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USDA Advancing Markets for Producers (AMP)

Equipping Organic Grain Farmers with Production and Marketing Tools to Improve Economic Returns

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an unprecedented initiative that aims to expand markets and strengthen rural America by providing targeted funding to projects that meet the Farmer-First guidelines on farms, ranches, and forests. This significant investment directly finances projects that will help farmers and ranchers access new market opportunities

Marbleseed, and its partners, have been awarded grant funding through the Advancing Markets for Producers (AMP) to implement a multistate project that will engage organic grain producers and producers looking to transition to organic production.

Each participating producer will receive an enrollment incentive for the project's duration that will cost-share the expenses associated with maintaining organic certification and continuous improvement associated with organic certification. Producers will be supported by field service coordinators who will provide technical assistance, education, and collect farm and market data. Payments support producer-led organic systems planning, documentation, and decision-making required for organic certification, transition, or market expansion, rather than prescriptive practice installation or engineering standards

During this three-year project we aim to accomplish three main objectives for dozens of farmers:

  • Objective 1: Incentivize the voluntary adoption of organic soil health initiatives

  • Objective 2: Monitor and impacts of organic soil health practices on market access

  • Objective 3: Improve and expand markets

Click here to fill out an interest form. You'll be contacted by a Marbleseed staff member.
ORGANIC GRAIN INTEREST FORM FOR AMP

This project intentionally centers National Organic Program (NOP) regulations and Organic System Plans (OSPs) as the primary framework for technical assistance and producer compensation. While soil health outcomes may overlap with objectives, project funds will not be used to pay for or duplicate NRCS-defined practices, cost-share programs, or implementation expenses.

Project Team

Contact

More information, including enrollment and eligibility requirements, will be posted on this page as they are developed. For immediate information about this project, please contact our Climate and Conservation program specialist:
Mercedes Talvitie
mercedes.talvitie@marbleseed.org
888-906-6737 x707

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under agreement number NR243A750004G010.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In addition, any reference to specific brands or types of products or services does not constitute or imply an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for those products or services.
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