Beginning Farmer and Farmworker Training Program
The Beginning Farmer and Farmworker Training Program supports new and existing beginning farmer training programs and agricultural apprenticeship programs in California. The program is aimed at helping to strengthen networks and developing strategies to overcome barriers including but not limited to education, training, land access, capital, and equipment for production and marketing of crops. The program also focuses on prioritizing direct access to historically underserved groups to ensure the transition to farm ownership is successful.
New! CDFA ANNOUNCES Awards for $5 million for the Beginning Farmer and Farmworker Training Grant Program (BFFTP)
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) Office of Grants Administration announces that it is awarding $5 million in grants to seven projects throughout the state through the 2025 Beginning Farmer and Farmworker Training Grant Program (BFFTP).
This program provides support to organizations to enhance or expand beginning farmer and farmworker training/apprenticeship programs in California. The overall goal of the program is to ensure that resources are dedicated to strengthening support for socially disadvantaged and/or beginning farmers and ranchers in the first ten years of business, and for farmworkers who can improve their job security with additional skills training. A secondary goal of the program is to build and grow regional networks to ensure organizations can provide adequate support and training opportunities for those most underserved in the agricultural industry.
Program Status
Closed
The 2022 BFFTP Grant Program is now closed.
Contact Us
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Office of Grants Administration
1220 N Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Phone: (916)657-3231
Grants@cdfa.ca.gov