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# Farm to Institution Market Development Grants | Agency of Agriculture Food and Markets An Official **Vermont** Government Website State of VermontAgency of Agriculture Food and Markets * Agriculture Innovation Board * Licensing & Registration Library * Water Quality Assistance * Working Lands Enterprise Initiative * Funding Opportunity Calendar * Resources for Grant Applicants & Recipients * Contracting Opportunities * Agricultural Development * Accessory On-Farm Businesses * Act 129: Local Definition * Agriculture and Food Systems Plans * Business Planning & Assistance * Experience Vermont Agriculture * Farm to School, Early Childhood & Institution * Farm to School Service Provider Grant * Farm to School and Early Childhood Grant * Farm to Institution Market Development Grants * LFSCC Community Supported Agriculture Grant * Farm to School Resources * Farmers Stands, CSAs, & Farmers Markets * New and Beginning Farmer Resources * RFSI Infrastructure Grants: Project Overviews * Dairy Business Innovation Center * Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accountability * Land Use & Renewable Energy * License and Registrations * Plant Industry Division * Public Information | Public Records * Vermont Agriculture & Environmental Laboratory * Disaster Response and Recovery Resources * Agricultural Development * Accessory On-Farm Businesses * Act 129: Local Definition * Agriculture and Food Systems Plans * Business Planning & Assistance * Experience Vermont Agriculture * Farm to School, Early Childhood & Institution * Farm to School Service Provider Grant * Farm to School and Early Childhood Grant * Farm to Institution Market Development Grants * LFSCC Community Supported Agriculture Grant * Farm to School Resources * Farmers Stands, CSAs, & Farmers Markets * New and Beginning Farmer Resources * RFSI Infrastructure Grants: Project Overviews * Dairy Business Innovation Center * Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accountability * Land Use & Renewable Energy * License and Registrations * Plant Industry Division * Public Information | Public Records * Vermont Agriculture & Environmental Laboratory * Disaster Response and Recovery Resources # Farm to Institution Market Development Grants **Applications are now open for this grant opportunity!
Request for Applications here, and view our Applicant Webinar here. Applications will close on October 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM. ** The Farm to Institution Market Development Grant (formerly Local Food Market Development Grant) is intended to support market development opportunities for local food producers, with a focus on Vermont institutional markets.
Funding is provided to help improve local producer access to, and engagement with, schools, hospitals, colleges, correctional facilities, and other local institutions. Eligible proposals will increase institutional market opportunity for at least one Vermont farm business and increase the amount of local food purchased and served in Vermont institutions.
Competitive proposals will focus on collaboration, developing new sales relationships or deepening existing sales relationships, and values-based procurement for institutions serving meals to Vermont residents. Competitive proposals will demonstrate high likelihood of long-term, sustained partnership between Vermont farms and Vermont institutions.
Examples of institutional markets: * Colleges and universities * Early childhood education facilities * Correctional facilities * Hospitals and healthcare providers A total of $30,000 is available through this competitive funding opportunity. The minimum award for this grant program is $10,000 and the maximum award is $30,000.
Each successful grantee will have two years from the signing of their grant agreement to expend their grant funds and submit all required deliverables. All applicants must demonstrate 25% of the total grant award in matching funds; the matching funds requirement can be met with cash, in-kind, or a combination of both.
The following entities are eligible to apply for this competitive grant: * Vermont farm or food businesses * Vermont producer groups or associations * Supply chain facilitators (non-profits, economic development authorities, food hubs, etc.) 1. Read the FY26 Farm to Institution Market Development Grant Request for Applications 2. View our Applicant Webinar at this link, or in the box below.
3. Register inWebGrants(may take up to two business days). 4.
Complete your application in WebGrants using ourApplication Guide. **Application deadline is October 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM. ** In 2011 the Vermont Legislature provided funding to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) for the creation of the Vermont Local Food Market Development Grant Program.
Each year subsequently, the Vermont State Legislature has annually appropriated funds to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets to support market opportunities with an institutional or other wholesale focus in Vermont.
In 2023, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets is focusing this grant on institutional market development and removing wholesale market access as a funding priority, due to overlap with existing VAAFM grant programs supporting wholesale market access. VAAFM hosted an informational applicant webinar on October 14, 2025. The webinar was recorded and posted below.
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