Bucks County Foodshed Alliance (BCFA) began offering Small Farm Grants to farmers in the Bucks County region in 2019. The grant aims to provide funds to local farmers to make capital and other improvements supporting the farms’ long term health. It prioritizes farms that employ sustainable agricultural practices. So far in 2024, BCFA has awarded five separate grants to local farmers so far in 2024, totaling nearly $10,000. One of the grants was awarded to Hershberger Heritage Farm.
Hershberger Heritage Farm is a fourth generation farmers offering livestock products raised using a rotational pasture system in Bucks County. In addition to their on farm shop, they attend the Doylestown Farmers Market and the Yardley Farmers Market. BCFA awarded them the small farm grant to help with website development, Farmer Nate writes:
“Thanks to the grant from BCFA, Hershberger Heritage Farm now has the ability to easily grow our grass fed and pasture raised meat home delivery service called Berger Box for the first time since inception. The grant has allowed us to build a brand new completely professional and functional website to handle our customers custom orders and provide many customer facing website features that would otherwise be impossible without BCFA’s help, support and guidance. I am so very thankful to be awarded this grant, and will owe the future success of my business in part to BCFA and all they have done for HHF.”
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