Deadline: 19-Sep-2025
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.
The focus areas include supporting locally-driven projects that improve community food security through the purchase and installation of infrastructure and equipment that will increase access to local, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food. Priority will be given to projects that predominantly serve equity-deserving groups, particularly those that are led by or focus on Indigenous and Black communities.
The Small Scale Projects component of the LFIF provides grants ranging between $25,000 and $100,000 to support projects that address local food security priorities within a single community. Projects must include a food production element such as building a community garden, installing a greenhouse, or creating a food forest. Eligible activities include the purchase and installation of equipment to produce food, as well as equipment for processing, storing, distributing, or transporting food when connected to production. Applications under $25,000 will not be considered, and the maximum Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) contribution will not exceed $100,000.
Eligible applicants include Indigenous communities, governments, not-for-profit associations and organizations, municipal administrations, and other not-for-profit entities with a mission to provide community food services. Applicants must foster equity, diversity, and inclusion by ensuring equal access to opportunities and resources for all, including Two-Spirit, LGBTQ+, Black, and Indigenous communities.
The program has two application intake periods for Small Scale Projects: October 1 to October 31, 2024, and August 25 to September 19, 2025. The overall funding allocated for this stream is $23.5 million over three years beginning in 2024–25.
For more information, visit Government of Canada.
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