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Northeast Region Historically Underserved Farmer and Farming Communities Grant

Sponsors
Northeast SARE, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Deadlines
Jan 7, 2025
Contact
Purpose

The Northeast SARE offers grants to address key issues affecting the sustainability of agriculture throughout the Northeast SARE service area.

The program is designed to address systemic and structural barriers that disproportionately limit the ability of historically underserved farmer and farming communities to fully participate in SARE programs. The grant funds projects that create farming and food system opportunities for historically underserved farming communities and prioritizes work that engages, and is led by, people with experience from those communities.

Topics can include, but are not limited to:

  • Programs supporting mental and physical health for producers
  • Improving local and regional food access for underserved communities
  • The study and/or promotion of culturally appropriate best management practices
  • Production of specialty, ethnic, and medicinal crops
  • Climate-smart agricultural practices
  • Urban and indigenous agriculture systems
  • Equitable access to markets for agricultural products
  • Equitable acquisition of farming and marketing infrastructure
  • Budgeting, financial planning, accounting, tax and insurance management education
  • Capacity and relationship building related to sustainable agriculture
  • Professional development for producers and/or people that work with them
  • Historically underserved farming community urban and rural partnerships
  • Policy development and community capacity building
Eligibility

Eligible applicants include:

  • Business owners (including farmers)
  • Community groups
  • Farm employees
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Tribal communities
Geographic coverage
Northeast SARE region that includes: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Vermont, Washington, D.C., and tribal lands that share the same geography
Amount of funding

Award ceiling: $250,000
Award floor: $150,000
Project period: Up to 2 years 5 months
Estimated number of awards: 15-20
Estimated total program funding: $3,000,000

Application process

Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application portal are available on the program website.

Question and answer sessions:
All sessions are 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern.
(Registration required)

  • December 4, 2025
  • December 10, 2024

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Tagged as
Access · Community and economic development · Culture and cultural competency · Farmers and farmworkers · Food security and nutrition · Healthcare needs and services · Mental health · Policy · Connecticut · Delaware · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New York · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Vermont · West Virginia

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