Grant writing: VAPG and More

Grant Writing

In addition to providing business plan and feasibility study consulting, Origin Farms can help you write several different types of grants for your operation. We have a track record of success in all of the following grant programs.

USDA programs:

• The Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG): this grant program helps agricultural producers enter value-added activities to generate new products, create and expand marketing opportunities, and increase producer income

• Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement Guaranteed Loans & Grants: these grants help you upgrade facilities to add renewable energy services or update existing equipment to make it more energy efficient.

• Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP): provides grants to help eligible processors expand their processing capacity, which create new, better and more processing options for meat and poultry producers.

Dairy-specific grant programs:

• Southeast Dairy Business Innovation Initiative’s (SDBII) Value-Added Business Innovation Grant for value added dairy producers in Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas.

• Dairy Business Innovation Alliance (DBIA) Dairy Builder Grant for dairies interested in adding value that are located in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.