Question 1

Who is eligible?

Accepted Answer

The following entities are eligible to apply in the third round of the Respond & Rebuild Fund:

Producers: Any small- and mid-size direct-market producers, defined as producers with annual gross revenue of between $1,000 and $1 million.
Intermediaries: Associations, food hubs, markets, and other intermediaries who sell within local and regional Colorado markets who have a history of partnering with and can provide direct benefit to producers in their network during this event.
Processors: Organizations processing human or animal food and/or using byproducts to create secondary products such as fuel, fiber, or other agricultural products. Other processing of agricultural products will also be considered, but priority will be given to processing of human and animal food, including processing of byproducts of food (such as hides, offal, compost, grain meal, etc.).
For-profit and nonprofit entities.
Past applicants and grantees.

**Requests that do not qualify for funding: **

Requests for support that are unrelated to the COVID-19 crisis.
Requests from producers with annual gross revenue less than $1,000 or more than $1 million.
Requests from processors with annual gross revenue less than $10,000 or more than $10 million.
Requests covering costs beyond December 30, 2020

Question 2

When do applications close?

Accepted Answer

November 9, 2020

Colorado Farm & Food Systems Respond & Rebuild Fund