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Local Food Promotion Program Fiscal Year 2025 is a grant from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service that funds projects developing, coordinating, and expanding local and regional food business enterprises.
Priority activities include supporting processing, aggregation, distribution, and storage of locally produced agricultural products; encouraging value-added product development; assisting with business development and feasibility studies; and developing marketing strategies for local food producers.
Additional eligible activities include reducing on-farm food waste, facilitating regional food chain coordination, and covering food safety certification costs. Total program funding is $11 million for fiscal year 2025, with applications submitted through Grants. gov.
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Opportunity Listing - Local Food Promotion Program Fiscal Year 2025 Local Food Promotion Program Fiscal Year 2025 Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service Assistance Listings: 10. 175 -- Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program Last Updated: May 9, 2025 View version history on Grants.
gov LFPP funds projects that develop, coordinate, and expand local and regional food business enterprises that engage as intermediaries in indirect producer to consumer marketing to help increase access to and availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural products.
The program focuses on:Supporting the processing, aggregation, distribution, and storage of local and regional food products that are marketed locally or regionally, including value-added agricultural products;Encouraging the development of value-added agricultural products;Assisting with business development plans and feasibility...
studies;Developing marketing strategies for producers of local food and value-added products;Facilitating regional food chain coordination and mid-tier value chain development;Promoting new business opportunities and marketing strategies to reduce on-farm food waste;Responding to changing technology needs in indirect producer-to-consumer marketing; andCovering expenses related to cost incurred in obtaining food safety certification and improvements to food safety practices and equipment.
See section 2. 1 of the RFA. Grantor contact information Local Food Promotion Program File name Description Last updated FY25_LFPP_Request_for_Applications_RFA2.
pdf FY25 LFPP Request for Applications (RFA)2. pdf May 23, 2025 03:23 PM UTC 2025_TK_Marketing_and_Promotion_Project_Narrative. docx 2025 TK Marketing and Promotion_Project Narrative.
docx May 12, 2025 06:23 PM UTC 2025_FMPP_or_LFPP_Project_Narrative. docx 2025 FMPP or LFPP Project Narrative. docx May 12, 2025 06:23 PM UTC 2025_TK_Recruitment_and_Training_Project_Narrative.
docx 2025 TK Recruitment and Training_Project Narrative. docx May 12, 2025 06:24 PM UTC Link to additional information https://www. ams.
usda. gov/services/grants/lfpp Funding opportunity number : USDA-AMS-TM-LFPP-G-25-0004 Cost sharing or matching requirement : Funding instrument type : Opportunity Category Explanation : Category of Funding Activity :
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Nonprofit organizations, local governments, and other entities involved in local food promotion. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates $11,000,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
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