Grant Purpose:
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to provide grants to farmers to address on-farm barriers to improving or maintaining soil health through the adoption, trial, scaling, or maintenance of healthy soils best practices.
Eligible expenses include, but are not limited to, equipment, labor, and materials.
Eligible applicants include:
Farmers in Maine who meet all of the following:
Operate a farm located in Maine
Produce at least $2,000 in annual agricultural sales (or equivalent community food production) in at least one of the past three years
Have access to at least one acre of farmable land (does not need to be contiguous or fully in production)
Enroll in the Maine Healthy Soils Program
Commit to soil health testing and management planning if awarded (or already have a recent plan within 3 years)
Have not received a Soil Health Implementation Grant in the past three funding cycles
Funding range:
Up to $65,000 per applicant to support adoption, trial, scaling, or maintenance of healthy soils practices.
Application deadline:
March 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
More information and application:
https://www.maine.gov/dacf/ard/resources/healthysoils/index.shtml
Funding opportunities are listed by application deadline. These are not scheduled events.