Coming Soon!
The Food Basket is excited to announce our upcoming funding opportunity for Hawaiʻi Island food producers called Malama Da Farmer Grants! These grants aim to support economic recovery of small to mid-sized food producers whose businesses were financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Applications will be accepted through an online portal that will be available through this webpage. Please check back here for more information in the new year!
Anticipated Grant Posting Date: Mid-January 2025
Anticipated Grant Deadline: March 31, 2025
Anticipated Funding Available: $710,000
Range of Grant Awards: $5,000-$25,000
To be eligible to apply for a Malama Da Farmer Grant, applicants must register and attend at least one of the five webinars in the “Malama Da Farmer: Planning to Scale Webinar Series,” hosted by GoFarm Hawaiʻi. Checkout the schedule below and save the dates!
Malama Da Farmer Grants is made possible thanks to funding received from Hawaiʻi County Research & Development’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for “Food Security & Agricultural Initiatives Programs.”
For general inquiries on Malama Da Farmer Grants, please call 808-437-3044.
