The Regional Food System Partnerships (RFSP) program supports partnerships that connect public and private resources to plan and develop local or regional food systems.
The program focuses on strengthening the viability and resilience of regional food economies through collaboration and coordination. RFSP supports public-private partnerships that plan and develop relationships between local and regional producers, processors, intermediaries, and institutional markets or institutional food service operations through local and regional producers and local and regional food systems.
Review the program guidelines and requirements in full.
Eligibility
Only partnerships are eligible to apply to RFSP. A partnership is an agreement between one or more eligible entities and one or more eligible partners.
Eligible entities include agricultural businesses or cooperatives, producer networks or associations, community supported agriculture networks or associations, food councils, local governments, nonprofit corporations, public benefit corporations, economic development corporations, regional farmers market authorities, and tribal governments.
Eligible partners include state agencies or regional authorities, philanthropic corporations, institutions of higher education, and commercial, federal or farm credit system lending institutions.
Match
The program requires cash-only matching fund contributions in an amount equal to 25 percent of the total Federal portion of the grant. Match contributions may be in the form of cash or in-kind resources
How to Apply
Read: https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/rfsp/apply
Apply on Grants.gov by May 14, 2024: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/352666
Contact
After closely reviewing this RFA in its entirety, applicants and other interested parties are encouraged to contact the RFSP staff by e-mail with questions about the grant program at IPPGrants@usda.gov.