American Farmland Trust is accepting applications to help farmers nationwide to improve farm viability, access, transfer or to permanently protect farmland or adopt regenerative agricultural practices.
AFT’s Brighter Future Fund provides grants of up to $5,000 per project.
A project may involve one or more individual farmers or farm families, and only one grant can be awarded per farm family.
David Haight, AFT Vice President of Programs, says, “This year, the program will focus exclusively on providing resources to producers who have faced systemic barriers in our agricultural system.”
The Brighter Future Fund launched in 2020 to help farmers launch, grow and sustain farms in the face of forces impacting the food and agricultural system, including the COVID-19 pandemic, changing markets, severe weather and climate change.
Applications will be reviewed and awarded in the order the applications are received based on eligibility.
