Funding Opportunity
The New Mexico Farmer Innovation Program held a webinar and Q&A on June 30 to go over details of their Summer 2026 applications and to answer questions. You can watch the recording here. (You may need to unmute the recording in Vimeo). Here are the slides from the webinar.
Farm to Table’s New Mexico Farmer Innovation Program has just opened a Request for Applications for Micro-Grant funding opportunities for the Rural and Tribal Agriculture Initiative. If you are an farmer, rancher or food producer with a gross cash farm income of $250,000 or less per year who produces in New Mexico, you may be eligible to apply for a non-matching grant.
Applications are due on July 27, 2026. Visit our webpage for more information and to access the application.
Micro-Grant Timeline
June 22, 2026 Request for Applications opens
June 30, 2026 Webinar and Q&A
July 27, 2026 Deadline to submit applications
Applications must be submitted electronically or emailed to nmfip@farmtotablenm.org no later than 5:00 pm MT, July 27, 2026 or by mail to: Farm to Table, 518 Old Santa Fe Trail, Suite 1, Box 171, Santa Fe, NM 87505.
Mailed applications must be postmarked by July 27, 2026.
August 2026 Grant awards announced
March 31, 2027 Deadline to complete projects and expend funds
April 14, 2027 Deadline to submit final report, financial report and project data
For more information, please visit
www.farmtotablenm.org/nm-farmer-innovation-program2
The New Mexico Farmer Innovation Program
is a program of Farm to Table NM.
For questions about the program, please contact Maya Martinez, Farmer Innovation Program Director at maya@farmtotablenm.org, 505-470-5011 or Edith Martinez, Farmer Innovation Program Administrator at edith@farmtotablenm.org, 505-231-1421.