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AFID PLANNING GRANTS

The goal of the Governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund (AFID) Planning Grant program is designed to support Virginia agriculture and forestry by:

  • Funding innovative local efforts to assist agriculture- and forestry-based businesses, and
  • Encouraging local governments and the ag/forestry community to work together on better integrating these industries into their community’s overall economic development efforts.

The AFID Planning Grant program awards matching grants of up to $20,000 (single locality application) or $35,000 (multi-locality application) in partnership with local governments to promote or support agriculture and forestry through one or more of the following activities:

  • Develop strategic plans, feasibility studies, business or marketing plans, or local ordinances
  • Generate policies or programs for the preservation of working lands.
  • Create local plans or initiatives supporting agriculture and/or forestry based businesses
  • Fund innovative entrepreneurship and business development efforts

While the Planning Grant program requires a 1:1 match, reduced match requirements are available for economically distressed localities. Interested localities should contact the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for more information.

Contacts
Genette Harris, Farmland Preservation Coordinator
804.786.1906
genette.harris@vdacs.virginia.gov


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