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Local Food Infrastructure Fund – Small Scale Projects (LFIF) | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

October 31, 2024

Value

Provides grant funding between $25,000 and $100,000.

Description

The Local Food Infrastructure Fund (LFIF) supports projects that strengthen community food security and increase the availability and accessibility of local, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food through food production-focused activities for equity-deserving groups, particularly Indigenous and Black communities.

Eligible Applicants

You must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible:

  • You are one of the following organization types:
    • Indigenous (First Nation, Métis, Inuit): First Nation, Inuit or Métis organization. They may include:
      • First Nation, Inuit or Métis community and/or governments
      • First Nation, Inuit or Métis not-for-profit associations
      • First Nation, Inuit or Métis not-for-profit organizations
    • Not-for-profit: Organizations that have a mandate or mission to provide community food services. They may include:
      • associations
      • corporations
      • local community, charitable or voluntary organizations
    • Municipal Administrations
  • Your organization fosters equity, diversity and inclusion by removing barriers so that each person (including those who identify as Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and others, as well as Black and Indigenous communities) has equal access to opportunities and resources and can achieve their full potential.
  • By the application submission date, you’ve been in operation for at least 2 years as a legal entity (federally, provincially, or territorially incorporated) capable of entering into legally binding agreements.

Eligible Expenses

AAFC will only fund project-related costs that are pertinent, reasonable and essential to accomplish the objectives of an eligible activity. Eligible costs are infrastructure/equipment that are purchased, constructed, developed or otherwise acquired and:

  • are an essential part of the project activities
  • are not intended for resale in the ordinary course of operations
  • the cost of which are considered to include the purchase price plus other acquisition costs, such as installation costs, freight charges, shipping costs, and duties
  • have a useful life for at least 2 years after the project completion date
  • are for project-related deliverables, such as:
    • contracted installation (only eligible for LFIF-funded equipment)
    • freight and duty charges
    • one-time initial training for operation of a specialized piece of equipment funded under the project
    • shipping
    • site preparation

Deadline Date

Applications will be accepted from October 1, 2024 to October 31, 2024 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time.

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