Awarding Small Grants to Small Farms to Make a BIG IMPACT!
Bucks County Foodshed Alliance introduced our Small Farm Grant Program in 2019. These grants help local sustainable producing farms within the Bucks County foodshed expand and improve their businesses enabling them to be more efficient and productive. We will consider requests for:
- Small capital improvements such as creating hoop houses and other season extending improvements, movable chicken houses, or critical equipment
- Registration fee for conferences such as the annual PASA conference (Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture)
BCFA may request both an on-site farm visit and recommendations.
Help us fund this critical program, make a donation today!
Small Farm Grant Application Process
BCFA awards grants on a rolling basis according to available funds. We are limited to farms within our local Bucks County foodshed. We prioritize farms that use or are actively transitioning to sustainable agricultural practices.
We are thrilled to have awarded funds to local farms for specific projects which contributed directly to their increased sustainability:
2025 Recipients
In 2025, we awarded FOUR Small Farm Grants!
Morgan Creek FarmsGlass fronted refrigeration units from their retail farm store and CSA members, read more!
| Lower Neshanic FarmTools to support seed starting and garden, read more!
| Anchor Run FarmPurchase and replace their solar inverter, read more!
| NK Cattle CompanySite preparation and inside footing of a new barn to shelter breeding herd and winter hay, read more!
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2024 Recipients:
Pan’s ForestHoop house, read more | Rolling Hills FarmNew market tents, read more | Tinicum CSAPotato digger, read more | Hershberger Heritage FarmWebsite development, read more | Hundred Fruits FarmMicroscope for soil education and improvement |
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2023 Recipients:
Solrig FarmFreeze dryer, read more! | Hollow House FarmsDrip line irrigation system, read more |
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2020 Recipient:
2021 Recipients:
Roots to River FarmNew hoop house, read more | Primodia Mushroom FarmElectric farm delivery vehicle, read more |
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2019 Recipients:
Blooming Glen FarmRefrigeration expansion, read more | Bluestem BotanicalsLabeling machine, read more | Plowshare FarmsPig watering & feeding system, read more | Pan’s ForestSmall machinery to improve cover crop regimen, read more |
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Feed A Family, Support A Family Farm Program
The Feed a Family Support a Family Farm aims to expand access to healthy local produce by providing excess produce from local farmers at Doylestown and Wrightstown Farmers Market to limited resource members of the community. Through this program, we purchase fresh vegetables directly from our local farmers at our markets and donate them to area food pantries, supporting farmers while helping neighbors in need.
Doylestown Farmers Market donations will be collected on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. The donations will be provided to the Woman’s Place and Grundy Hall. Wrightstown Farmers Market donations will be collected on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month. The donations will be provided to Penndel Food Pantry. The program runs from June to September.
Want to help support this program – make a donation to BCFA today! You an also donate local goods purchased from the market or extra change. Donations accepted at the green market canopy during collection weeks!
Thank you to NJM Insurance Group for supporting this program.
Call for volunteers!
We need volunteers to purchase food from the farmers and drive food from the Farmers Markets to drop off locations.
Please reach out to Paul if you would like to volunteer:Â paul.w@bucksfoodshed.org
If you are interested to donate to this program, please click here.
Recipe Handout Cards
These PDFs explain the best ways to select and store each veggie plus recipes and ideas. Here are a copy of the each of the handouts we have created:
Thank you to our many generous donors who make this all possible!
With your support, this program will continue to help local farms thrive and provide our community with fresh, delicious and nutritious food.
