New York Farm Viability Institute

01/29/2025

NYS Grown & Certified Infrastructure and Technology Grants! It's Not Too Late to Get Started, Applications due February 28th and two Q&A sessions will be held next week!
Quick details linked in comments, or see full program page at nyfvi.org

12/13/2024

Specialty Crop Growers take a look, and act fast to capture these federal funds!

Calling specialty crop producers! Starting Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, through Wednesday Jan. 8, 2025 you can apply for U.S. Department of Agriculture's new Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program to help you expand current markets and develop new ones. USDA is making more than $2 billion available to eligible specialty crop producers through the MASC program.

MASC can help you offset costs related to tenderness and perishability of your crops, specialized handling requirements, packaging, moving crops to market and labor costs.

You are eligible if you will be producing any of the following crops in 2025:
• Fruits (fresh, dried)
• Vegetables (including dry edible beans and peas, mushrooms, and vegetable seed)
• Tree nuts
• Nursery crops, Christmas trees, and floriculture
• Culinary and medicinal herbs and spices
• Honey, hops, maple sap, tea, turfgrass and grass seed

To learn more about the program and submit your application, visit your local USDA Service Center

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12/05/2024

Webinars for the NYS Grown & Certified Infrastructure and Technology grants start next week. More info and registration link at nyfvi.org

12/04/2024

Thinking about the NYS Grown & Certified Infrastructure and Technology Grants? Sign up for next week's webinar to learn more!
https://nyfvi.org/new-york-state-grown-certified-itrd-grant-program-2024copy/
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NYS Grown & Certified Grant Opportunity

11/26/2024

Excited to share that the NYS Grown & Certified Infrastructure and Technology RFP is NOW OPEN!

NYS Grown & Certified Grant Opportunity

10/27/2024

Pleased to share that the Beginning Farmer Competitive Grant program is now open! Learn more here

NYFVI is pleased to announce a new competitive grant program to help beginning farmers build financially sustainable, independent, commercial agricultural businesses. The RFP opened on October 25th…