Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA AMS TM LRFD C 0001
The USDA Regional Food Business Centers opportunity, run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), is a FY 2022 discretionary funding program that uses cooperative agreements to build and strengthen local and regional food supply chains across the country. The basic idea is to fund a network of regionally based "Regional Food Centers" that can act as hubs for coordination, technical assistance, and capacity-building services aimed at small and mid-sized food and farm businesses. By investing in these service hubs, USDA is trying to make the overall food system more resilient, more diverse, and more competitive, especially by improving how products move from farms and fisheries through processing, aggregation, and distribution into a wide range of markets.
Funding for this effort comes from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260), with USDA indicating roughly $400 million available to develop and implement the broader program and about $360 million intended to go directly to support the Regional Centers themselves. AMS plans to fund at least six Regional Food Centers through this solicitation, with a strong emphasis on ensuring that certain high-need geographies receive dedicated support. Specifically, the program sets out three High Priority Areas that will each have at least one Center serving all or part of that region: Colonias (counties along the U.S.-Mexico border), high-need areas in the Delta and the Southeast, and high-need areas in Appalachia. In addition to those regionally focused Centers, USDA will fund one national Tribal Center, and it also anticipates funding Centers that cover other parts of the country beyond the designated priority areas.
The intended beneficiaries are small and mid-sized producers, processors, aggregators, and distributors, including businesses that sell into local and regional markets as well as other market channels. The scope of products is broad and not limited to specialty crops; it explicitly includes fruits and vegetables, meat and poultry, fish, grains, and dairy, reflecting an effort to strengthen many different types of regionally rooted supply chains. A major program requirement is that applicants prioritize service to underserved communities and underserved businesses, and applicants are expected to engage and involve these beneficiaries while designing projects and preparing applications, rather than treating equity and access as an afterthought.
Eligible applicants cover a wide range of public, nonprofit, tribal, and higher education institutions, which signals USDA's expectation that successful Regional Centers will often be partnerships capable of delivering services at scale. Eligible entities include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; and nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, along with certain other entities as described in the full eligibility text. Because the award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, recipients should expect substantial federal involvement compared with a standard grant, typically meaning closer coordination with AMS on planning, execution, and oversight.
Key administrative details from the posting include the funding opportunity number USDA AMS TM LRFD C 0001 and CFDA number 10.186. The opportunity was posted September 13, 2022, with an original closing date of November 22, 2022. The award ceiling listed is $50,000,000, and the notice projected around 20 awards, suggesting multiple funded partners and a potentially varied mix of Center footprints, service models, or focus areas under the overall national program framework.Apply for USDA AMS TM LRFD C 0001
- The Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "USDA Regional Food Business Centers" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.186.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 13, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 22, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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