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Illinois Local Food Infrastructure Grant Director Jerry F. Costello II Illinois Local Food Infrastructure Grant ⚠️ Important Notice for Grant Applicants ⚠️ Planning to apply for an Illinois Department of Agriculture grant? All applicants must pre-register before submitting an application.
Click here to review grant pre-registration requirements. The Local Food Infrastructure Grant Act created the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Program for the development of local food processing, aggregation and distribution. Starting in Illinois Fiscal Year 2025, the Illinois Department of Agriculture will administer the grant.
The LFIG is intended to assist Illinois applicants with purchasing, leasing to own, renting, building, or installation of infrastructure that will increase market access of Illinois agricultural products to Illinois communities. Funding can support value-added processing, livestock processing, milling, dairy, refrigerated vehicles, food hubs, community kitchens and other critical pieces of the local food supply chain.
The Illinois Department of Agriculture will have 3. 6 million of available funds for fiscal year 2026. Eligible applicants will need to be in Illinois and store, process, package, aggregate or distribute value added products.
This includes, but may not be limited to, IL farms, cooperatives, processing facilities, food businesses, food hubs with 50 employees or less. Nonprofits and local governments are also eligible. Grant awards will be available for collaborative and individual projects.
For a collaborative project, an applicant will be able to apply for a grant of up to $250,000 and for an individual project $75,000 may be awarded. There will be a required match unless the applicant can prove high need condition. Illinois Department of Agriculture email: agr.
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McKinley Community Services, Inc. Angelic Organics Learning Center dba Farmers Rising Broadview Farm and Gardens LLC Carthage Quality Meats, LLC Cribelar Custom Processing LLC Feeding Illinois / Eastern Illinois Foodbank Food for Greater Elgin, Inc. Freeport School District #145 Fritz Meat and Processing GGGY1 DBA Citadelle Green Mountain Grissom Family Orchard and Farm Market Heartland Human Care Services Hilltop Butcher Shoppe LLC Homewood-Flossmoor High School District #233 Liberty Apple Orchard, Inc. Loaves & Fishes Community Pantry Lucy Jill Rendleman dba All Seasons Farm Prairiesburg Fields, Inc. Prairiesburg Fields, Inc. The FARMS of Illinois LLC Three Rivers Community Farm Triple M Farm Mariah's Mums & More LLC Triple S Farms Families LLC Illinois Department of Agriculture Springfield, IL 62702-1813 Laws Administered by IDOA Agriculture Statistics (NASS) Procurement Opportunities
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Organizations involved in local food systems in Illinois. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
This listing does not include a published deadline, but it is an annual program. Check the official notice for the current cycle's exact dates.
Illinois Local Food Infrastructure Grant is funded by Illinois Department of Agriculture. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in Illinois. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
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The solicitation lists one required document: pre-registration. Check the official notice for formatting and page-limit rules.
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