The following Minnesota produce farms have been awarded funds through the Produce Safety Mini-Grant. This grant opportunity is funded through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Specialty Crop Block Grant (SCBG).

We received 156 applications for the 2023 Produce Safety Mini-Grant. $34,063 was available and we were able to award funds to 43 of the applicants.

  • 2JCK Organic Produce
  • 40 Acre Co-op
  • Afton Apple Orchard
  • Agua Gorda Coop
  • Axdahl Farms, Inc.
  • Caliton's Family Farm
  • Cimarron Community Farm
  • Clear Lake Gardens
  • Dancing Gnome Farm
  • Der Thao
  • Dowell Farm and Gardens
  • Farm in the Dell of the Red River Valley
  • Farm Lande LLC
  • Featherstone Farm
  • Forest Mushrooms Inc.
  • GEDEF Organic Farm
  • Green Haven Farm Market LLC
  • Green Joy Organic Farm
  • Hope Organic
  • IRONSHOE FARM
  • Lisaviole Organic Farm
  • Lone Rock Farms
  • LV Garden
  • Maple Ridge Produce
  • Middle Fork Farm
  • Moshky Farm
  • Moua Farm
  • My Little Garden
  • Naima’s Farm LLC
  • Nao Pao Xiong
  • Open Hands Farm, LLC
  • Otter Berry Farm
  • Pachia Thao
  • Pahl Farms
  • Papas Pumpkin Patch LLC
  • Pheng Yang Produce
  • Prairie Drifter Farm
  • Revol Greens
  • Rotational Roots
  • StrongHeart Farms
  • Svihel Vegetable Farm
  • Upbeet Acres LLC
  • Wescott Agri Products

We received 99 applications for the 2022 Produce Safety Mini-Grant. $18,400 was available and we were able to award funds to 26 of the applicants.

  • Acorn Acres
  • AlliCat Farm
  • Boreal Bounty Farm
  • Brambling Rows
  • Buck Hills Farm
  • Cimarron Community Farm LLC
  • Cook Crop, LLC
  • Cowgirl Acre's
  • Dream of Wild Health
  • Early Frost Farms
  • Farm Lande LLC
  • Hilltop Greenhouse and Produce, LLC
  • Iron Shoe Farm
  • Leuer Gardens LLC
  • Live Organically
  • Mary Teubner
  • Owl Bluff Farm
  • Papa's Pumpkin Patch
  • Prairie Rose Farm
  • River Bend Gardens
  • Solar Fresh Produce LLC
  • SolFed Farm
  • Spark-Y: Youth Action Labs
  • The Greensted
  • Third Tree Farm
  • Tuttie Fruitties

We had a trial of our mini-grant in 2021. $2200 was available and we were able to award funds to all applicants.

  • MN Harvest LLC
  • Joe Zywiec
  • Pearson Organics LLC
  • Revol Greens MN LLC
  • Van Erkel Farms Inc
  • Vine Valley Farms
  • Wescott Agri Products Inc
  • Women's Environmental Institute