Agricultural Marketing Service Grants
Acer Access and Development Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Acer Access and Development Program (Acer). AMS will competitively...more
Posted On - 2017-07-31
National Organic Certification Cost Share Program
The National Organic Certification Cost Share program (NOCCSP) is authorized under section 10606(d)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7901 note), as amended by...more
Posted On - 2015-03-03
Organic Certification Cost Share Program
The USDA aims to strengthen market support for U.S. agriculture Organic Certification Cost Share Program grants that reduce the cost of organic certification by reimbursing organic operators for 75%...more
Posted On - 2014-06-05
Organic Certification Cost Share Program
The USDA aims to strengthen market support for U.S. agriculture by offering Organic Certification Cost Share Program grants that reduce the cost of organic certification by reimbursing organic...more
Posted On - 2014-06-05
2011 National Organic Certification Cost Share Program
This National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program is authorized under 7 U.S.C. 6523, as amended by section 10301 of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (Act). The Act authorizes the...more
Posted On - 2011-08-01
National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program
States provide reimbursement to eligible organic producers or handlers. Payments are limited to 75% (seventy-five percent) of an individual producer or handler's organic certification costs, up...more
Posted On - 2010-08-27
AMA Organic Certification Cost Share Program
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announces the availability of $1.5 million in funds for allocation to State Department of Agriculture for providing cost share assistance to eligible organic...more
Posted On - 2009-10-22
Farmers' Market Promotion Program
AMS provides competitive grant funds to agricultural cooperatives, producer networks, producer associations, local governments, nonprofit corporations, public benefit corporations, economic...more
Posted On - 2009-03-18
Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight
Keeping Half the Profits Beats Non-profits for Social Impact
Melbourne social enterprise Who Gives A Crap sold nearly 3 million rolls of toilet paper in 2014/15 and gave half the proceeds to WaterAid Australia, but co-founder Simon Griffiths says the donation would have been less had the startup adopted a non-profit model when it launched two years ago.
