Producer Grants
Who can a apply?
Any producer or producer organization in the Southern Region is eligible to apply for a Producer Grant.
What activities are eligible?
On-farm research and marketing projects that promote sustainable agriculture. Projects should be innovative, generate results that are useful beyond one year, and produce information that many farmers can use.
How much will the grants fund?
Project maximums are $10,000 for an individual producer or $15,000 for a producer organization.
Successful proposals include:
- Cooperators. They can be other farmers, researchers, extension agents or specialists, governmental or nongovernmental organizations, or other interested individuals who cooperate in project planning, data collection, or communication of project results.
- An outreach plan for providing other producers, researchers, and extension personnel with an opportunity to learn from project results. Outreach plans may include workshops, field days, fact sheets, or brochures.
- Clear goals. Clear and simple goals help ensure a successful project.
- Opportunities for farmers to develop their ideas into sustainable practices and technologies.
- Competitive grant projects conceived and conducted by farmers and their cooperators.
- Development of marketing, training and education projects conducted by farmers or farmer organizations.
- Opportunities for farmers to share what they learn with other farmers.
How to apply?
Complete an application describing your project, and explain how it will help other producers understand and adopt sustainable agriculture practices.
For more information, see the Call for Proposals. If you have questions on how to apply that the call for proposals doesn't address, or if you want a copy of the call for proposals mailed to you, please email Paige Patton or call her at (770) 412-4787.
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