance to, or assisting in the development, improvement, and expansion of local and regional food business enterprises (including those that are not direct producer-to-consumer markets). These businesses must process, distribute, aggregate, or store locally or regionally produced food products.
- Who benefits
- Projects that benefit producers, local and regional food business enterprises, and consumers.
- Who applies
- Agricultural businesses and cooperatives, local governments, nonprofit corporations, producer networks, producer associations, community supported agriculture networks, community supported agriculture associations, public benefit corporations, economic development corporations, regional farmers market authorities, and Tribal governments. Projects and applicants must be owned, operated, and located within the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Authorized by
- Section 5 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976, Public Law 94-463, as amended by Section 10003 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, Public Law 113-79
- Program site
- http://www.ams.usda.gov/lfpp ↗
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