Vermont Service Provider & Producer Association Grant

Applications are due by November 7, 2024.
Vermont’s Working Lands Enterprise Initiative (WLEI) is opening applications for the Service Provider & Producer Association Grant, which aims to provide business support services to Vermont agriculture, food, and forestry businesses, and to strengthen Vermont producer associations in these sectors. These grants are for service providers, which are organizations that provide business support services to agricultural and forestry businesses, or producer associations, which are organizations founded and funded by Vermont businesses related to agriculture, food, beverage, forest, or fiber products. Projects should provide direct or indirect services to support Vermont-based working lands businesses. Producer association grant projects may also provide these services to their members, or the project can be about the association’s governance and operations. Up to $370,000 is available to award, with a maximum grant of $75,000 for a statewide project and maximum of $25,000 for a regional or pilot project.