Tools, Innovation, and Equipment (TIE) Award Program
Applications are due February 7, 2025.
Southeast Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP) offers the TIE (Tools, Innovation, and Equipment) Award Program: a micro-award program for farmers in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.This program encourages local farmers to trial new equipment, implement farm systems they haven’t tried before, and solve problems faced on their farm. Awards range from $500 to $3,000. With TIE Award funding, SEMAP aims to enable local farms to create solutions locally, and share the solutions with the region’s farming community to increase local knowledge, capacity, and resilience.