Grow Lane County 2027 Producer Grants
The Upper Willamette Soil & Water Conservation District, with Grow Lane County partners including Lane Community Health Council and Food for Lane County, is accepting applications for its 2027 Producer Grants. This applicant-facing financial-assistance program supports conservation improvements, productive local farms and ranches, and stronger links between Lane County food producers and residents facing food insecurity.
Applicant award and match
Individual applicants may request $2,500–$10,000 in the 2027 cycle. The administering coalition requires a 25% match, in cash or in kind, focused on delivering locally produced food to Lane County residents or eligible organizations helping residents experiencing hunger or food insecurity. The published program webpage does not specify an overall grant pool or reimbursement-only terms. It anticipates distributing awards in March 2027 after completed funding agreements.
Who can apply
Applicants must operate a farm or ranch located in Lane County, Oregon, raise or grow food primarily for Lane County markets, rely on the farm or ranch as a primary or significant household income source, and be participating in anti-hunger/food-security programs or have a concrete plan to participate during the grant period. Priority is given to historically underserved, beginning, socially disadvantaged and veteran producers. This is not an unrestricted grant to any nonprofit anywhere in Oregon; applicants must satisfy the producer-specific eligibility rules.
Eligible project purposes
Projects should improve farm or ranch soil health, water quality, resource conservation, productivity, or the diversity and volume of food grown and distributed locally; connect improvements to local anti-hunger and food-security partners. The official 2027 program page links the detailed Grant Overview & Guidelines, which control any additional eligible cost categories, exclusions, supporting receipts and project commitments. Those detailed categories should be checked before making purchases; the public overview does not establish an exhaustive allowability list.
Application, deadline, and reporting
The online application was scheduled to be available by October 1, 2026. Applicants must create or access an account in the UWSWCD Foundant grant management portal, complete the application and provide the budget, producer eligibility evidence, proposed conservation and food-security activities and 25% match description required by the current application guidelines.
Application deadline: January 7, 2027. The official program page does not publish the final submission clock time or time zone. Funder evaluations are scheduled for February 2027, funds for March 2027 after agreement, and final expense/project reports for December 31, 2027. A December 11, 2026 information session is listed. Applicants should verify the exact portal deadline and allowable-cost details with the administering district.
Official Grow Lane County 2027 program information reviewed October 25, 2026. A genuine local food-production and food-security grant, not government procurement; 25% match is mandatory, and total program allocation is not published in the main overview.