South Carolina Value Added Producer Grants

The Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program helps agricultural producers enter value-added activities to generate new products, create and expand marketing opportunities, and increase producer income. You may receive priority if you are: • Beginning farmer or rancher. • Socially-disadvantaged farmer or rancher. • Small or medium-sized farm. • Ranch structured as a family farm. • Farmer or rancher cooperative. • Proposing a mid-tier value chain. • Grants are awarded through a national competition. Each fiscal year, applications are requested through a notice published in the Federal Register and through an announcement posted on Grants.gov. VAPG is part of the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP) which is an umbrella program created under the 2018 Farm Bill.