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Announcing the 2024 Grant Cycle
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By Sheila Cassani
In News & Events
Posted January 1, 2024

Announcing the 2024 Grant Cycle

The FruitGuys Community Fund 2024 grant cycle is underway for grant awards of up to $5,000 to small farms and agricultural nonprofits for projects that promote economic and environmental [...]

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Please consider supporting the 2025 grant cycle an Please consider supporting the 2025 grant cycle and help make a big impact on a small farm. 100% of your donation goes to the farms. 💛👩‍🌾 Donate today at the link in our bio! 🌱
📣 To make the application process easier, we've 📣 To make the application process easier, we've added PDFs of the full application questions to the bottom of our Apply page. This way, you can review everything and prepare in advance — especially since we know internet access can be tricky for some, and online applications can be challenging without all the info at your fingertips. We wish you good luck! #SmallFarmsBigImpacts
Know a small-scale farmer or agrilcultural nonprof Know a small-scale farmer or agrilcultural nonprofit? 🌾🧑‍🌾 Encourage them to read our eligibility requirements and submit an application for our 2025 Grant Cycle before the deadline on January 31, 2025 11:59 pm PST. ❤️ #SmallFarmsBigImpacts #microgrants #applytoday
Our 2025 Grant Cycle is NOW LIVE! Submit an applic Our 2025 Grant Cycle is NOW LIVE! Submit an application to be considered for a grant award up to $5K for projects that help small-scale farmers improve sustainability efforts. See the link in our bio for more information. #SmallFarmsBigImpacts
🌱 This Giving Tuesday, your support can make 🌱 This Giving Tuesday, your support can make a real impact! Help us continue funding grants for small farms & nonprofits working on regenerative agriculture projects that enhance soil health, biodiversity, and community resilience. Every dollar you donate goes directly to supporting these vital projects in 2025. Together, we can create a more sustainable food system for all. 💚 100% of your gift supports our grant program. Donate today and be part of the change! Please find the link in our bio.
We’re so glad that our Instagram account has bee We’re so glad that our Instagram account has been restored, and just in time for exciting announcements about our 2025 Community Fund grants! 🙌 👩‍🌾 Our 2025 grant cycle is coming soon, and this year over $45,000 in grants will be available for majority BIPOC-led agricultural nonprofits. 🌱 Stay updated and learn how to apply at the link in our bio.
🔔Coming Soon: Our 2025 grant cycle will feature 🔔Coming Soon: Our 2025 grant cycle will feature a new streamlined application process! 🗓️Mark your calendars and tell your farming friends to get ready to apply for grants up to $5,000 for small farms and agricultural nonprofit projects before January 31, 2025.  ⭐️Learn more at the link in our bio!
Our 2024 grantees are now more than halfway throug Our 2024 grantees are now more than halfway through their project timelines! 🙌🤩 Check out our blog at the link in our bio to read the updates they’ve shared.
Welcome 2024 grantee YouthWorks Ranch! 🥳 A 20- Welcome 2024 grantee YouthWorks Ranch! 🥳 A 20-acre agricultural non-profit in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that educates youth on how to transform their community’s health by growing food and cooking with fresh produce. 🌱❤️ With a $5,000 grant, they will purchase culturally relevant seeds, hand tools, and more! 👉 Learn more at the link in our bio.
Welcome 2024 grantee Tuba Farm Foundation Inc! 🌟 @tubafarm_cc is a women and BIPOC-led agricultural non-profit farm in New Jersey created to promote food sovereignty, reduce food insecurity and waste. With a $4,657 grant, they will cover necessary materials and supplies to improve its sustainable food forest. 🌱 Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee TNR Hills! A 13-acre women Welcome 2024 grantee TNR Hills! A 13-acre women and family-owned and operated sustainable farm in Kansas City. It produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables in addition to keeping chickens and ducks for eggs and goats for cheese. 🐣🌱 With a $3,524 grant, they will purchase a solar powered portable fencing system as well as pasture and pollinator seed. 🌟 Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee @ssfriendlyranch 🌟 @ssfri Welcome 2024 grantee @ssfriendlyranch 🌟 @ssfriendlyranch is a 10-acre, Black owned-and-operated ranch and agricultural non-profit educational program located in San Diego, California. It specializes in cultivating a variety of crops through regenerative agricultural growing practices. With their grant they will build a self-service, solar-powered refrigerated farm stand in order to provide consistent access to fresh, affordable food for customers. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee @rosybuckfarm 💛 A 15-acre Welcome 2024 grantee @rosybuckfarm 💛 A 15-acre, family-owned farm run by Holly Evans and Randy Buck located in Leasburg, Missouri, that grows a wide range of unique produce using sustainable farming practices. With a $855 grant, they will purchase eight heirloom fruit trees, tree guards, and organic fruit tree fertilizer. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Refugee & Immigrant Self-Empo Welcome 2024 grantee Refugee & Immigrant Self-Empowerment (RISE) Community Farm! 🌱🌟 @syrap_rise is a 180-acre agricultural non-profit, community-based farm located in Syracuse, New York, that serves as a resource for immigrants and refugees who are interested in farming. With a $4,825 grant, RISE farm will install deer fencing to prevent crop loss. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Pie Ranch! 🥧🌱 Pie Ranc Welcome 2024 grantee Pie Ranch! 🥧🌱 Pie Ranch is a Certified Organic agricultural non-profit, regenerative farm, and food system education center located in Pescadero, CA. Their mission engages and employs young people on the land; shares resources with emerging, primarily BIPOC farmers; and helps make healthy food accessible to San Francisco Bay Area communities. 🤲❤️ With a $2,135 grant, they will create compost bins, install a drip irrigation system, and a pollinator hedgerow. 🌟 Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Mountain Echoes Farm/Soil Hue Welcome 2024 grantee Mountain Echoes Farm/Soil Hued Mojo🌟 @soilhuedmojo is a 20-acre, women-of-color and family-owned farm in Mathias, West Virginia, that grows medicinal maternal health herbs using Afro-Indigenous farming practices and creates small-batch products that support BIPOC and other vulnerable individuals. 🌾🤲 With a $3,097 grant they will purchase a hoop house, build a solar dehydrator, and add two beehives. 🌱 Learn more at the link in our bio.
Welcome 2024 grantee Lone Star Olive Ranch! 🌳🕊️ An 80-acre, women-owned and operated sustainable farm and olive orchard located in Madisonville, Texas. In 2021, Winter Storm Uri damaged 14,000 of its olive trees. Lone Star has been hard at work since, planting new olive saplings and diversifying its farm with the addition of new crops. 💪🌾 With a $4,751 grant, they will expand their sustainable farming practices by planting heirloom varieties of fruit trees and plants, and adding two beehives. 🍊🐝 Learn more at the link in our bio!
Meet 2024 grantee @lafincadehamberto a 28-acre non Meet 2024 grantee @lafincadehamberto a 28-acre non-profit, BIPOC-led farm located in Vieques, an island off of Puerto Rico. 🌱💛 La Finca de Hamberto is working to rebuild a community of farmers and ranchers to establish a sustainable and resilient island community. 💪 With a $5,000 grant, they will install a caterpillar-style grow tunnel to increase their capacity to cultivate high-demand crops throughout the season. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Growing Home! 🌱🏡 @grow Welcome 2024 grantee Growing Home! 🌱🏡 @growinghome is a 2-acre, organic urban farm, workforce development center, and BIPOC-led non-profit located in Chicago. It grows about 150 varieties of vegetables, which they sell at affordable prices at a weekly farm stand and other local markets during the growing season. With a $5,000 grant, they will integrate a pest management-focused project to increase crop yields and address struggles with pest pressure. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Growing Communities Inc./ Cro Welcome 2024 grantee Growing Communities Inc./ Crop Swap LA! 🌱👏 @lacropswap is a majority BIPOC-and-women-led agricultural non-profit organization that operates micro farms in the urban neighborhoods of Leimert Park and Crenshaw in Southern Los Angeles, CA. Crop Swap LA is transforming underutilized spaces for efficient food production using rainwater harvesting and sustainable farming practices to bring food access, environmental, and economic benefits to local residents. With a $5,000 grant they will develop a new micro farm site that will allow them to increase the amount of food distributed across the 75 families currently on the organization’s member list.  Learn more at the link in our bio!
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