Small Food Business Recovery and Resilience Grant

The Community Food Access program strives to increase access to and lower prices for healthy food in low income, low access areas of the state by supporting small food retailers and small family farms. Colorado legislators passed House Bill 1380 in 2022, creating the Community Food Access program. The program utilizes State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to support small food retailers and small family farms committed to expanding access to healthy food in their communities. The Colorado Department of Agriculture plans to host up to three grant rounds before September 2024 and distribute a total of $5.5 million in funds through this program. After December 2024, the grant program will end and support for this program will continue through a tax credit program. The maximum grant award will be $50,000 per business, per year.