Grant Dollars Available for Improving GA Food Infrastructure
With your Southeast Regional Ag News, I am Haylie Shipp. This is the Ag Information Network.
Late last week, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper announced the Georgia Department of Agriculture now has a cooperative agreement with the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Grant Program in which they aim to strengthen Georgia's food supply chain.
“The collaboration between the Georgia Department of Agriculture and USDA signifies a strong partnership that will support Georgia's small farms and food businesses through the RFSI grant,” said Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper.
“Grant” is the magical word here and I’ve now mentioned it three times. Let’s cut to the chase. Who gets the money and when is the deadline for applying?
The terms of the grant are that the money could be used to support a variety of initiatives aimed at improving the capacity and infrastructure involved in processing, storing, and distributing locally and regionally produced food.
Nonprofits, institutions, government entities, agriculture producers or processors, even for-profit businesses could all be considered. They’re accepting applications through March 29. For more details, head to agr.georgia.gov.
