10.142: Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Program
Overview
Program Number
10.142
Status
Inactive
Last Modified
Aug. 3, 2022
Date Posted
Aug. 3, 2022
Objective
FSCSC provides direct financial assistance to eligible specialty crop operations that incurred expenses related to food safety certification in calendar years 2022 and 2023.
Applicant Eligibility
An applicants must qualify as a small or very small business to be eligible. “Small business” means a farm that had an average annual monetary value of specialty crops sold during the 3-year period preceding the program year of more than $250,000 but not more than $500,000. “Very small business” means a farm that had an average annual monetary value of specialty crops sold during the 3-year period preceding the program year of no more than $250,000. An applicant must also be a citizen of the United States; resident alien; partnership of citizens of the United States; corporation, limited liability company, or other organizational structure organized under State law; Indian Tribe or Tribal organization. Specialty crop operations must be located in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to participate.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Not Applicable
Additional Information
Grant Awards
Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Program direct grants
Grant Opportunities