Deadline: 3 November 2015
FACT’s (Food Animal Concerns Trust) Fund-a-Farmer Project is providing small grants to qualifying humane farmers who need assistance in improving the welfare of their farm animals. Grant will be awarded in March 2016.
FACT is a national nonprofit organization based in Chicago that promotes humane farming and advocates for safe production of meat, milk, and eggs. FACT also helps consumers make humane and healthy choices. FACT believes that all farm animals should be granted adequate space, access to the outdoors, clean water and air, the opportunity to express their natural behaviors, and safe feed. FACT’s mission is to improve the welfare of food producing animals, broaden opportunities for humane farmers, and address the public health problems that come from the production of meat, milk, and eggs.
Grant Information
Award grants up to $2,500 will be provided for projects that help farms transition to pasture-based systems or improve access to pasture.
Eligibility Criteria
- Projects must be designed to improve animal welfare through increased access or improvements to pasture.
- Only farms located in the continental United States will be considered.
- Farms applying for funding must raise at least one of the following animal species: pigs, broiler chickens, laying hens, turkeys, dairy cows, or beef cattle. Proposed projects must impact at least one of these species.
- To be eligible, farms must already be raising animals (produce-only farms are not eligible to apply). However, projects involving a new species of animals on an existing livestock/poultry operation will be considered.
- No funds will be awarded for the purchase of animals or recurring expenses such as animal feed.
- Only accept one application per farm per year.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit Fund-a-Farmer Grant.
