2023 Funded Projects
In 2023, FACT awarded 87 Fund-a-Farmer Grants totaling over $253,000 to farmers located in 34 states and the District of Columbia. Since 2012, FACT has cumulatively awarded 608 grants totaling over $1,110,000 to farmers across 44 states, directly benefiting an estimated 978,600 animals. Learn more about our newest cohort of grant recipients below!
Grants for farmers seeking or holding animal welfare certification (sponsored by the ASPCA):
ALL Family Farm in Middletown, New York received a grant for $2,876 for a 1.25 acre expansion of Berkshire pig paddocks into woodland to create a rotational pasture system and meet requirements for Certified Humane animal welfare.
Birds N' Things Farm in Ashland, Wisconsin received a grant for $3,000 to purchase rotational hot fencing (poultry fencing) for meat birds on pasture.
Black Ranch in Williams, Arizona received a grant for $3,000 to purchase a mobile storage bin for organic feed to become Global Animal Partnership (GAP) Animal Welfare Certified for pigs.
Boxcarr Farms in Cedar Grove, North Carolina received a grant for $3,000 for the purchase and installation of automatic insulated waterers for their farmstead dairy goat herd.
Circle O Livestock LLC in Vale, Oregon received a grant for $3,000 to install fencing and build 8 paddocks on 12 acres to spread out swine breeding stock to allow rest, regrowth and break parasite cycles on pastures. The farm is Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World.
Green Rock Farm in Winchester, Virginia received a grant for $3,000 to develop a lower stress sorting protocol for sheep, cattle and guard donkeys by purchasing a mobile sorting facility to help keep animals on pasture when sorting.
Harlow Ranch Bison Company in Thompson Falls, Montana received a grant for $2,992 to expand pasture for beef cattle and bison through access to water by purchasing and installing a solar pump kit with solar panels, and a large trough in order to supply water to the south and the east ends of the water line.
Holly Hill Ranch, LLC in Almond, Wisconsin received a grant for $3,000 to build a perimeter fence and convert 7.6 acres of hay fields and forest to pasture in order to increase rotational grazing for turkeys, ducks, geese, and sheep.
Late Bloomer Ranch LLC in Driggs, Idaho received a grant for $2,976 to overhaul current pasture watering system with the addition of larger portable tanks, mud control grids, and hog-specific waterers to increase access to clean drinking water for sheep, dairy cows, poultry, and pigs on pasture.
McGarva Ranch in Evant, Texas received a grant for $3,000 to add shade for livestock water troughs and buried water lines to rotationally graze 175 acres of depleted farm ground.
Moonstone Farmstead in Washington, D.C. received a grant for $3,000 to purchase and install portable electric fencing, aerial netting, and, seed chicken forage cover crop to rotationally graze 240 broilers and 200 heritage laying hens on pasture in the Mid-Atlantic during the warm season.
North Country Creamery in Keeseville, New York received a grant for $2,984 to expand the dairy cow winter hoop barn to increase the herd size and production of AWA dairy products, creating a more economically sustainable business with increased sales and profits.
One Willow Farm WA LLC in Oak Harbor, Washington received a grant for $3,000 to purchase fencing materials to replace rotten perimeter fencing in order to keep ground predators out and keep laying hens, broiler chickens and turkeys safe within the pasture system while incorporating unutilized sections of the pasture into a rotational.
Ozark Valley Bison Farm, LLC in Fox, Arkansas received a grant for $3,000 to purchase and install fencing to increase available pasture land for a herd of approximately 60 bison. The farm is Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World.
Pompey's Rest - Jackson Family Pastures in Ware Shoals, South Carolina received a grant for $3,000 to purchase and install a Squeeze Chute to safely and humanely work cattle. The farm is Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World.
Saudade Farms in Sherburne, New York received a grant for $3,000 to improve the welfare of sheep flock with investment in a humane mobile handling system with the ultimate goal of becoming Animal Welfare Approved (AWA) by AGW.
Sowing Roots Farm LLC in Underhill, Vermont received a grant for $3000 to purchase three mobile chicken coops.
Sweet Water Organic Farm in Amherst, Virginia received a grant for $3,000 for “Fresh Greens & Bugs for the Chickens” - expanding pasture and building additional mobile shelters.
Grants for pasture improvement projects (sponsored by FACT)
Action Jackson Farms in Salvisa, Kentucky received a grant for $3,000 to improve overall goat health by providing portable fence line feeders for pasture feeding.
Arnolds' Farm in Elizabeth, Illinois received a grant for $3,000 to purchase a portable sawmill in order to process farm timber into useable lumber for livestock shelter repairs, pasture fencing, and to provide a sustainable wildlife habitat.
Arrow J Beef Co. in Ravendale, California received a grant for $3,000 to purchase electric poultry fencing, and automatic door to implement rotational grazing for pasture raised chickens. Improve soil fertility and pasture quality while simultaneously improving quality of life for both poultry and cattle, concentrating on livestock as a land management tool, through the implementation of systematic and routine pasture rotation.
Bedrock Farm in Saint Albans, Vermont received a grant for $3,000 to expand an existing rotational grazing system for dairy cows by permanently converting more than 20 acres of hay/crop land into 15+ grazing paddocks by installing fencing and waterline facilities.
Bennett Family Farms in Adel, Georgia received a grant for $3,000 to add 8 additional water sources onto a new water line to give livestock better access to fresh, clean water and expand a regenerative grazing system.
BERG Livestock in Martin, Tennessee received a grant for $3,000 to purchase equipment to mechanically control brush, sow pastures using a no-till drill, and bale graze, thus creating more grazeable acres with diverse forages while improving health and well-being of animals, soils, plants, and people.
Black Dog Farm in Livingston, Montana received a grant for $2,965 to improve the chick brooder - finishing insulation, installing ventilation, and upgrading heat, feeding, and watering systems - to double chicken production.
Black Earth Forest Farm in Washington, Maine received a grant for $3,000 to purchase portable corral panels to safely and efficiently handle sheep on solar grazing sites.
Bottomland Farm in Berkshire, New York received a grant for $3,000 to install perimeter fencing on two acres of annual crop ground being converted to perennial pasture to contain meat goats, broilers, turkeys, laying hens, and LGDs, while also reducing predator pressure during rotational grazing.
Branch Mountain Farm in Lincoln, Arkansas received a grant for $3,000 to capture and transport rainwater for forest-raised pigs to diminish the harmful impact of increased drought periods by reducing reliance on well water for livestock watering.
Brass Family Farm in Stillman Valley, Illinois received a grant for $3,000 to purchase infrastructure (electrified net fencing , water piping, and a hog range water drinker) for pastured pigs to open up and utilize areas that are currently not grazable, decrease invasive plant species, reduce predator habitat, and create shelter belt areas the animals to retreat from weather extremes.
Chosen Farms in Pemberton, New Jersey received a grant for $3,000 to purchase fencing supplies, seed, and other pasturing infrastructure in order to transition four acres of soy/corn fields into chicken pasture.
Cove Creek Farm in Sewanee, Tennessee received a grant for $3,000 to purchase bulk feeders, automatic waterers, portable shelters for pigs to improve the efficiency of pasture rotations.
Crow Fly Farms in Marion, North Carolina received a grant for $3,000 to expand available pasture for beef cattle, sheep, and swine through the development of silvopasture in forested areas.
Deep Roots Enterprises in Gulfport, Mississippi received a grant for $3,000 to expand overgrown areas to become pasture for pasture raised chicken, beef, pigs, and rabbits.
Double JB Farm in Fayetteville, Tennessee received a grant for $2,998 to purchase materials to install 8 frost-free hydrants with 6 20A GFCI heater circuits for freeze protection to provide year-round fresh water. These improvements will expand the pasture area from 1 to 6 acres and allow pasture rotation for dairy goats and water for pigs.
Ever Favor Farms in Woodstock, Illinois received a grant for $2,956 to purchase and assemble separate coops and watering equipment for broiler chickens and turkeys on two acres of pasture.
Fast Feast Farm in Bartow, Georgia received a grant for $2,569 to install two acres of perimeter fencing to increase the welfare of goats with greater access to pasture and browse, improving soil and pasture quality.
Finicky Farm, LLC in Northfield, Massachusetts received a grant for $3,000 to purchase and install appr. 1,570 feet of permanent perimeter fencing along the farm’s highway frontage to protect sheep and goats.
Five Pillars Farm in Unity, Maine received a grant for $3,000 to design and implement a rotational, free range, pastured meat bird operation as a way to practice a more humane poultry production program and improve soil quality of pastures to help in greater carbon sequestering and multi-livestock parasite mitigation.
Flying Dog Farm LLC in Tunbridge, Vermont received a grant for $3,000 to build a mobile shade shelter and purchase a Livestock Guardian Dog to improve sheep welfare and access to more pasture.
Gadient Family Farms in Cascade, Iowa received a grant for $3,000 to install water lines, cement and automatic waterers to provide continuous freshwater to sows and piglets on pasture.
Grand View Beef in Clarion, Iowa received a grant for $3,000 to plant 80 acres to perennial pasture that was previously row cropped in order to rotationally graze 100% grass fed cattle.
Green Fire Farm LLC in Monticello, Wisconsin received a grant for $3,000 to upgrade existing fence to improve grazing area for sheep flock while restoring a highly disturbed pasture on the farm, and decrease stress while rotating between two pastures 0.75 miles apart.
Gretta's Goats - Short Leg Farm in Pecatonica, Illinois received a grant for $3000 to improve access to water in barns and pastures for a herd of dairy goats.
Hen and Harvest Farm in Turlock, California received a grant for $3,000 to purchase portable fencing and forage mix to establish a flock of sheep in a rotationally grazed system that will improve the quality of pasture.
High Hog Farm in Grayson, Georgia received a grant for $2,970 to protect and maintain ongoing silvopasture developments by adding hotwire/deer fencing and incorporating natural soil-building strategies, such as compost tea applications for chickens, sheep and rabbits on pasture.
Hildred's Farm in South Windsor, Connecticut received a grant for $3,000 to reclaim hillside acreage, overgrown with invasive plant species, as viable forage in a rotational grazing program for flock of sheep.
Hills of Kindness Farm in Campbellsville, Kentucky received a grant for $3,000 to add water to paddock for rotationally grazing of beef cattle, dairy cows, sheep, pigs and poultry.
Honeysuckle Farm in Morris, Illinois received a grant for $2,895 to install piping to supply water to cows, pigs, chickens, and turkeys on pasture.
Hunger Moon Farm in Enosburg Falls, Vermont received a grant for $3,000 to purchase electric netting and a solar energizer to rotationally graze goats, laying hens, broilers and ducks.
Jones Hill Farm in Larsen, Wisconsin received a grant for $3,000 to set up electric fencing for a rotational pasture system for feeder pigs to have access to nutritious silvopasture and to improve the land through manure distribution and hoof and rooting impact.
Joyful Wren Farm, LLC in Champaign, Illinois received a grant for $3,000 to build a clean, efficient, egg handling room in an existent office of an outbuilding by plumbing the room and adding a water heater and sinks.
Jubilo Farm in Rochester, Minnesota received a grant for $3,000 to expand pastures to an additional 35 acres for the raising of meat sheep of the Blackhead Dorper breed.
Kentuckiana Backyard Farms in Louisville, Kentucky received a grant for $1,860 for fencing for urban goats to graze lots around the city in a safe manner.
Kremer Buffalo LLC in Keystone, South Dakota received a grant for $3,000 to purchase a portable storage drinker to offer a more consistent watering source point to bison herd, specifically the young calves in the spring and early summer.
Laxey Creek Sheep Ranch LLC in Mineral Point, Wisconsin received a grant for $3,000 to build three bridges to enable sheep flock to easily cross the streams that divide the land which will improve and increase the access to pasture.
Marigold Livestock Co. in Basalt, Colorado received a grant for $3,000 to purchase pasture water system and feeders for poultry.
Matheson Farms LLC in Bellingham, Washington received a grant for $2,993 to purchase and install electronic fencing, gates, and a water trough will be installed for beef cattle to graze regeneratively (followed by the laying hens) for improved biodiversity, production, animal safety, animal welfare, and animal health.
Meadowcroft in Washington, Maine received a grant for $3,000 to build a 40X80 fabric covered heavy use area for sheep (Greenhouse barn) with attached manure storage and scrape lanes to mitigate a variety of health risk factors exacerbated by winter as well new weather cycles of drought and drench.
Midwest Prime Farms in Ambia, Indiana received a grant for $2,739 to improve and expand pastured poultry operation. Purchase portable electric net fencing to protect broiler chickens and turkeys from predators while raising on pasture; add watering and feed systems to existing portable broiler tractors to ensure constant and clean nutrition.
MKONO Farm in Bloomington, Indiana received a grant for $3,000 to complete a 6.5 acre silvopasture project with diverse grasses and legumes, cross fencing, and temporary HogNet for rotational grazing to utilize areas of the farm for nutrient dense grazing that previously have not been grazable by kunekune pigs.
New Roots Farm in West River, Maryland received a grant for $3,000 to purchase and use the Allflex Sensehub beef cattle monitoring system to monitor cattle in grass-finished herd on pasture for weather related stress, grazing time, rumination, health and productivity. This system provides actionable information on animal health and productivity in realtime and will be used to improve grazing and pasture management.
Old Koloa Regenerative Farm in Koloa, Hawaii received a grant for $3,000 to establish a perimeter fence and install cross fencing to create a paddock system on new pasture land in efforts to expand access for chickens, laying hens, goats and pigs to well-managed pasture, while promoting regenerative rotational grazing practices.
Orchard Ridge Farm in Gorham, Maine received a grant for $962 to convert a 6x8' trailer to a portable grain and water unit for a flock of laying hens while on pasture.
PearlJack Farm in West Richland, Washington received a grant for $2,450 to improve and expand rotational, pastured poultry operation by purchasing one more livestock guardian dog, additional fencing, and the materials to build two Suscovich-style mobile chicken coops and one mobile turkey shelter.
Placke Organic Acres in Cuba City, Wisconsin received a grant for $3,000 to add a water line and heated waterer to new pasture for dairy cows, and adding hard fencing for expanded pasture for pigs.
Pride Road Farm in Shady Dale, Georgia received a grant for $2,907 to build additional pastured chicken tractors to improve and expand pasture raised broilers capacity, from 200 broilers per cycle to 1,000 broilers per cycle.
Radical Roots Farm in Canterbury, Connecticut received a grant for $3,000 to purchase two portable poultry tractors for pasturing heritage chickens, turkeys, and ducks.
RanchitoAlegre LLC in Ignacio, Colorado received a grant for $3,000 for sequential plantings of balanced seed mixtures to restore degraded land add sustainable healthy forage for cows, chickens, sheep and goats.
Ree'Nor Ranch in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania received a grant for $3,000 to purchase portable fencing and solar energizers to move heritage hogs through more pastures and silvopastures, as well as provide the opportunity to try different forages for reseeding silvopastures.
Robinson-Seelye Farms in Cassopolis, Michigan received a grant for $3,000 to add 12 acres of existing forage for rotational grazing of cattle and pigs.
Rogue Branch Farm LLC in Victoria, Virginia received a grant for $3,000 to purchase and build additional pasture shelters and pasture infrastructure (trailer-mounted water tanks) for pastured turkeys and broilers.
Rooted Hearts Homestead in South Haven, Michigan received a grant for $3,000 to increase access to quality pasture/forage area for heritage pigs on leased land.
Shat Acres Highland Cattle LLC in Plainfield, Vermont received a grant for $2,920 to enhance pasture and hayland to improve quality and quantity of feed for Highland beef and breeding stock cattle, particularly to address drought conditions caused by climate change.
Sleeping Lion Farm in Springfield Center, New York received a grant for $3,000 to purchase materials to install a high tensile perimeter fence on former crop land to support expansion of rotational grazing of cattle.
Smart Growth Farm in Devine, Texas received a grant for $3,000 for a “South Texas Edible Silvopasture Project.” They will use mulberry trees, one of the most sustainable trees, to improve biodiversity, provide a high-protein feed source to our rotational pork and sheep operations, and reduce the ambient temperature with the mulberry tree's foliage during south Texas summers.
Sullivan Family Farm in Manitowoc, Wisconsin received a grant for $1,795 to install birdhouses on the steel posts to increase the bug eating bird population in pastures used for rotational grazing of beef cattle and sheep.
Sullivan Farms in Fayette, Missouri received a grant for $3,000 to purchase a new bulk feeder bin to feed pasture-raised hogs.
SweetFolly Farm in Polo, Illinois received a grant for $3,000 to fence and cross fence a currently unused pasture of approximately four acres to transition goat herd to pasture grazing, allowing them more physical room than their current dry lots, a more natural diet based on browsing and perennials, and to also rejuvenate the land.
Tenville pasture in Red Oak, Iowa received a grant for $3,000 to replace a manual hand pump with a solar pump to provide fresh water for cow herd and allow for rotational grazing.
Terra Vitae Farms in Woodstock, Illinois received a grant for $2,000 to purchase tubing to bring water to beef cattle, poultry, goats, sheep and swine in all areas of the farm to increase clean water access - in turn providing greater access to more pasture on the farm property.
The Jones Farm in Cuba, Alabama received a grant for $3,000 to establish better conditions for feeding, watering, medicating and grazing beef cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, guinea fowl, and ducks.
Three Sons Farm in Ramona, California received a grant for $3,000 to purchase perimeter fencing materials to allow for a greater amount of usable grazing space for pastured beef cattle enterprise.
Triple J Pastures in Irasburg, Vermont received a grant for $3,000 to purchase a lime spreader and lime to keep our soil balanced and health for beef cattle, chickens, turkeys, ducks, pigs, sheep and goats on pasture.
Wayfinder Holistics (formerly Waddle Om Farm) in Scottsville, Virginia received a grant for $3,000 to improve pasture with acidic poor soil to create healthier soil, plants, and sheep.
Wahle Farm in Council Bluffs, Iowa received a grant for $3,000 to expand current area of reclaimed pasture, continue pasture rehabilitation, and begin rotational grazing for heritage breed farrow to finish swine and broiler chickens.
Wanda Farm in Harvard, Illinois received a grant for $3,000 to install frost free watering tanks for cattle to extend grazing season and continue to feed hay out on pasture during winter months.
Windy Hills Farm in Touchet, Washington received a grant for $3,000 to purchase a chicken tractor (mobile range coop) in order to move animals daily for rotational grazing to improve soil and animal health by distributing manure evenly and keeping weeds under control.