FUNDING & RESOURCE OPPORTUNITIES
Clif Family Foundation Grants
Funding Sources for Food-Related Businesses Digital Directory
Futures for Frontliners: Free Tuition for Essential Workers (State of MI)
GreenStone Cultivate Growth Grant Program
Lake MI School Food System Innovation Hub
MDARD Current and Upcoming Grants
North Central SARE Grant Programs
Michigan SARE Farmer Forum – $6,000 to host and record an event featuring SARE grantees. Email Sarah Fronczak froncza3@msu.edu for more information on this funding.
Michigan SARE Mini-Grant
Michigan SARE Travel Scholarship
Northeast SARE Grant Programs
RWJF Active Funding Opportunities
Alternate Funding Resources Database
Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program
USDA Farm Service Agency Beginning Farmer Loans
USDA Launches Loan Assistance Tool to Enhance Equity and Customer Service
USDA Microloan Programs
AFT Emergency Resilience Grant
Fund-a-Farmer-Grant
Climate Smart Farming Funding Resource Library
WCCD Tool & Equipment Lending Library
MSU CFRFS Digital Directory of Funding Opportunities
GROW Lansing Community Garden Grant
USDA Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Program (FSCSC)
Michigan Regnerative Farmer Network Grant
2025 Federal Funding Freeze Resources
The Soil Health Opportunities & Tools Fund (SHOT Fund)
EQIP Bridge Loan Program
Regenerative Farmer Assurance Fund (RFAF) for Farmers Affected by the Federal Funding Freeze
North-Central SARE Farmer Rancher Grant Program
OFRF’s Farmer-Led Trials Program
Marbleseed’s Advancing Markets for Producers (AMP) - full for 2026 but still accepting interest forms
Crosshatch & Oryana Food & Farming Interest Free Microloans
USDA Local Agriculture Market Program Grants (LAMP)
USDA Specialty Crop Block Grants (SCBG)
USDA BFRDP
Michigan Conservation Stewardship for Farmers Project (MCSFP)
Brighter Future Fund’s National Farm Viability Grant
The Livestock Conservancy Microgrants
Shipt’s 2026 Community Impact Grants
