List of Agricultural Funding for Historically Underserved
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Loans
U.S. Department of Agriculture
- LoanLand & OwnershipBeginning FarmersNationalAny
Black Farmer Fund
Black Farmer Fund
- GrantLoanPeople Of ColorFood SystemsEducationRegenerativeNYAny
Black Farmer Fund Rapid Response Program
Black Farmer Fund
- GrantEmergencyPeople Of ColorDisaster ReliefHurricanePANYNJCTMEMANHRIVTAny
CADA Beginning Farmer Loan Program
Colorado Agricultural Development Authority
- LoanBeginning FarmersCOAny
California Community Vision Lending
Community Vision Capital & Consulting
- LoanSocially DisadvantagedCommunity GardensLocal FoodFood SystemsCAAny
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP)
Farm Service Agency
- GrantEmergencyDisaster ReliefWildfireWeatherAnimal HealthSocially DisadvantagedBeginning FarmersVeteransFeedBee LossLivestock LossHurricaneNationalLivestockHoneyBeesSeafood
Farm Ownership Loans
Farm Service Agency
- LoanLand & OwnershipInfrastructureConservationWater QualitySoil HealthConstructionBuildingsWaterway ProtectionLegal & FinanceWomenNationalAny
Farm Ownership Loans
Farm Service Agency
- LoanSocially DisadvantagedWomenBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipNationalAny
Farmstart
Farm Credit East
- LoanBeginning FarmersNJNYCTRIMANHVTMEAny
Feed The Hunger Fund
Feed The Hunger Fund
- LoanPeople Of ColorWomenFood SystemsBeginning FarmersMarketingTrainingSocially DisadvantagedImmigrantsHICAAny
Guaranteed Farm Loans
Farm Service Agency
- LoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipAnimal PurchaseInfrastructureConstructionRepairsWater QualitySoil HealthConservationLegal & FinanceEquipmentSeedWater ManagementHousingInputsPest ManagementFeedRefinancingNationalAny
Hawaii New Farmer Loan
Hawaii Department of Agriculture
- LoanBeginning FarmersTrainingLand & OwnershipConservationRepairsLegal & FinanceAnimal PurchaseMarketingLaborHousingMicroloanHIAny
Healthy Forests Reserve Program
Natural Resources Conservation Service
- EasementConservationForest ManagementCarbon CaptureWildlife & Pollinator HabitatNative AmericansNationalAny
Heir's Property Relending Program
Farm Service Agency
- LoanSocially DisadvantagedLand & OwnershipComplianceNationalAny
Highly Fractionated Indian Land Loan Program
Farm Service Agency
- LoanNative AmericansLand & OwnershipLegal & FinanceNationalAny
Illinois Finance Authority Beginning Farmer Bond Program
Illinois Financial Authority
- LoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipILAny
Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Loan Program
Farm Service Agency
- LoanNative AmericansLand & OwnershipNationalAny
Innovative Agriculture and Marketing Partnership for Idaho
Regents of the University of Idaho, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- GrantClimate-SmartWomenIDBarleyBeef CattleChickpeasPotatoesSugar BeetsWheatHopsSpecialty Crops
Iowa Finance Authority Beginning Farmer Loan Program (BFLP)
Iowa Finance Authority
- LoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipIAAny
Kansas Development Finance Authority Beginning Farmer Bond Program
Kansas Development Finance Authority
- LoanBeginning FarmersKSAny
Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation Beginning Farmer Loan Program (BFLP)
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
- LoanBeginning FarmersKYAny
Kentucky Selling Farmer Tax Credit Program
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
- GrantBeginning FarmersTransitionLand & OwnershipKYAny
Maryland Urban Agriculture Commercial Lending Incentive Grant
Maryland Agriculture & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation
- GrantLegal & FinanceUrbanBeginning FarmersInputsSeedFertilizerWaste & CompostEquipmentGreenhouseHigh TunnelIrrigationLaborMDAny
Microloan Programs
Farm Service Agency
- LoanMicroloanInfrastructureConstructionConservationSoil HealthWater QualityEquipmentSeedFertilizerHousingCash RentCertified OrganicIrrigationMarketingDistributionFarmers MarketCSAComplianceCertificationSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersRepairsPest ManagementAnimal PurchaseFencingNationalAny
Minnesota Rural Finance Authority Beginning Farmer Loan Program
Minnesota Rural Finance Authority, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
- LoanBeginning FarmersMNAny
Monarch Butterfly Conservation
Natural Resources Conservation Service
- GrantCost ShareConservationHistorically UnderservedWildlife & Pollinator HabitatILTXKSINIAMNMOOHOKWIAny
Montana Down Payment Assistance Program
Montana Board of Investments
- LoanLand & OwnershipBeginning FarmersEquipmentMTAny
Montana Junior Agriculture Loan Program
Montana Department of Agriculture
- LoanYouthBeginning FarmersLegal & FinanceEducationExtensionDistributionMTAny
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority: Beginning Farmer and Rancher Program (NIFA)
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority
- DiscountLoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipWater ManagementBuildingsInfrastructureEquipmentAnimal PurchaseNEAny
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
Farm Service Agency
- InsuranceEmergencyDisaster ReliefBeginning FarmersWeatherDroughtHurricaneFloodBiofuelCrop LossNationalAny
Northeast AgEnhancement Grant
Farm Credit East
- GrantForest ManagementFood SystemsBeginning FarmersEducationEventsNJNYRIMENHVTMACTAny
Oregon Aggie Bond Program
Business Oregon
- LoanDiscountBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipConstructionBuildingsEquipmentORAny
Organic Transition Initiative Direct Farmer Assistance (OTI)
Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- GrantCertified OrganicEducationSocially DisadvantagedBeginning FarmersVeteransNationalAny
Pennsylvania Next Generation Farmer Loan Program
Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
- LoanLand & OwnershipBeginning FarmersPAAny
Piloting Agroforestry in the Adirondack North Country
Adirondack North Country Association, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- GrantClimate-SmartWomenNYTimberDairySheepTree NutsBlueberriesStrawberriesRaspberries
Plank Stewardship Initiative Short Notice Grant
Plank Stewardship Initiative
- GrantStewardshipLand & OwnershipTrainingSuccessionConservationWaterway ProtectionWater QualityCover CropsHistorically UnderservedWomenWildlife & Pollinator HabitatSoil HealthMTWYAny
Prairie View A&M Urban Agriculture Programs
Prairie View A&M University
- EducationBeginning FarmersUrbanBusiness PlanMarketingFarmers MarketTXNationalAny
Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP)
Rural Development
- LoanTrainingNon-ProfitEducationSocially DisadvantagedMicroloanSmall ProducersNationalAny
Small Business Association Loans
Small Business Association
- LoanGeneralBeginning FarmersMicroloanSmall ProducersNationalAny
Steward Loans
Steward
- LoanFundraisingRegenerativeDigital TechnologyCrowdfundingConservationSocially DisadvantagedFood SystemsSoil HealthWaterway ProtectionCarbon CaptureNationalAny
The GEVO Climate-Smart Farm-to-Flight Program
Gevo, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- GrantWomenNative AmericansClimate-SmartMNSDNEIACorn
The Working Farms Fund
The Conservation Fund
- Land & OwnershipBeginning FarmersRegenerativeMarketingGAILAny
Transition Incentives Program (TIP)
Farm Service Agency
- EasementLand & OwnershipBeginning FarmersTransitionSocially DisadvantagedConservationCertified GrassfedRegenerativeNationalAny
Vermont Agricultural Credit Corporation Loans
Vermont Economic Development Authority
- LoanDiversificationBeginning FarmersMarketingLocal FoodEducationVTAny
Vermont Farm and Forest Program Business Advising
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- DiscountBusiness PlanSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersValue-Added ProductsSuccessionMarketingDistributionProcessingVTForestryAny
Vermont Farm Fund New Producer Loan
Vermont Farm Fund
- LoanBeginning FarmersVTAny
Veterans Affair's Loans for Farms
Department of Veterans Affairs
- LoanHousingVeteransLand & OwnershipNationalAny
Washington Beginning Farmer/Rancher Program
Washington State Housing Finance Commission
- LoanBeginning FarmersEquipmentLand & OwnershipConstructionRepairsWAAny
Women in Agrifoodtech Directory
From Farms to Incubators
- EducationWomenDigital TechnologyLegal & FinanceFood SystemsNationalAny
Agricultural Leadership Development Initiative (ALDI)
Future Harvest · Closed Jan 21
- EducationBeginning FarmersEducationHistorically UnderservedBusiness PlanVeteransNationalAny
AgWest New Producer Grant
AgWest Farm Credit · Closed May 31
- GrantBeginning FarmersAZCAIDORWAMTAny
Amber Grant for Women
WomensNet · Closed Jan 31
- GrantWomenNationalAny
Braiding Seeds Fellowship
Soul Fire Farm · Closed Oct 15
- GrantAfrican AmericanNative AmericansPeople Of ColorBeginning FarmersSmall ProducersEducationMENHMARICTNYNJDEMDVANCSCGAFLDCMSALLAPAWVVTAny
Building Markets and Resiliency
North Jersey RC&D Area, U.S. Department of Agriculture · Closed Dec 31
- GrantClimate-SmartSmall ProducersHistorically UnderservedNJLivestock
California Organic Transition Pilot Program (OTP)
California Department of Food and Ag · Closed Sep 15
- GrantCertified OrganicSocially DisadvantagedPeople Of ColorCAAny
Colorado Boulder County Sustainable Food and Agriculture Fund
Boulder County Department of the Environment · Closed Jan 7
- GrantConservationSoil HealthWater QualityMarketingFarmers MarketLocal FoodBeginning FarmersCOAny
Composting and Food Waste Reduction Pilot Project
Natural Resources Conservation Service · Closed Sep 4
- GrantNon-ProfitWaste & CompostNative AmericansEducationConservationReduced InputsFood SystemsNationalAny
Farmer Veteran Coalition Fellowship Fund
Farmer Veteran Coalition · Closed Feb 17
- GrantVeteransBeginning FarmersNationalAny
Farmers of Color Network Infrastructure Fund Grant
Rural Advancement Foundation International · Closed Aug 9
- GrantPeople Of ColorLocal FoodNative AmericansALARDCFLGAKYLAMDMSNCSCTNVAAny
Fruit Guys Community Fund
The Fruit Guys · Closed Jan 30
- GrantBeginning FarmersSmall ProducersWater ManagementWater QualitySoil HealthEnergy EfficiencyFood SystemsSocially DisadvantagedCommunity GardensLocal FoodNationalAny
Future Harvest Beginner Farmer Trainer Program (BFTP)
Future Harvest · Closed Nov 14
- EducationBeginning FarmersEducationTrainingMDPAVADEWVAny
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service · Closed May 26
- GrantGrazing ManagementSocially DisadvantagedBeginning FarmersHistorically UnderservedNationalLivestockAny
Greg Steltenpohl Pragmatic Visionary Award
Community Foundation Sonoma County · Closed Jan 18
- GrantFood SystemsPlant HealthLocal FoodSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersAny
Higher Education Scholarship Program
Farm Credit East · Closed Mar 16
- GrantEducationBeginning FarmersCTMEMANHNJNYRIVTAny
Horizon Farm Credit Farmers on the Rise Award
AgChoice Farm Credit Union · Closed Sep 2
- GrantBeginning FarmersPAWVDEMDAny
Kentucky Women in Agriculture College Scholarship
Kentucky Women In Agriculture · Closed Jun 30
- GrantYouthWomenEducationKYAny
Lipinski Rural Initiatives Award
Farm Credit East · Closed Feb 1
- GrantLocal FoodSocially DisadvantagedSmall ProducersCTMEMANHNJNYRIVT
Massachusetts Food Ventures Program (MFVP)
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources · Closed May 28
- GrantPeople Of ColorLocal FoodFood SystemsMAAny
Massachusetts Urban Agriculture Program
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources · Closed May 19
- GrantLocal FoodUrbanPeople Of ColorMAAny
Michigan Crosshatch Microloan
Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology · Closed Feb 17
- LoanLocal FoodFood SystemsSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersUrbanMIAny
Minnesota Beginning Farmer Tax Credit (MN-BFTC)
Minnesota Department of Agriculture · Closed Jul 18
- DiscountBeginning FarmersMNAny
Minnesota Down Payment Assistance Grant Program
Minnesota Department of Agriculture · Closed Sep 15
- GrantBeginning FarmersWomenLand & OwnershipVeteransLGBTQ+Native AmericansYouthUrbanPeople Of ColorDisabledSocially DisadvantagedMNAny
Native Agriculture & Food Systems Scholarship
First Nations Development Institute · Closed Aug 24
- GrantEducationYouthNative AmericansNationalAny
New England Farmland, Access, Succession, and Transfer Support Grants (NE-FAST)
American Farmland Trust · Closed Jul 8
- GrantSuccessionLand & OwnershipBeginning FarmersSmall ProducersLocal FoodRegenerativeConservationTechnical AssistanceMEVTNHMACTRIAny
New York Young Farmers Loan Forgiveness Incentive Program
New York Higher Education Services Corporation · Closed Jan 1
- GrantYouthBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipSocially DisadvantagedNYAny
Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program (2501)
U.S. Department of Agriculture · Closed Jul 5
- GrantSocially DisadvantagedTechnical AssistanceNationalAny
Plank Stewardship Initiative
Plank Stewardship Initiative · Closed Feb 16
- GrantStewardshipLand & OwnershipSuccessionConservationHistorically UnderservedWomenMTWYAny
Rhode Island Local Ag & Seafood Act Grant (LASA)
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management · Closed Dec 8
- GrantLocal FoodBeginning FarmersSocially DisadvantagedWomenConservationRISeafood
Sky High Farm Grant
Sky High Farm · Closed Jan 20
- GrantPeople Of ColorNative AmericansSocially DisadvantagedLGBTQ+National
Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase 2 (SBIR-2)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture · Closed Sep 23
- GrantResearchWomenSocially DisadvantagedNationalAny
Socially-Disadvantaged Group Grant (SDGG)
Rural Development · Closed May 3
- GrantCooperativesSocially DisadvantagedNationalAny
Southern Maryland Farmer Mini-Grant Program
Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission · Closed May 8
- GrantBeginning FarmersCoronavirusMDAny
The Brighter Future Fund’s New England Regenerative Livestock Farming Grant (NE-RLF)
American Farmland Trust, · Closed Nov 24
- GrantRegenerativeStewardshipGrazing ManagementBeginning FarmersSmall ProducersLocal FoodCTMANHVTLivestock
U.S. Climate-Smart Cotton Program
US Cotton Trust Protocol, U.S. Department of Agriculture · Closed Sep 1
- Socially DisadvantagedClimate-SmartALAZARCAFLGAKSLAMOMSNCNMOKSCTNTXVACotton
Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG)
Rural Development · Closed Apr 15
- GrantSmall ProducersFood SystemsBeginning FarmersWomenSocially DisadvantagedConservationProcessingValue-Added ProductsNationalAny
Venmo Small Business Grant
Venmo · Closed Aug 7
- GrantSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersNationalAny
Virginia Food Access Investment Fund Grants (VFAIF)
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services · Closed Apr 1
- GrantFood SystemsNutrition & Food SafetySocially DisadvantagedDigital TechnologyVAAny
Young Natural Resource Professionals Cohort in the Northern Great Plains
First Nations Development Institute · Closed Sep 27
- GrantHistorically UnderservedNative AmericansMTNENDSDWYAny