On-Farm Grant

The 2024 application window is closed.

Read more about the 2024 On Farm Grant Awardees here!

The 2025 schedule is as follows:

  • Application Period: July 1 - September 1, 2025

  • Review Period: September 1 - November 1, 2025

  • Disbursements to take place in November

Award Minimum: $2,000

Award Maximum: $50,000

Who is eligible for this grant? What can I apply for in this grant?

  • We are working to clarify the eligibility requirements and will post them here soon!

How much can I be granted? Will this grant have another cycle - be available again in another year?

  • This grant has a minimum award of $2,000 and a maximum award of $50,000.

  • This grant will have a 2024, 2025, and 2026 cycle. Farmers who are awarded a grant in one cycle can apply for a future cycle. The max amount a farmer can be awarded across all cycles is $50,000.

  • Farmers are encouraged to ask for the amount of funding for a meaningful project to increase their production, not to default apply for maximum funding. This is a finite amount of money shared among Louisiana's farmers.

How is my application reviewed/scored? Who reviews these applications?

  • To learn more about our rubric for scoring and how we grade applications, please see our Public Rubric for On-Farm Grant 2024, using the “Read how we grade applications here” button on this page.

  • A good application is not ranked by technical writing skills, but by the merit of the proposed project.

  • Feel free to submit any supplemental material that might help you best make your point - drawings, videos, etc. are all acceptable.

  • Applications are reviewed by a stipended and diverse panel of farmers, aggregators, and farmers' market managers.

How is this grant funded?

  • This grant was funded thanks to a private grant to LSSAC from our partners Novo Nordisk.

I have more questions about this grant that aren’t answered here. Who do I go to?