The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) works to improve domestic and international opportunities for U.S. growers and producers. AMS works with a variety of organizations to support to rural America and the Nation’s agricultural sector. AMS grant programs include the:
- Acer Access and Development Program
- Dairy Business Innovation Initiative
- Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (implemented as FMPP and LFPP)
- Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program
- Federal State Marketing Improvement Program
- Indigenous Animals Grant Program
- Local Agriculture Market Program
- Local Meat Capacity Grant
- Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant Program
- Micro Grants for Food Security Program
- Organic Market Development Grant
- Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program
- Regional Food System Partnerships
- Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program
- Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program
- Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program
- Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (implemented as SCBGP and SCMP)
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Tribal Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program
These funding opportunities support a variety of agricultural activities.
Additional Resources
- Grant Management Systems Changes
- Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP)
- Grant Opportunities Fact Sheet: Funding expanded market channels for animal production and livestock products (pdf)
- Performance Measures
- Local Food Systems Response to COVID Resource Hub
- COVID-19 Resources for Grants
- Grants 101: A Guide to the AMS Grant Process (pdf)
- Grant Webinars
- AMS Grant Opportunities Fact Sheet
- USDA’s Local/Regional Food Programs
- Starting or Expanding a Farm
- Seeds of Success: Digging into the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program
- Learn about more USDA resources