This is a compilation of food hubs and aggregators who deliver to Pennsylvania schools and ECEs or are interested in getting started.

This chart from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is a visual guide to which products are in season when.

The Colorado Local Food Program Guidebook, provided by Nourish Colorado, provides insights and tools for launching, implementing, and sustaining farm to school programs.

Contact your local county extension office for gardening information and support.

SNAP-Ed provides nutrition education and policy, systems, and environmental change across PA, including farm to school. Find a provider near you.

Pennsylvania Farm Link is dedicated to forging connections that secure the future of farming in Pennsylvania. In collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, as well as various other agricultural stakeholders across the Commonwealth, PA Farm Link provides a comprehensive land-linking database, succession planning initiatives, and a wealth of both print and digital resources.

The Black Family Land Trust, Inc. (BFLT) incorporated in 2004 and based in North Carolina, is one of the nation’s only conservation land trust dedicated to the preservation and protection of African-American and other historically underserved landowners assets. The BFLT utilizes the core principles of land conservation and land-based community economic development to achieve our goals. We measurably improve the quality of life for landowners, by providing families with the tools necessary to make informed, proactive decisions regarding their land and its use. The BFLT works primarily in the Southeastern United States, our programs are intergenerational in their design. We honor the legacy of those stewards of the land that came before us and have faith in those stewards of the land that will come after us.

The Land Loss Prevention Project was founded in 1982 by the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers to curtail the epidemic losses of Black-owned land in North Carolina. The organization broadened its mission in 1993 to provide legal support and assistance to all financially distressed and limited-resource farmers and landowners in North Carolina. Land Loss Prevention Project’s advocacy for financially distressed and limited resource farmers involves action in three separate arenas: litigation, public policy, and promoting sustainable agriculture and the environment.

Land Liberation LLC’s mission is to connect people with the natural, financial, and human resources they need to steward the land they love.

The Urban Agriculture Toolkit includes information on funding opportunities, technical assistance, and informational resources from federal, state, and local partners.

Cooperatives unleash innovation and entrepreneurship, create robust communities by meeting the economic needs of their member-owners and keeping profits local. They fill market gaps in the economy and are a particularly resilient and flexible type of business. Cooperative members own, use, and control their business democratically and can respond flexibly to the ups and downs of the business cycle.

This report provides a comprehensive summary of basic information on the cooperative way of organizing and operating a business.
It covers the nature and extent of the use of cooperatives, compares
cooperatives to other business structures, explains the roles various people play in a cooperative, and discusses equity accumulation
and income taxation. The purpose is to make available, in a single
report, the information someone would need to acquire a general
understanding of how cooperatives function.

This document groups lessons learned by the food hubs according to the following key areas:
• Customers
• Labor
• Products
• Operations
• Food safety certifications
• Transportation
• Infrastructure
• Software
• Viability and success
• Common ground

The primary purposes of PA-WAgN are to encourage and support women in agriculture; provide and strengthen networks for women in agriculture; provide educational and mentoring opportunities for women in agriculture; raise community awareness of agricultural related issues and concerns; and sustain farming livelihoods.

The National Black Food and Justice Alliance represents hundreds of Black urban and rural farmers, organizers, and land stewards based nationwide working together towards an intergenerational, urban/rural movement to map, assess, train and deepen the organizing, institution building and advocacy work protecting Black land and work towards food sovereignty.

Farm Philly connects residents to the natural world and supports the self-determination and sovereignty of communities to grow their own food. We provide programming and material support to community gardens, farms and residents located across the City.

NEFOC Land Trust is a community-centered land trust advancing land and food sovereignty through permanent and secure land tenure for farmers and landworkers cultivating deep, ancestral relationships with the land.

External Funding Resources. Find financial resources for producers, sign up for the Black Farmer Fund Newsletter, and join the NEFOC community listserv.

The Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives support dairy businesses in the development, production, marketing, and distribution of dairy products. DBI Initiatives provide direct technical assistance and subawards to dairy businesses, including niche dairy products, such as specialty cheese, or dairy products derived from the milk of a dairy animal, including cow, sheep, and goat milk.

LFPP offers four types of projects, 24-month Planning, 36-month Implementation, 24-month Turnkey Marketing and Promotion, and 24-month Turnkey Recruitment and Training. Planning projects range from $25,000 to $100,000, while implementation projects range from $100,000 to $500,000. Each of the turnkey project options is available for a defined set of activities, with funding amounts ranging from $50,000 and $100,000.

The Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP) is a competitive grant program that funds projects to explore new market opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products, and to encourage research and innovation aimed at improving the efficiency and performance of the marketing system.

The Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP) supports the development, coordination, and expansion of direct producer-to-consumer marketing; local and regional food markets and enterprises; and value-added agricultural products. The primary goals of LAMP are to:
Connect and cultivate regional food economies through public-private partnerships.
Support the development of business plans, feasibility studies, and strategies for value-added agricultural production and local and regional food system infrastructure.
Strengthen capacity and regional food system development through community collaboration and expansion of mid-tier value chains.
Improve income and economic opportunities for producers and food businesses through job creation; and
Simplify the application processes and the reporting processes for the program.

The Micro-Grants for Food Security Program (MGFSP) assists agricultural agencies or departments in eligible states and territories to increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food in food insecure communities through small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations in food insecure communities in areas of the United States that have significant levels of food insecurity and import a significant quantity of foods. The agricultural agencies or departments competitively distribute the funds through subawards to eligible entities.

This guide provides a broad overview of grant programs and funding
available to Pennsylvania farmers and agricultural producers through the
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

The purpose of the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) is to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. Specialty crops are defined as “fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops (including floriculture).

PA Preferred Organic™ aims to provide farmers and agribusinesses with a brand identity for the products they grow and produce, creating opportunities for Pennsylvanians to easily identify and purchase PA grown and processed, USDA certified organic items.

PA Preferred® is a free program promoting Pennsylvania grown and processed agricultural products and agribusinesses. Join now to become a member and promote your business as PA Preferred!