Your choices impact the future.
Starting here. Starting now.
Supporting small farms isn't charity. It’s an investment in your food, your health, your community, and the land that sustains us all.
Impact you can feel.
What farmers tell us again and again: the grant helps, but the real gift is knowing they’re not alone.
Being nominated for a grant says:
We see you.
Being selected for a grant says:
We believe in you.
And when a farmer receives support from hundreds of everyday people -- $1 at a time -- it’s like having a whole community cheering them on from their barn. That kind of validation changes everything.
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For Farmers is personal. We know our farmers by name, we share their stories, and we stand beside them. That’s what sets us apart. We don’t just write checks. We build connections.
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And we're building something bigger -- a community of people who believe farmers deserve our attention, our gratitude, and our support.
Grants by the numbers.
Since 2022, the For Farmers Movement has supported hardworking small and mid-sized farms across the country with high-impact grants for farmer-designed projects that make a measurable difference on the farm immediately and into the future.
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​Grants at a Glance
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292 farms funded in 48 states and Puerto Rico
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875 total applications since 2022
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370 applications in 2025 alone -- 245% growth since 2023
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Over 5,000 nominations from all 50 states
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Now, 100 grants a year
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$500–$1000 per grant, more for collaborations
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One $10,000 grant awarded in 2026
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Even distribution between the Northeast, South, Midwest, and West.
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Who We Fund
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75% first-generation farmers
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82% small farms
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Representation includes female farmers, veterans, immigrants, and BIPOC farmers
​Farming Practices
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57 regenerative farms
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34 organic farms
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6 no-till operations
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Others include rotational grazing and mixed practices
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How They Sell
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91 farms direct to consumer
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60 farmstands
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52 farmers markets
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36 CSAs
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30 online sales operations
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Plus wholesale and restaurant supply
Stories from our farmers on the IMPACT of For Farmers grants
The future is up to us.
The future of health, communities, environment, and local and regional economies belongs to all of us. And every action you take—big or small—shapes it. Our small and mid-sized farmers hold many of the solutions we need to prosper.
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Your $1 investment in small farmers may not seem like much, but to those farmers, it feels like a community is standing in their barn saying, "We’ve got your back. We need you."
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Pleasant Grove Homestead
Our first $10,000 transformational grant
The For Farmers Movement awarded its first $10,000 Transformational Grant to Pleasant Grove Homestead in Iowa, a diversified family farm producing eggs, vegetables, poultry, honey, and pork for its community.
Pleasant Grove raises approximately 900 pasture-raised laying hens, supplying eggs to farmers markets, restaurants, and local food pantry programs. But one major constraint has limited the farm’s ability to grow: every egg must currently be washed by hand, a process that takes about five hours each day.
The Transformational Grant will fund a commercial egg washing system that will reduce egg processing time to just a few hours per week. This upgrade removes a significant labor bottleneck, allowing the farm to maintain its flock, expand egg distribution, and focus more time on growing food for its community.
The impact extends beyond the farm itself. Pleasant Grove has long partnered with local food pantry programs, which at one point purchased up to 100 dozen eggs per week. When the federal Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) program was cut in early 2025, farms and food banks across the country felt the impact, and Pleasant Grove was no exception.
By strengthening the farm’s egg enterprise, this grant helps ensure that locally produced food continues to reach both paying customers and families facing food insecurity.
Pleasant Grove Homestead exemplifies what the For Farmers Transformational Grant was created to support: strong working farms removing real bottlenecks so they can keep feeding their communities.
Nominations are now open. Year round.
Know a farmer doing great work? Nominate them. It takes 5 minutes and it has a big impact.
Don't know a farmer (yet)? We've got you! Choose from over 1,600 farmers in our network who would love for you to show up for them!
By nominating a farmer you connect them with a robust support network and the opportunity to apply for a grant supported by an engaged community of eaters and people who care about their health, communities, environment, and local and regional economies!