Value-Added Producer Grant Scholarship Program

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CAFF’s Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) Scholarship Program provides partial funding for farmers to work with Ellen Rawley Creative & Strategy, Inc. to write and submit a VAPG Grant application.

How does it work?
  • Farmers must apply for the scholarship program each year
  • Scholarship recipients will be selected based on a set of criteria and notified of their award
  • The total cost of working with Ellen Rawley Creative & Strategy, Inc. is $7,000. The scholarship provides $4,500 toward the cost of working with Ellen Rawley Creative & Strategy, Inc. Recipients are responsible for paying the remaining $2,500
What is included in the cost?
  • 4 working meetings to keep the grant proposal process on task
  • Analysis of your product and project
  • Recommended strategy for growth through the VAPG including projected COGS, production quantities, and income
  • Market research for strengthening grant arguments
  • Budget creation
  • Letters of commitment to send for signature
  • Support as growers collect needed documentation (budget valuation, letters of support, etc.) and signing up for SAM/UEI
  • Preparation of a final VAPG application for growers to submit
How do I apply?
  • Apply by submitting an online application here 
  • The application will only be available for a short time.
  • Sign up here to be notified when the application opens

Questions? Email Grace Perry, CAFF’s Farmer Services Program Manager, at grace@caff.org.