The fiscal year (FY) 2025 Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant program requests for applications (RFAs) are now closed. Please check back for more information on the FY 2026 Farm to School Grant RFA later this year.
For additional funding opportunities for farm to school activities, visit the USDA AMS Grants, Loans and Other Support webpage.
- Getting Started
- Farm to School Planning Toolkit: This comprehensive document describes the key activities to building a strong Farm to School program.
- Summary of Grant Awards: View press releases and download project descriptions of past Farm to School awardees.
- Prior Requests for Applications: Visit this link for prior RFA announcements.
- Webinars
- Creating Successful Assessment Plans: This webinar provides guidance on how to create successful assessment plans for your grant proposals and projects.
- Planning Sustainable Projects: This webinar provides an overview of how to create a sustainable farm to school project along with resources and examples. It highlights how to write an application that showcases a project’s sustainability, encouraging projects to outlast farm to school grant funds and initiate a permanent impact in the community. This information may be used both during the grant planning process and as a general project planning resource.
- Identifying & Calculating Match: This webinar reviews the match requirements of the Farm to School grant program which includes identifying cash match sources, defining in-kind match, how to calculate a match and federal request amount, what are allowable and unallowable match sources, and a walk through of critical budget components of the Farm to School grant application.
- Preparing an Effective Grant Proposal: This webinar takes you through strategies you can use to write an effective grant proposal, meaning it is aligned with the intent of the program and responsive to requirements, while communicating the intent of your project.
- Application Materials
Past Farm to School Grant program RFAs are available for reference. Please note that requirements are subject to change each year.
Contact Us
For all questions about the USDA Farm to School Grant Program, please email SM.FN.FarmToSchool@usda.gov.
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