Browse Ambrook’s collection of funding programs by Cultivate KC

Review the grant information and the eligibility and scoring criteria, then build a budget from Cultivate KC's template. Apply through the online form ('Apply Here', a Google Form). A virtual info session runs Friday, October 23, 2026 at 12pm CST. Technical assistance appointments can be booked through Cultivate KC's Microsoft Bookings page.

Deadline text on the page: Applications open: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 ... Application deadline: Tuesday, December 8, 2026 at 5pm CST. Award announcements: Anticipated in February 2027, but will be determined by final review and approval by Farm Service Agency (FSA).

Ellie

Farm Funding Specialist

Cultivate KC — General

Beneficiary grants of up to $5,000, funded by the Farm Service Agency and administered by Cultivate KC. They help existing growers expand food production in the Kansas City metro area. Eligible uses are land access (procurement, down payment, lease/rent), equipment and other expansion costs, infrastructure such as packing sheds, greenhouses, irrigation and cold storage, and education/training costs. The program is separate from Cultivate KC's Get Farming Mini Grants and the Urban Agriculture Micro Grants.



- Individual or small groups of farmers or producers growing for sale
- Individual or small groups of farmers or producers growing for community benefit (must be a nonprofit or have a fiscal sponsor)
- Beneficiaries must be a citizen of the United States, United States non-citizen national, or a qualified alien under applicable Federal immigration laws
- Must grow in Clay, Cass, Jackson or Platte County (MO) or Leavenworth, Johnson, Miami or Wyandotte County (KS)
- Funds may be used only for farms that raise food
- FSA beneficiary grants may only be awarded one time per producer
- Not eligible if funding was received through other USDA, Federal, Tribal or State programs for the same purpose

A lump sum of money for a specific purpose that does not need to be paid back.

Grant

Awards are subject to FSA final review and approval. They include site visits and optional technical assistance, and are one-time per producer.

Published amounts: Applicants can request up to $5,000.

Apply online at either of the two portals below:
- Portal for applicants who have a Gmail account
- Portal for applicants who do not have a Gmail account (Note that you will have to send the required documents separately by email if you use this portal)

Ami Freeberg

Are you a farmer in the Kansas City Metro area who is looking to increase your capacity for production and distribution of food? Are you&#x2004;a business that exists to help growers become more productive? Cultivate Kansas City, in collaboration with the Health Forward Foundation and Hall Family Foundation, offers Get Farming Mini Grants of up to $3,500 to support the growth of urban farmers.

The purpose of the mini grants is to help existing farms expand their capacity to produce food within the Kansas City metropolitan area. Applications are currently closed; check the Cultivate KC website for the next funding cycle.



Are you a farmer in the Kansas City Metro area who is looking to increase your capacity for production and distribution of food? Are you a business that exists to help growers become more productive? Cultivate Kansas City, in collaboration with the Health Forward Foundation and Hall Family Foundation, offers Get Farming Mini Grants of up to $3,500 to support the growth of urban farmers.
The purpose of the mini grants is to help existing farms expand their capacity to produce food within the Kansas City metropolitan area. Applications are currently closed; check the Cultivate KC website for the next funding cycle.

Grants are available to
- Farmers selling produce with at least one year of documented sales,
- 501(c)3 organizations or a project that has fiscal sponsorship of a 501(c)3, or
- Entrepreneurs looking to increase services for urban farmers
who practice in Kansas City, MO, or Clay, Cass, Jackson, and Platte counties in Missouri, or Leavenworth, Johnson, Miami, and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.
If you do not currently have sponsorship of a 501(c)3, please email Ami Freeberg or call 913-713-9264, and Cultivate KC may be able to work with you to find a sponsor.
Priority is given to farms who produce food for residents with limited access to fresh, locally grown food and to growers who are Black, Indigenous, New Americans, or People of Color.

Farmers Market

Food Systems

Historically Underserved

Funds may be requested for
- Expansion costs: equipment that will allow you to increase production, one-time costs associated with bringing new land into production, or adding a new production system.
- Infrastructure: Constructing a packing shed, building a greenhouse, installing a permanent irrigation system, cold storage, etc.
- Projects that will increase farmer services such as: community greenhouses, equipment rentals, and farmer co-ops will also be eligible.

Grant restrictions
- Funds may be used only for projects/farms that raise food (vegetables, fruits, dairy, meat or other edible farm product) in the Kansas City metro area (defined above).
- Funds will not be awarded to farmers who have received a Get Farming Mini Grant in the past two years. If you received an award prior to that, you are eligible to apply again.
- Funds are available for projects that are not eligible for other urban agriculture grants or matching programs. 

The 2026 cycle ran April 8 – May 20, 2026, with awards expected around July 2026. Recurring annually; currently closed between cycles.

Grants of up to $5,000 to existing Kansas City-metro growers to expand food-production capacity — land access, expansion equipment, efficiency and infrastructure (greenhouses, irrigation, cold storage), education/training, and farmer-service ventures (community greenhouses, equipment-rental co-ops). Administered by Cultivate KC jointly with KC Black Urban Growers, funded by the USDA Farm Service Agency and a T.I.M.E. Inc. cooperative agreement.



Individual farmers or small producer groups (growing for sale or community benefit), including nonprofits or fiscally-sponsored organizations, located in eight KC-metro counties — Missouri: Clay, Cass, Jackson, Platte; Kansas: Leavenworth, Johnson, Miami, Wyandotte.

List of Cultivate KC Funding Opportunities