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Up to $2.5 Million Available in First Round of Small Food Business Recovery and Resilience Grants
Foundation: Colorado Trust
The Colorado Department of Agriculture is offering small grocery stores, farmers markets, community supported agriculture programs, and small farmers up to $50,000 in grants to expand access to healthy food in low-income and underserved areas of the state, the Denver Post reports.
"This grant aims to lower prices of healthy food and increase its availability in low income and underserved areas of Colorado by helping small food retailers and small family farms invest in their capacity to provide healthy food," says Mickey Davis, program manager for the Community Food Access program at the Colorado Department of Agriculture.
According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, eligible businesses can apply for funding to cover the purchase of new cold storage, display cases to carry fresh food, point of sale machines that accept EBT cards, farming equipment, mobile grocery stores, delivery trucks, operating expenses, and much more.
The first round of the Small Food Business Recovery & Resilience Grants will open on Sept.
27, 2023, and applications will be accepted until November 7.
A second round is expected to open in early 2024, and a third round may open later in 2024.
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