Provides financial assistance to specialty crop producers to help expand domestic markets or develop new markets. Supports costs related to tenderness, perishability, specialized handling, transport, packaging, and labor for crops like fruits, vegetables, floriculture, nursery crops, and herbs.
Eligible applicants include U.S. citizens, resident aliens, partnerships, corporations, LLCs, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, or certain foreign entities producing specialty crops with specific income and compliance requirements.
