The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) was awarded a cooperative agreement from the USDA for the Florida Local Food Purchase Assistance Program (LFPA).
The purpose of the award is to maintain and improve Florida’s food and agricultural supply chain resiliency. The goal of this grant is to build sustainable market opportunities for State producers, with an emphasis on supporting socially disadvantaged producers (i.e., farmers or ranchers who are a member of a socially disadvantaged group), to increase the amount of product distributed to underserved populations in the state.
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THIS REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS, NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY IS NOT SUBJECT TO SECTION 120.57(3) FLORIDA STATUTES.
Please direct all questions to:
Carmelita Graham, Purchasing Director
407 S. Calhoun Street, Mayo SB-8
