The Illinois Local Food Infrastructure Grant supports purchasing, leasing, renting, building, or installing infrastructure that enhances local food processing, aggregation, and distribution. Funding covers value-added processing, livestock processing, milling, dairy, refrigerated vehicles, food hubs, community kitchens, and other critical supply chain components. Grants up to $250,000 for collaborative projects and $75,000 for individual projects are available to eligible Illinois farms, cooperatives, food businesses, nonprofits, and local governments.
Applicants must be located in Illinois and involved in storing, processing, packaging, aggregating, or distributing value-added products. Eligible entities include Illinois farms, cooperatives, processing facilities, food businesses, food hubs with 50 or fewer employees, nonprofits, and local govern
