{"id":1139,"date":"2018-12-13T12:12:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T16:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2018-12-13T12:12:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T16:12:34","slug":"90-000-available-for-vermont-farming-sustainability-and-food-safety-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/2018\/12\/13\/90-000-available-for-vermont-farming-sustainability-and-food-safety-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"$90, 000 Available for Vermont Farming Sustainability and Food Safety Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grants available to assist with Food Safety and Farm Marketing. See blow. \u2013TB<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n

For questions about either of these grant opportunities, please contact Kathryn Donovan (Produce Safety Improvement Grants) or Alissa Matthews (Local Food Market Development Grants). Contact information provided below.<\/p>\n

$90,000 Available for Farming Sustainability and Food Safety Projects<\/h1>\n

$2-5K Grant Awards Available<\/em><\/p>\n

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets released two requests for proposals (RFPs) on December 10, 2018 for up to $90,000 of funding that will assist eligible Vermont farmers and food businesses to make upgrades to their operations and improve the sustainability of their businesses. Grants range from $2,000 to $5,000.<\/p>\n

Open Application Period: Monday, January 7, 2019 – Thursday, January 31, 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vermont Produce Safety Improvement Grants<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Approximately $60,000 in funding provided through the USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and the Castanea Foundation will be available in the third round of the Produce Safety Improvement Grant (PSIG) Program. Applicants must grow, harvest, pack, or hold \u201ccovered produce\u201d as defined by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration\u2019s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule (PSR) and have average annual produce sales of greater than $26,999 over the past three years.<\/p>\n

Eligible Use of Funds<\/strong><\/p>\n

· Harvest, Wash, Pack and Storage: materials and supplies, storage monitoring\/control devices<\/p>\n

· Health\/Hygiene: handwashing stations, cleaning\/sanitization tools, signage, compost\/manure handling improvements<\/p>\n

· Training and Record-keeping: materials and systems<\/p>\n

Details the RFP for this grant round are available at AGR.SpecialtyCrops.<\/p>\n

Local Food Market Development Grants<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Approximately $30,000 in funding will be available to assist Vermont farmers, businesses, and value-chain facilitators for projects that address challenges and risks associated with scaling up to meet new market demands. To qualify for funding consideration, applicants must either be a Vermont producer in pursuit of institutional or direct retail market development, or a value-chain facilitator that will directly support Vermont producers\u2019 access to institutional and wholesale market expansion.<\/p>\n

Eligible Use of Funds <\/strong><\/p>\n

· Infrastructure Development: on-farm capital improvements, equipment purchases<\/p>\n

· Technology: accounting, tracking, and\/or sales software, website, or app development<\/p>\n

· Market Access and Development: innovative solutions to logistics and\/or distribution<\/p>\n

Details and RFP are available at Alissa.Matthews.<\/p>\n

Best,<\/p>\n

Kristina<\/p>\n

Kristina M. Sweet<\/p>\n

Produce Program Manager<\/p>\n

Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets<\/p>\n

116 State Street | Montpelier, VT 05620<\/p>\n

kristina.sweet | (802) 522-7811<\/p>\n

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Grants available to assist with Food Safety and Farm Marketing. See blow. \u2013TB For questions about either of these grant opportunities, please contact Kathryn Donovan (Produce Safety Improvement Grants) or Alissa Matthews (Local Food Market Development Grants). Contact information provided below. $90,000 Available for Farming Sustainability and Food Safety Projects $2-5K Grant Awards Available The … Continue reading $90, 000 Available for Vermont Farming Sustainability and Food Safety Projects<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2068,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[1],"class_list":["post-1139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"fruit","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/author\/fruit\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4nZlV-in","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2068"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1143,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions\/1143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}