WSDA Local Food System Infrastructure Grant

The purpose of the Local Food System Infrastructure Grant program is to support local food supply chains and market access for Washington farms, ranches, food processors, and food distributors. The grant funds projects that expand and strengthen collaboration across linkages in regional food supply chains in Washington. This includes equipment and facilities for post-harvest handling (including slaughter)​, aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, distribution, or sale of Washington grown, caught, and raised food. 

Investments that strengthen linkages along the food supply chain create new opportunities for farms and food businesses to market Washington grown foods to people in Washington. Expanding market access allows farms and food businesses to remain engines for innovation, growth, and sustainability in Washington’s vibrant local food economy. Learn more about this grant.

Grant Categories and Timelines

There are two grant categories with different project priorities, funding amounts, and timelines. Applicants can only apply for one grant category. 

Both grant categories:

• Are reimbursement style grants, which means grant recipients pay for project costs with their own funds and are paid back after goods/services have been received. Reimbursement requests can take up to 30 days to be paid. Applicants should factor reimbursement processing time into their overall project timeline.   
• Do not require matching funds
• Will not reopen until 2027