Browse Ambrook’s collection of funding programs by Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT)

Samantha (Bull City Farm)

Scholarship contact

As funding allows, FACT awards scholarships of up to $400 for livestock and poultry farmers to attend educational events – including virtual events – to learn knowledge, skills and best practices related to humane animal management, business and farm finance, and/or value-added production processes. 





Scholarships are for registration costs only, travel and lodging are not eligible. 

Current livestock and poultry farmers who reside in the U.S. and express an intention to learn about humane animal husbandry methods are eligible. Farmers must own or be employed by a farm that raises livestock (ruminants, swine) and/or poultry. 
- FACT encourages limited resource farmers, beginning farmers, veteran farmers, BIPOC farmers, and farmers belonging to other historically underserved or marginalized groups to apply for a scholarship.
- FACT is only able to award one scholarship per farm/household each year.
- Farmers who received a scholarship within the past 12-month period are not eligible for a scholarship due to limited funds. 
- Events focused solely on aquaculture, equine husbandry, and beekeeping are not eligible.
- Scholarships will not be awarded for conferences or events that have already been completed.

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

Grant

- FACT scholarship information page

2026 List of Events
- Southern Family Farmers & Food Systems Conference - August 3-4, 2026 in San Marcos, TX
- American Meishan Breeders Association Conference - September 18-20, 2026 in Rainier, OR
- Regenerate Conference - October 28-30, 2026 in Santa Fe, NM
- CFSA's Sustainable Ag Conference - October 31-November 1, 2026 in Winston-Salem, NC

Farmer suggested conferences, workshops, trainings and events - If you would like to attend a livestock related event that is not listed above, please suggest it on your application. FACT staff members will review proposed conferences on a case-by-case basis and approve those deemed eligible.

Certification

Distribution

Diversification

Events

Trade Show

Stewardship

Certified Organic

Trade Relief

Legal & Finance

Labor

Within 14 days of attending the event, scholarship recipients are expected to complete a short report form about their experience at the conference. Scholarship recipients are invited to share photos of their farm or animals with FACT to promote their farm and scholarship experience. Scholarship recipients will also be added to FACT’s farmer email list.

Applications for the Winter/Spring 2027 session open in November 2026. Join FACT's Farmer Newsletter to be notified. Questions or track guidance: Katie Meade, kmeade@foodanimalconcerns.org.

Katie Meade

FACT's Humane Farming Mentorship Program pairs livestock and poultry farmers with an experienced mentor over a 20-week session, offered twice a year. It has two tracks: a Beginner Farmer track and a Production Farmer track. Production Farmers receive a $2,000 award for a completed on-farm project.



Beginner Farmer track: 0-3 years of farming experience; comprehensive support for new and beginning livestock or poultry farmers interested in raising animals humanely for food. Production Farmer track: active livestock/poultry farmers with 4+ years of experience who are providing meat, dairy, or eggs to their community, consider their farming a business, and seek focused guidance to transition to or scale up humane, pasture-based practices. Six spots per track per session.

Program duration is 20 weeks (5 months), with two sessions annually. Beginner track: $50 enrollment cost; personalized mentorship with bi-weekly to monthly meetings and 2-3 goals. Production track: $200 enrollment cost; weekly to bi-weekly mentorship, a single significant project goal (up to two additional goals), and an award for a completed project. Both tracks include a priority Conference Scholarship up to $400, access to FACT webinars, and additional consideration for FACT's Fund-a-Farmer Grant. Note: the live page shows both a $2,000 award (current banner) and a $1,000 award (in a stale 2025 block); the $2,000 figure appears current.

List of Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) Funding Opportunities