Eligibility Screening: Food Hub Worker Safety & Infrastructure Grants

Eligibility Screening for Food Hub Grants - Round 2

OCFSN 2025 Food Hub Worker Safety & Infrastructure Grants
Once you finish this screening process, you will know if you are eligible to apply for a Food Hub Grant in 2025.

In 2024, we received three times the amount of requests for funding as we had available funds to distribute. In Round 2, we are prioritizing food hubs that were not funded in Round 1. If you received a 2024 award of $5,000 or more from either food hub grant (Infrastructure or Worker Safety), your hub is ineligible for Round 2 funding from both grants (Infrastructure or Worker Safety). See a full list of ineligible hubs here.

There is a total of $350,000 available to grant in Round 2.

View the OCFSN Food Hub Grants webpage for more information or contact Caitlin Seyfried caitlin@ocfsn.org.

Eligibility for Round 2 (2025)
- The organization or business must be a legal entity.
- Your organization is covered under the above working definition of a food hub.
  - Our working definition of a Food Hub includes an organization and/or business that engages in hub & hub-like activities that create economic value in their communities by providing dedicated physical and logistical infrastructure and creating markets for locally or regionally produced ranch, agricultural or value added products.
- Your organization must be an active participant, collaborator in the Food Hub Network OR participate and collaborate with other parts of OCFSN, OR gain sponsorship from a participating or member organization.
  - Participation and collaboration can include attending working group meetings, knowledge and resource sharing, attending convenings, partnering with OCFSN member orgs, or engaging TA resources.
  - Collaboration with the Food Hub Network includes partnership with participating organizations, and partnership with OCFSN member organization
  - A participating or member organization can provide a reference to sponsor a non-member, non-participating or collaborating organization.
- Your organization did not receive a Capacity Building Grant, $5,000 or more, from OCFSN in Round 1 (2024). An award for an Infrastructure or Worker Safety grant of $5,000 or more makes your hub ineligible for funds from both types grants (Infrastructure and Worker Safety) in Round 2.
Name of Hub*
Applicant Name*

First NameLast Name
Email*
example@example.com
Is your organization or business a legal entity in Oregon?*

YesNo

Our working definition of a Food Hub includes:
- An organization and/or business that engages in hub and hub-like activities that create economic value in their communities by providing dedicated physical and logistical infrastructure and creating markets for locally or regionally produced ranch, agricultural or value added products. You do not have to own the space to be eligible, long term leases are okay.
- The hub must serve more than one producer.
Grant eligibility requires that your hub engages in hub and hub-like activities as defined above. See more examples of hub-like activities on the OCFSN Food Hub Grant webpage.
Does your organization or business meet our working definition of food hub and hub-like activities?*

YesNo

My hub was awarded $5,000 or more from an OCFSN Food Hub Worker Safety or Infrastructure Grant in 2024. *
Reference this list of food hubs ineligible for 2025 OCFSN Food Hub grants due to 2024 awards.

Engagement in OCFSN & Food Hub Network

To be eligible to apply for OCFSN Food Hub Grants, your food hub needs to have meaningfully engaged with the OCFSN Food Hub Network or with other parts of OCFSN. Participation and collaboration can include attending working group meetings, knowledge and resource sharing, attending convenings, partnering with OCFSN member organizations, or engaging with technical assistance resources.
Is your hub an active participant and collaborator in the Food Hub Network or other parts of OCFSN? Select the FIRST OPTION below that applies to your food hub:*

A) Yes; My hub has attended or presented at a Food Hub Network meeting in the past year.B) Yes; My hub has engaged in the Food Hub Network in other ways. Sydney DeLuna (Food Hub Network Coordinator) could verify that my hub has engaged with the Food Hub Network. - - - Note: Verification is NOT needed in this screening. You do NOT need to contact Sydney for this eligibility screening. If this option is selected in your Grant Application, we will ask Sydney to verify your participation after you apply.C) Yes; My hub has engaged with OCFSN in other ways. A representative of an organization that has participated in OCFSN could verify my hub's engagement. - - - Note: Verification is NOT needed in this screening. If this option is selected in your Grant Application, we will ask you to complete a Letter of Engagement signed by the representative. A template of this letter is available in the Application and in the grant FAQs. Do NOT attempt to submit the letter in this eligibility screening.D) No; None of the above apply to my food hub.
If you select Option C in your Grant Application:

You will be required to submit a Letter of Engagement. You will be asked to submit this letter in your Grant Application. DO NOT attempt to submit the letter with this screening.

Based on your responses
You are not eligible

to apply for a Food Hub Worker Safety or Infrastructure grant this cycle.
You are eligible to apply

for a Food Hub Worker Safety and/or Infrastructure grant this cycle.
The Round 2 Application for Food Hub Worker Safety and Infrastructure Grants is open now and closes March 15, 2025.
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Eligibility Screening for Food Hub Grants - Round 2

Eligibility for Round 2 (2025)

Our working definition of a Food Hub includes:

Engagement in OCFSN & Food Hub Network

If you select Option C in your Grant Application:

Based on your responses

You are not eligible

You are eligible to apply

The Round 2 Application for Food Hub Worker Safety and Infrastructure Grants is open now and closes March 15, 2025.