Delaware Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program

Delaware has been awarded a cooperative agreement for USDA’s Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI), which aims to help create more and better processing options for local and regional producers across the food supply chain. Funds will build resilience across the middle of Delaware’s food supply chain for food crops. Funds will support expanded capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, including specialty crops, dairy, grains for human consumption, aquaculture, and other food products, and excluding meat and poultry, fiber, wild-caught seafood, exclusively animal feed and forage products, fiber, landscaping products, tobacco, and dietary supplements. RFSI is funded through Section 1001(b)(4) of the Federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The Department will offer RFSI funding to Infrastructure Grants through a competitive subawards process administered according to the USDA requirements. Delaware’s Request for Applications will open on March 12, 2024, and close on April 30, 2024.