Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program 2025

Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program 2025 is a grant from CA Department of Food and Agriculture that funds equipment and infrastructure for the middle of California's food supply chain — specifically processing and aggregation and distribution activities. Approximately $2. 3 million is available through a USDA-CDFA cooperative agreement.

This solicitation offers Simplified Equipment-Only Grants up to $100,000 per award for a single piece of equipment. Eligible applicants include agricultural producers, processors, nonprofits, local government entities, and institutions such as schools or hospitals in California. No matching funds are required.

Prior RFSI recipients are ineligible. All projects must benefit California-grown crops; meat and poultry are excluded.

Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program 2025 - California Grants Portal RFSI will create more and better processing options for local and regional producers across various sectors by targeting opportunities in the programs supporting the agricultural supply chain.

RFSI will build resilience in the middle of the food supply chain; provide more and better markets to small farms and food businesses; support the development of value-added products for consumers, fair prices, and fair wages; and create new and safe jobs.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), has awarded the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) a Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) cooperative agreement. CDFA, in cooperation with USDA, will conduct a competitive solicitation to award RFSI funds to projects that maintain and improve food and agricultural supply chain resiliency.

Projects should support infrastructure in the middle-of-the-supply-chain for California food and farm businesses and other eligible entities. The food supply chain involves the following stages: 1. Production, including growing and harvesting, 2.

Processing, 3. Aggregation and Distribution, and 4. Markets and Consumers.

RFSI proposals must support the middle of the supply chain, which refers to stages 2. Processing and 3. Aggregation and Distribution.

This program supports food system crops and products meant for human consumption. Meat and poultry products are excluded, because they are funded through other USDA programs. CDFA anticipates that approximately $2.

3 million will be awarded to projects that expand middle-of-the-food-supply-chain capacity for locally and regionally produced foods and offer more and better market opportunities and new streams of revenue to small and mid-sized agricultural producers, including those who may not have access to value-added opportunities or processing to meet market demand for premium or value-added products, such as underserved producers.

Projects can begin upon USDA approval; Recipients must complete all purchasing activities by December 31, 2025. All projects must benefit crops grown in California. Middle-of-the-supply-chain activities refers to activities in the Processing and/or Aggregation and Distribution stages.

This solicitation is an extension of the 2024 solicitation. Any prior recipients of RFSI funding are not eligible to request or receive additional funding, including under another business entity and/or Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). Only Simplified Equipment-Only Grants will be available in this solicitation.

This option is a Fixed Price Grant, meaning it will fund only one equipment purchase and the amount awarded will be equal to the cost of the equipment up to the award maximum. Only one piece of equipment may be purchased; processing lines that accomplish a single task are counted as one piece of equipment. · Agricultural producers or processors, or groups of agricultural producers and processors.

· Nonprofit organizations · Local government entities · Institutions such as schools, universities, or hospitals bringing producers together to establish cooperative or shared infrastructure or to invest in equipment that will benefit producers’ middle-of-the-supply-chain activities.

All applicant businesses and organizations must be domestically owned, and applicants' facilities must be physically located within the State of California. All projects must benefit crops grown in California. Matching Funding Requirement: No match is required for the Simplified Equipment-Only Grants.

Match is allowable to cover any costs above the maximum award amount of $100,000. Equipment with a total cost of $200,000 or greater is not eligible for this solicitation, even if the applicant is able to cover the costs above $100,000 with matching funds. The date (and time, where applicable) by which all applications must be submitted to the grantmaker.

Time listed as “00:00” equates to midnight. Expected award announcement The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant. The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.

Total estimated available funding The total projected dollar amount of the grant. Expected number of awards A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given.

Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display. Estimated amount per award Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts.

Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display. Letter of Intent Required? Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.

Requires Matched Funding? Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source. The funding source allocated to fund the grant.

It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number. CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE 10. 190 The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee.

Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly). Advances & Reimbursement(s) Recipients will be provided an advance request form upon Grant Execution; 10 percent of the total project award will be withheld pending grant closeout.

This amount will be released upon completion of final report, resolution of any audit findings, etc. State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying. For questions about this grant, contact: Lauren McCawley, 1-916-657-3231, grants@cdfa. ca.

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