Deadline: 23-Jun-22
The Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center (NE-DBIC) announces the availability of funds through the Dairy Marketing and Branding Services Grant Program, which will provide grants for established value-added dairy processors and producer associations to access professional marketing and branding services to elevate value-added dairy businesses.
Projects funded by this grant will increase the exposure and promotion of regionally produced dairy products guided by marketing/branding professionals. Funded projects will increase consumer awareness of products, develop market channels and distribution opportunities to increase product placement, support innovative strategies to increase consumption, and/or increase business revenues.
Funding Information
- Minimum: $10,000
- Maximum: $50,000
- Match Requirement: A 25% (cash or in-kind) match commitment
- Grant funds will be distributed to grantees over three payments throughout the course of the grant project.
- Total Available Funds: $450,000
- Project Length: Between 8 and 15 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- This application is open to applicants from all Northeast states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Applicants must be one of the following:
- Dairy processors that transform raw milk sourced from the Northeast region into an edible product and are:
- licensed dairy processor in compliance with all required state and/or federal standards, as required for the sales outlets reached during the timeframe of this project; and
- headquartered or based in the Northeast; and
- if a value-added processor, products are manufactured within the Northeast.
- Dairy producer association/dairy council which represents and promotes dairy products and dairy businesses of the Northeast.
- Dairy processors that transform raw milk sourced from the Northeast region into an edible product and are:
For more information, visit Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center.
For more information, visit https://agriculture.vermont.gov/dbic/activities/dairy-marketing-branding-services-grant