SLED Opportunity · NEW YORK · NEW YORK
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The NYS Department of Agriculture offers $2.5M in grants ($25K-$50K) to support urban farms, community and school gardens statewide, focusing on food production, safety, and distribution to enhance local food resiliency. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, schools, municipalities, and tribal organizations.
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (the Department) is pleased to announce funding available for the Urban Farms and Community Gardens Grant Program to support the development and expansion of community gardens, school gardens, and urban farms across the state. A total of $2,500,000 is available for this grant program. A maximum of $50,000 is available per award. The minimum grant amount is $25,000. For the purposes of this grant program, Urban Agriculture is defined as growing food and raising animals in moderate to heavily populated areas. Urban farms are often accompanied by complementary activities such as processing and distributing food, collecting and reusing food waste and rainwater, and educating, organizing, and employing local residents. Across New York State, there are thousands of community growing spaces in both rural and urban landscapes, and there is demand to establish more and expand existing sites. There is little capital to help maintain these plots and coordinators of these spaces are often not-for-profits with limited support to expand and sustain capacity, develop infrastructure, and secure reliable tenancy to the land. This funding is intended to address these needs and support growing spaces. Projects must advance the goal of the Urban Farms and Community Gardens grant program, which is to support the development and expansion of community gardens, school gardens, and urban farms across the state, focusing on food production, food safety, and food distribution while creating a lasting impact on local food resiliency. Eligible applicants include: Not-for-profit organizations Not-for-profit educational institutions, including K-12 schools and universities Municipal government entities Community-led groups can work with a fiscal sponsor to apply Indian tribal organizations Past Urban Farms and Community Gardens awardees are eligible for 2025 funding. Previous projects must be complete and contracts closed by the start of the grant term (January 1, 2026). Informational Webinar July 29, 2025 at 12:00pm Questions Due August 20, 2025 at 4:00pm Questions and Answers Posted August 22, 2025 Deadline for Applications September 5, 2025 at 4:00pm Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 0% Disadvantaged Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Due date:09/05/2025 Contract term: January 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027 County(ies): All NYS counties Business entities awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: None
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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