NYS Grown & Certified ITRD Grant Program- Track 1 – Small-scale

Overview

NYS Grown & Certified ITRD Grant Program

NYFVI is partnering with NYS Grown & Certified to launch a grant program to assist New York food and beverage producers, processors, distributors, and other eligible entities in bringing NYS Grown & Certified food and beverage products to market.

The first Request for Proposals (RFP) for the New York State Grown & Certified Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Development (NYS G&C ITRD) program is now open. It is focused on infrastructure and technology projects. A second RFP for Research and Development projects will be issued at a later point.

Projects must focus on one of the statewide priority areas: distribution capacity enhancement, processing and packaging, production automation and labor efficiency.

The NYS G&C program has worked hard to develop certification opportunities for a wide range of farms and food system businesses.

Matching Funds

Both tracks require the applicant to provide and document the use of a 10% financial match. A match can be provided as cash, loans, or other non-New York State funds. In-kind costs are not permissible.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* If a farm or food system business is eligible for NYS G&C certification of a food and/or beverage product, they are eligible for this program.
* Some applicants are eligible to be certified in more than one category.
* A farm could be producing vegetables for the fresh market, and running a processing operation for additional products, or even aggregating products to bring to market for a group of farms.
* Applicants must be certified, or plan to become certified in the NYS G&C category that corresponds with the purpose of the funding request.
* Certification Criteria for Producers
* Products are grown and produced in New York State.
* Farms participate in a third-party food safety verification program, if applicable.
* Producers participate in an environmental management program.

Ineligibility

* Nonprofits are not eligible.