$50,000 in farm grants for Lake and Mendocino County farmers through Good Farm Fund
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Good Farm Fund is pleased to announce its 2019 farm grant cycle is now open.
This year Good Farm Fund will provide the largest round of farm grant funding in its history, $50,000, to support local farms and ranches.
The goal of the Good Farm Fund grants is to provide economic development assistance for small food producers in Mendocino and Lake counties and increase access to fresh local food in our community’s food system.
Interested applicants can download a copy of the application and guidelines from the Good Farm Fund’s website. All applications are due by Oct. 15, 2019.
In addition to demonstrating financial need, strong candidates will demonstrate how their proposed project will maximize food production for local consumption, provide affordable food for all people in the community and apply environmentally beneficial farming and/or ranching practices.
This year the Good Farm Fund will be funding two different grant tiers for single farm applications, a multiple farm application level, as well as a special grant category for Lake County farms.
Grant tiers
Grant applications can be made in one of two tiers for single farm applications, $500 to $4,000 projects and larger projects ranging from $4,000 to $7,000.
Large project grants are funded by foundation sponsors Frey Vineyards and Sonoma Clean Power. Should multiple farms opt to file for a large project that would serve the wider agricultural community we will also consider multi-farm applications in the $4,000-$14,000 range.
Lake County grant
This year they also have targeted grant funds from Redwood Credit Union for Lake County farmers (up to $10,000).
For questions about the grant process, contact Kelly Hansen at 707-467-3200, Extension 283, or at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The Good Farm Fund was created in 2015 as a collective way for our community to directly support local farmers and increase local food security for all.
According to past grant awardee and rancher Ruthie King, “Getting our business up and running has been a work of passion and perseverance. Every dollar in our first years is critical, and we were limited in scaling up our livestock operation by a lack of infrastructure. The Good Farm Fund grant allowed us to purchase a trailer for hauling animals and feed, and our business is thriving thanks to that major support.”
The 2019 grants will be awarded at Good Farm Fund’s winter feast, which will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the Barra Wine Event Center in Redwood Valley. This annual event sells out early, so grab your tickets early. Online tickets are available now on Brown Paper Tickets.