Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Planning Grants
This program provides funding to local governments in Virginia to foster collaboration with agriculture and forestry businesses, promoting innovative initiatives that enhance these industries' integration into the community's economic development.
Description
The goal of the Governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund (AFID) Planning Grant program is to support Virginia agriculture and forestry by:
Funding innovative local efforts to assist agriculture and forestry based businesses, and
Encouraging local governments and the ag/forestry community to work together on better integrating these industries their community’s overall economic development efforts.