Assistance program
Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program
$386.6 Million committed in FY2020–FY2026
- Agency
- Agricultural Marketing Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 10.175
- What it does
- The Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) is a component of the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP). FMLFPP supports the development, coordination and expansion of local and regional food systems through two competitive grant programs: (1) Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) and (2) Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP). FMPP grants fund direct producer-to-consumer marketing projects such as farmers markets, community-supported agriculture programs, roadside stands, and agritourism. FMPP accepts Capacity Building, Community Development, Training, and Technical Assistance, and Turnkey Marketing and Promotion grant project types to support domestic direct producer-to-consumer marketing channels. LFPP grants fund local and regional food business enterprises that serve as intermediaries to process, distribute, aggregate, and store locally or regionally produced food products. LFPP accepts Planning, Implementation, Farm to Institution and Turnkey Marketing and Promotion grant project types to support local and regional food businesses.
- Who benefits
- Projects must benefit more than one producers, vendor, individual. Applicants must collaborate with others to benefit the larger community.
- Who applies
- All applicants must be domestic entities owned, operated, and located within the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or Tribal Governments. Eligible entities include Agricultural businesses and cooperatives, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) networks and associations, Food councils, Economic development corporations, Local governments, Nonprofit and public benefit corporations, Producer networks or associations, Regional farmers’ market authorities and, Tribal governments.
- Authorized by
- The Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP) is authorized by subtitle A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. § 1627c), as amended. The Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP), Regional Food System Partnerships Program (RFSP), and Value-Added Produ…
- Program site
- http://www.ams.usda.gov/lfpp ↗
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