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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Young Farmers/Ranchers, Youth in Agriculture, Youth Entrepreneurship, Business Support
Deadline: Jan. 15, 2024
“For the last four years, the National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers) has partnered with Chipotle to support young and beginning farmers and ranchers start up and grow their businesses with a flexible funding opportunity each spring. The program provided 50 farmers and ranchers with $5,000 each in the spring of 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Grant recipients also received a one-year membership to the National Young Farmers Coalition.
In our fifth and final year of the program, we will be offering 50 grants to a new cohort of young farmers and ranchers in 2024. This year, forty-five awards will go to businesses already in operation, and five to farm and ranch operations starting up in 2024. Our grant program is available to support farmers and ranchers in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, in addition to the 50 states and Washington D.C.
Young Farmer Grants are designed to provide a flexible financial boost to young farmers building long term careers in agriculture. This 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.”
Funder: The National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers)
Eligibility: Young farmers and ranchers in the 50 states and Washington, D.C. as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Amount: $5,000
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