Local Food Promotion Program Fiscal Year 2025

Objectives: The Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP) provides grants to projects that develop, coordinate, and expand local and regional food business enterprises that act as intermediaries in indirect producer-to-consumer marketing. The objectives of the grant include supporting the processing, aggregation, distribution, and storage of local and regional food products marketed locally or regionally; encouraging value-added agricultural products; assisting with business development plans, feasibility studies, and marketing strategies for local food producers; facilitating regional food chain coordination; and promoting new business opportunities to reduce on-farm food waste. The program also aims to address changing technology needs in marketing and cover expenses related to food safety certification and improvements in practices and equipment.