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"Farmer-to-Farmer Grant Program" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
Farmer-to-Farmer Grant Program is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Gulf of Mexico Division. This program provides funding for farmer-led conservation efforts across working lands in the Gulf of Mexico watershed. Projects focus on improving water quality, habitat restoration, environmental education, and long-term resilience through innovative agricultural practices.
The program supports technical assistance, farmer-to-farmer mentorship, demonstrating regenerative farming benefits through monitoring, and innovative technologies for regenerative farming.
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Working with Farmers for Innovative and Economic Solutions | US EPA Working with Farmers for Innovative and Economic Solutions Side-by-side comparison of a field planted with cover crops (left side of photo) and a field left fallow during the non-cash crop season (right side of photo) in Washington County, MS. The Gulf of America Division’s (GAD) Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) program improves water quality, protects and/or increases wildlife habitat and enhances environmental education through demonstrations of crop or land management practices.
The term “farmer” refers to those individuals that make management decisions concerning agricultural lands, including crops, forests and grazing. EPA’s awards fund competitive subawards to eligible entities collaborating with farmers on projects within the Gulf of America watershed. Projects must involve new, novel or experimental technologies, methods, approaches or techniques.
Data collection must be related to those methods, approaches or techniques. Landowners receive results from the property where projects occurred. This supports future farming decisions and helps show how different management practices affect water quality and quantity, improved habitat as well as ancillary improvements of yields and farming costs.
Successful projects result in farmers educating and motivating other farmers to use sustainable practices that successfully improve water quality and/or protect, enhance or restore habitats. The GAD’s statutory authority to award assistance agreements is the Clean Water Act, §104(b) (3).
This authorizes the award of assistance agreements to conduct and promote the coordination and acceleration of research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution.
Contact Us About EPA's Work in the Gulf of America Contact Us About EPA's Work in the Gulf of America to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem. Last updated on January 15, 2026
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofits, conservation districts, federally recognized tribes, state and local governments, interstate agencies, and universities. For-profit farms and businesses cannot be primary applicants but can participate as paid partners or sub-recipients. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The published deadline was June 19, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Farmer-to-Farmer Grant Program is funded by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Gulf of Mexico Division. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
Past winners and funding trends for this program
The EPA Gulf of America Division announced up to $50 million on May 5 for 20-30 Farmer-to-Farmer demonstration grants of $1.5M-$2.5M each across EPA Regions 3-8. Applications close June 19, 2026. The geographic scope spans from Pennsylvania to Texas — eighteen states drained by the Mississippi-Atchafalaya system — and the funding model rebuilds the federal conservation playbook around farmer-led demonstrations rather than top-down agency design.
Read articleEPA's Gulf of America Division announced up to $50 million for the Farmer-to-Farmer grant program on May 5, 2026, with 20–30 awards of $1.5M to $2.5M each across EPA Regions 3–8 and a June 19, 2026 deadline. The funding rewards farmer-led organizations that can demonstrate working-lands conservation at scale. Here is how the eligibility, partnership structure, and watershed geography actually decide the awards.
Read articleEPA's Gulf of America Farmer-to-Farmer program awards $1.5M-$2.5M grants for farmer-led organizations scaling regenerative agriculture. Applications due June 19, 2026.
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