Young Farmer Grant Program

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Taylor in Farming Resources, Funding, Young Farmers // 0 Comments

Young Farmer Grant Program from National Young Farmers’ Coalition and Chipotle

This year, the National Young Farmers’ Coalition is partnering with Chipotle on a new Young Farmer Grant Program. We are offering $5,000 grants to 50 young farmers and ranchers across the country to support everyday needs from infrastructure projects, operating costs, and professional development, to off-farm expenses like childcare, housing, and student loan debt.

These grants are available to farmers of all races and gender identities. To ensure that our grants are contributing to ending inequity in access to agricultural careers, we commit to providing a minimum of 50% of our grants to Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, and 50% of grants to female-identifying, non-binary, and trans farmers.

This young farmer grant program fund can be used for anything that will further your goals as a farmer, even if that means just getting started. The goal of this fund is to provide financial assistance for any cost that currently limits your ability to start, run, or grow your operation in the way you’d like.

Grant funding may support completing a project, purchasing a new piece of equipment, covering operating costs such as seeds and compost, building new infrastructure, attending a farmer training program or conference, hiring additional farm labor, or covering personal finances that stand in the way of farm success, including but not limited to childcare, housing, or student loan payments. Funds, once awarded, may be used to match other grant opportunities.

Read more and apply here! Applications are open and due March 29, 2020 (11:59pm). Reach out to faith@youngfarmers.org with questions.

The National Young Farmers Coalition is a national advocacy network of young farmers fighting for the future of agriculture. We change policy, build networks, and provide business services to ensure all young farmers have the chance to succeed. Young Farmers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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