The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Farm to Fork (CDFA-F2F) announces that applications are being accepted until October 11 for the California Nutrition Incentive Program (CNIP) 2025 round of competitive grant funding. 

The intent of this request for proposals (RFP) is to select project proposals to combine into one unified state application for CDFA-F2F submission to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Grant Program (GusNIP). CNIP is also accepting proposals that cover the gap between current GusNIP-funded programs and the anticipated next round.

CDFA’s CNIP provides competitive grant funding to organizations to provide incentives to nutrition-benefit shoppers, and also to support program operations and outreach. For this request, CDFA-F2F is seeking project proposals from qualified entities to distribute incentives at Certified Farmers’ Markets, Community Supported Agriculture sites, farm stands, and brick and mortar retailers throughout California. Incentives should be available to shoppers using CalFresh benefits to purchase California-grown fresh fruits and vegetables.

Applications must be submitted by email to cafarmtofork@cdfa.ca.gov no later than 5 p.m. (PDT) October 11, 2024. Further information about the grant program, including the RFP, timeline and application criteria, are available at https://cafarmtofork.cdfa.ca.gov/cnip.html.