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The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Agriculture [awarded $95,949](https://www.ri.gov/press/view/35987) in grants in 2019 to 12 local agriculture and food businesses under the Local Agriculture and Seafood Act Grant Program. The goal of the program, which was established by the Local Agriculture and Seafood Act (LASA) of 2012, is to support the growth, development, and marketing of local food and seafood in Rhode Island. It is made possible by funding from the State of Rhode Island.


Project priorities for the 2019 LASA Grants Program were:

- Supporting the entry, growth, and/or sustainability of [small](https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/43742/36482_eib110.pdf?v=0) or [beginning](https://lrftool.sc.egov.usda.gov/BFRP_Definition.aspx) agriculture producers (including aquaculture producers) and fishermen/women;

- Fostering new cooperatives, partnerships, and/or collaborations among Rhode Island producers and producer-supporting organizations;

- Supporting new products or new sales channels with clearly defined markets, including institutional purchasing of local food;

- Protecting the future availability of agricultural land for producers, including farm transition planning and implementation;

- Relation to activities identified in Rhode Island’s Food Strategy [Relish Rhody](http://www.dem.ri.gov/relishrhody/).



The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Agriculture awarded $95,949 in grants in 2019 to 12 local agriculture and food businesses under the Local Agriculture and Seafood Act Grant Program. The goal of the program, which was established by the Local Agriculture and Seafood Act (LASA) of 2012, is to support the growth, development, and marketing of local food and seafood in Rhode Island. It is made possible by funding from the State of Rhode Island.

Project priorities for the 2019 LASA Grants Program were:
- Supporting the entry, growth, and/or sustainability of small or beginning agriculture producers (including aquaculture producers) and fishermen/women;
- Fostering new cooperatives, partnerships, and/or collaborations among Rhode Island producers and producer-supporting organizations;
- Supporting new products or new sales channels with clearly defined markets, including institutional purchasing of local food;
- Protecting the future availability of agricultural land for producers, including farm transition planning and implementation;
- Relation to activities identified in Rhode Island’s Food Strategy Relish Rhody.

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

Grant

Seafood

Fish

Shellfish

Atka Mackerel

Carp

Catfish

Flounder

Goosefish

Herring

Hybrid Striped Bass

Largemouth Bass

Ornamental Fish

Pacific Cod

Pacific Ocean Perch

Pollock

Recreational Sportfish

Red Drum

Sablefish

Salmon

Sole

Sturgeon

Tilapia

Trout

Tuna

Turbot

Crustaceans

Molluscs

Crab

Dungeness Crab

King Crab

Snow Crab

Southern Tanner Crab

Crayfish

Lobster

Geoduck

Squid

Aquaculture

Farmers Market

Español

Native Americans

People Of Color

Women

Landscape

High Tunnel

Air Quality

Regenerative

Certification

Carbon Capture

Wildlife Habitats

Soil Health

Cover Crops

Grazing & Grass-Fed

Organic

Strip-Till

No-Till

Food Systems

Socially Disadvantaged

In order to qualify, applicants must provide the following:
- Farm information must be enrolled with the Rhode Island Produce Safety Program
- A completed grant application. You may find it helpful to draft your answers first, and then copy and paste into the online forms. Use the FSMA Grant Worksheet for this purpose.
- Applicants must identify produce safety risks on their farm and describe how the project will help prevent or reduce those risks.
 
HOW TO ENROLL IN THE RHODE ISLAND PRODUCE SAFETY PROGRAM: Farms must complete the following steps in order to enroll their farm in the Rhode Island Produce Safety Program:
- Access the RI Produce Safety Program Enrollment form
- Complete the form with all required information.
- Email completed form to Abigail.Phillips@dem.ri.gov or mail to RIDEM – Produce Safety Program, 235 Promenade Street, Providence RI 02908.

Application timeline:
- Application post: December 15, 2020
- Applications due: January 15, 2021 at 11:59 PM
- Awards announced: Feburary 2021
- Funds disbursed: March 2021
- Grant End Date: February 28, 2022
- Final Report Due: March 30, 2022

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The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management – Division of Agriculture (RIDEM) is pleased to announce the availability of up to $35,000 of funding in grant opportunities to assist eligible Rhode Island farmers and food businesses with projects that have goals to improve quality, efficiency, and food safety.


Rhode Island Produce Safety Improvement Grants help Rhode Island produce growers implement on-farm food safety practices, transition to compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule, and meet market demands for on-farm food safety.



The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management – Division of Agriculture (RIDEM) is pleased to announce the availability of up to $35,000 of funding in grant opportunities to assist eligible Rhode Island farmers and food businesses with projects that have goals to improve quality, efficiency, and food safety.

Rhode Island Produce Safety Improvement Grants help Rhode Island produce growers implement on-farm food safety practices, transition to compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule, and meet market demands for on-farm food safety.

This grant is available to farms that are subject to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. To be eligible, farms must:
- Grow, harvest, pack or hold “covered produce” as defined by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule (PSR);
- Have annual produce sales, averaged over the past three years, of greater than $25,000*; and
- Have enrolled in the Rhode Island Produce Safety Program
 
*A farm with an average annual monetary value of produce sold during the previous 3-year period of less than $25,000, adjusted for inflation using 2011 as the baseline year for calculating the adjustment, is not covered by the Produce Safety Rule. The average 3-year value for 2017–2019 is $28,075. See FSMA Inflation Adjusted Cut Offs for additional information.

If the applicant has less than three years of sales, take the average of annual produce sales, adjusted for inflation as stated above, for the years that the farm has been in operation.

Eligible uses of program funds:
- Specialized Equipment and Supplies: produce harvest/storage improvement
- Health/Hygiene: cleaning/sanitization tools, signage, compost/manure handling improvements
- Wash and Pack: washroom supplies, single use packaging

Program funds cannot be used for the following purposes:
- Construction and Construction Supplies
- Projects that fail to demonstrate how produce safety risks will be prevented or reduced
- Reimbursement for completed projects

Trade Relief

Public Health

Compliance

Marketing

Facilities

List of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) Funding Opportunities

List of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) Funding Opportunities

Rhode Island Local Ag & Seafood Act Grant (LASA)

Rhode Island Produce Safety Improvement Grants