August 20, 2024
Build it, And Aid Will Come
Building up farm and food-based businesses in your community is about to get easier! The Heartland Regional Food Business Center has just launched the Business Builder Grant program. This program is designed to promote business expansion, job creation, business capacity building, and increase local products in the local market throughout the Heartland Region, including Kansas. Please share this opportunity with partners, entrepreneurs, and others across Kansas who may benefit.
Farm and food-based business owners serving local and regional markets now have a new opportunity to break through barriers that hold back their businesses. The grant provides the chance to be awarded $5,000 to $50,000 that can be used for consultants, staffing for projects, supplies, equipment and more! The deadline for applying for this grant is Oct 15, 2024, and estimated awards will be announced in early 2025.
We know that this is new and exciting and that is why there is an informational webinar on Applying for the Business Builder grant on August 28, 2024, 12 – 1 pm, Central Time. A recording will be available after the meeting, just in case you miss it!
Through the grant, recipients can also gain one-on-one counseling offered by Heartland Regional Food Business Center partners and collaborators right here in Kansas!
About the Heartland Regional Food Business Center:
The Heartland Regional Food Business Center, led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and rural Missouri community development corporation New Growth, focuses on expanding the local and regional food system in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and northwest Arkansas. It conducts this work as a regional team with 14 Key Partners and 20 Collaborators across the five states. K-State Research and Extension and Kansas Rural Center are two of 14 key partners implementing the Heartland Regional Food Business Center. Click here to learn more about the HRFBC’s Kansas offerings.
Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to support the growth of your community!
Questions? Complete the contact form at heartlandfoodbusiness.org/contact/ or email heartlandrfbc@ksu.edu. For more about this grant and other opportunities led by the K-State Research and Extension Local Foods Team, join our Newsletter for all the updates to come.