- Ready-made equipment purchase (e.g., freeze dryer, refrigerator, freezer, harvester, seed cleaner, heat pump)
- Purchasing of supplies, equipment, and services to modify or build a custom piece of machinery that is not commercially available (e.g., seed cleaning trailer, elderberry destemmer, custom mechanical harvester)
- Supplies to support growing, harvesting, or processing of CLC crop and food products (e.g., electrical supplies, plumbing supplies, structures to grow or process crops)
- Consumeable goods (e.g., pots, soil amendments, water)
- Seeds and bareroot plant stock (e.g., hazelnut) purchase
- Printing of training manuals, promotional and outreach materials, and new product labels
- Infrastructure to scale production (e.g., contract for construction of large shed to store, protect, and operate processing machinery; creation/enhancement of loading pad to improve shipping and receiving; raised plant beds; greenhouse; electrical; and plumbing)
- In-state travel (mileage, lodging) to attend conferences, training sessions, meet with prospective growers, buyers, and farmers, provide outreach
- Contracts for development of specialty parts from a machinist, machine technical assistance, and equipment retrofits
- Contracts for graphic design to develop labels and packaging for new CLC products
- Contracts for pre-marketing services to find buyers and markets for crops and development of a marketing strategy, and lawyers to develop agreements with value-added companies (e.g., Kernza® grain to flour) and co-operative membership agreements
- Incentive payments to program beneficiaries for developing standard operating procedures and recipes for new products, developing logistics for new distribution systems, implementing new infrastructure and equipment for CLC crops and cropping systems, and providing technical assistance and training to new farmers
- Ready-made equipment purchase (e.g., freeze dryer, refrigerator, freezer, harvester, seed cleaner, heat pump)
- Purchasing of supplies, equipment, and services to modify or build a custom piece of machinery that is not commercially available (e.g., seed cleaning trailer, elderberry destemmer, custom mechanical harvester)
- Supplies to support growing, harvesting, or processing of CLC crop and food products (e.g., electrical supplies, plumbing supplies, structures to grow or process crops)
- Consumeable goods (e.g., pots, soil amendments, water)
- Seeds and bareroot plant stock (e.g., hazelnut) purchase
- Printing of training manuals, promotional and outreach materials, and new product labels
- Infrastructure to scale production (e.g., contract for construction of large shed to store, protect, and operate processing machinery; creation/enhancement of loading pad to improve shipping and receiving; raised plant beds; greenhouse; electrical; and plumbing)
- In-state travel (mileage, lodging) to attend conferences, training sessions, meet with prospective growers, buyers, and farmers, provide outreach
- Contracts for development of specialty parts from a machinist, machine technical assistance, and equipment retrofits
- Contracts for graphic design to develop labels and packaging for new CLC products
- Contracts for pre-marketing services to find buyers and markets for crops and development of a marketing strategy, and lawyers to develop agreements with value-added companies (e.g., Kernza® grain to flour) and co-operative membership agreements
- Incentive payments to program beneficiaries for developing standard operating procedures and recipes for new products, developing logistics for new distribution systems, implementing new infrastructure and equipment for CLC crops and cropping systems, and providing technical assistance and training to new farmers
Yes. As long as the person or entity purchasing the equipment is in Minnesota and the equipment will be used in Minnesota, it can be purchased from somewhere out of state.
Yes. As long as the person or entity purchasing the equipment is in Minnesota and the equipment will be used in Minnesota, it can be purchased from somewhere out of state.
Yes, you can include equipment shipping costs in your cost estimate when you submit your application.
Yes, you can include equipment shipping costs in your cost estimate when you submit your application.
You can submit an application for any equipment not listed under the “ineligible expenses” section of the RFP. Rather than MDA providing a finite list of eligible equipment, we are asking that applicants present an explanation for how the equipment they want to buy is necessary to advance soil health on their operation.
You can submit an application for any equipment not listed under the “ineligible expenses” section of the RFP. Rather than MDA providing a finite list of eligible equipment, we are asking that applicants present an explanation for how the equipment they want to buy is necessary to advance soil health on their operation.
Applicants must be owners or lessees of farmland in Minnesota. It must be the owner or lessee of farmland involved in a given operation who applies for a grant on behalf of that operation. Local government units (including cities, towns, counties, soil and water conservation districts, Tribal nations, and joint powers boards) do not have to be owners or lessees of farmland to apply.
