Grants 101 webinar: What You Need to Know – Resource Sheet
DOWNLOADOctober 30, 2024 Jamie Rahrig, Julie Jesmer
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EmailIn this supplementary resource for the Grants 101 webinar from the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center, farmers, Indigenous producers, and food business owners will find a step-by-step guide to what they can do now to prepare for grant applications, including what to consider when applying and tips for writing grants that get funded. This resource includes five steps to applying for grants, general grant writing resources, where to look for grant funding support, and key takeaways from the webinar.
As part of the webinar, featured speakers, Porchea McGuire, Equity and Engagement Coordinator, NWI Food Council, and John Jamerson, Owner, Legacy Taste of the Garden, shared their insights on writing for and applying for grant funding. They joined Julie Jesmer and Jamie Rahrig of the MSU Center for Regional Food Systems and the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center who shared more about the upcoming Business Builder grant opportunities.
This webinar took place on August 22, 2024 as part of the What you Need to Know Webinar series.
Webinar:
Grant funding, provided by the USDA, will be available across the Great Lakes Midwest starting in late 2024. This includes the first phase of the Business Builder grant program for food and/or farm businesses in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. Over $10 million dollars will be distributed to technical assistance providers and eligible business owners over the next four years.
For more information about future events and resources, interested parties can visit https://www.canr.msu.edu/glm-rfbc/ or email glm-rfbc@msu.edu.
Contributors
- A.J. Ellison, Clerical, Aide On-call, webinar synthesis
- Emma Beauchamp, Communication Strategist, communication guidance
- Melissa Hill, Communication Manager, design and layout
About the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center
The Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center is dedicated to offering coordination, technical assistance, and capacity building opportunities for small- to mid-sized or historically marginalized food and farm business entrepreneurs in support of a more resilient, diverse, and competitive food system. Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems (MI) coordinates the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center that is comprised of network coordinators – Chicago Food Policy Action Council (IL) https://www.chicagofoodpolicy.com/, Northwest Indiana Food Council (IN) https://www.nwifoodcouncil.org/, Food Finance Institute of the University of Wisconsin System (WI) https://foodfinanceinstitute.org/ , and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Food Systems https://www.menominee-nsn.gov/ – who seek to take a transformational, rather than transactional, approach. Learn more at https://www.canr.msu.edu/glm-rfbc.
Support for the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center comes from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service Regional Food Business Centers Program. The 12 USDA Regional Food Business Centers support all 50 U.S. States and Territories, and are inclusive of all types of agricultural products produced locally or regionally.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider. USDA Non-Discrimination Statement
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