COVID-19 Farmer Support Grant

 

AUA and partner organizations launched the COVID-19 Farmer Support Grant in April to provide Chicagoland food producers with immediate financial support to cover operating expenses and provide emergency food relief to their communities. Through both rounds of funding, 67 grants were awarded totaling over $120,000.

COVID-19 Farmer Support Grant Awardees (Round 1)

During our first round of Farmer Support Grants, small grants of $500-$1,000 were granted to Chicagoland farm businesses who had been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and were in need of immediate financial support for one or more of the following purposes: farm supplies, farmer income support, food safety initiatives, labor support, market adaptation. 

Below are the 32 recipients. 

  • Anonymous Farm #1
  • Anonymous Farm #2
  • Bike a Bee
  • Broadview Farms and Gardens
  • Bronzeville Community Garden
  • Catatumbo Cooperative Farm
  • Cedillo’s Fresh Produce
  • Chanticlare Farm
  • Chicago Indoor Garden
  • Chicago Patchwork Farm
  • Earnest Earth
  • Finding Justice: A Flower and Vegetable Garden
  • Gardeneers
  • Getting Grown Collective
  • Global Garden Refugee Training Farm
  • Good Vibes
  • Growing Solutions Farm
  • Mâs Organic Sustainable Farm
  • Middleton Preserves
  • Mint Creek Farm
  • Multiple Harvest LLC
  • Nodding Onion Farm
  • Orchard Village Farm
  • OTIS Fresh Farm
  • Purewater Aquaponics
  • Run-A-Way Buckers Club
  • Smooth and Social Roots LLC
  • Star Farm Chicago
  • The Urban Canopy
  • Von Bergenâ’s Country Market
  • Wash Tub Farms
  • Your Bountiful Harvest Family Farm

COVID-19 Farmer Support Grant

 

COVID-19 Farmer Support Grant Awardees (Round 2)

During our second round of Farmer Support Grants, we expanded our eligibility to include community gardens and collaborative projects while continuing to support farm businesses who had been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and were in need of immediate financial support for one or more of the following purposes: collaborative projects, emergency food response, farm supplies, farmer income support, food safety initiatives, labor support, market adaptation. Below are the 35 recipients.

9 Community Gardens
Altgeld Sawyer Comer Garden, El Jardui­n De Las Mariposas, Heartland Alliance Chicago Farmworks, Lemon Balm Community Permaculture Garden, Anonymous, Otis Fresh Market, Park 540 Community Garden, Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation Community Garden, Trickster Cultural Center 

20 Farm Businesses

A&P Paradise Garden, B.S.S.R Youth Center/Academy Farm, Catatumbo Cooperative Farm, Cedillo’s Fresh Produce, Chicago Patchwork Farms, Earnest Earth, Fresher Together, Full Circle Fungi, Good Vibes Farm, Grow and Thrive, Growing Solutions, Iyabo Farms, Mother Carr’s Farm, Prarie Earth Farms, Star Farm Chicago, Stein Learning Garden, Three Bees, Wash Tub Farms, Anonymous, Your Bountiful Harvest Family Farm

6 Collaboratives Projects

Chicago Grows Food for Grow Your Groceries Campaign ( Stein Learning Gardens), Proyecto Colaborativo Mercado de Colores (Un Nuevo Despertar), Chicago Bread Club Collaborative Projecto  (Chicago Bread Club), The adventure Farm (Patchwork Farms), Farm.Food. Familia Mutual-Aid Meals (Getting Grown Collective), Fresher Together BIPOC Harvest Bag (Fresher Together). 

In partnership with Slow Food Chicago