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Micro-Grants for Food Security Program

Agricultural Marketing Service

Looking for agriculture & rural funding? Agricultural Marketing Service is accepting applications for this award from eligible applicants, with applications due Jun 22, 2026. It provides awards up to $119K–$1.9M.

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Deadline
Jun 22, 2026
Award amount
Up to $119K–$1.9M
Expected awards
10
Posted
May 22, 2026
Opportunity number
USDA-AMS-TM-MGFSP-G-26-0009
CFDA
10.179

Opportunity description

MGFSP assists agricultural agencies or departments in eligible states and territories to increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food in food insecure communities through small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations by competitively distributing subawards to eligible entities.USDA promotes climate-resilient landscapes and rural economic systems, including tools to support agriculture, forests, grazing lands, and rural communities. AMS encourages applicants to consider including goals and activities related to reducing and stabilizing the levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere or adapting to the already occurring climate change in their project"s design and implementation.

Who can apply

  • Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
  • State governments

Eligible applicants are agricultural agencies or departments in Alaska, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands. A State department of agriculture is the agency, commission, or department of the government responsible for agriculture within the State, Territory, or Insular area.

Funding

Award floor
$119K
Award ceiling
$1.9M

Agency contact

Agricultural Marketing Service

Grant Program Questions: IPPGrants@usda.gov; Grants.gov Questions: support@grants.gov or 1-800-518-4726. IPPGrants@usda.gov

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