For Farmers:

Regional Food System Infrastructure Grant: All RFA questions must be received by September 23, 2024. Applications must be submitted to the State of Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, via email, at: rfsi.agr@maine.gov. Application submissions must be received no later than 11:59 p.m., local time, on October 28, 2024.

For Small Businesses:

Healthy Food Fund Initiative- Food Access and Retail Expansion Fund Funding Inquiry Forms must be received by October 14, 2024. TA grants are on a rolling basis. Competitive grants and technical assistance will be available for eligible food retail and food retail supply chain projects in the predevelopment and implementation stages.

For School Gardens:

Seed Money: The SeedMoney Challenge is a group crowdfunding competition open to any public food garden project located anywhere in the world. Due November 12th, 2024.