FOR FARMERS
HI, I’M JOY!
A PASSIONATE BAKER WITH OVER 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
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TRAINING & CAPITAL
We support farmers and food business owners by advocating for equitable access to training and capital. Our approach includes connecting food entrepreneurs with funding opportunities such as grants and loans along with technical assistance, and business development resources hosted by our team. Through partnerships and policy initiatives, LAFPC helps remove barriers to financing, promotes inclusive economic growth, and strengthens local food systems. Training programs focus on sustainability, food justice, and business resilience, ensuring that small-scale farmers and food enterprises thrive in an equitable marketplace.
Growing Urban AGriculture
With funding from the USDA Farm Service Agency through a cooperative agreement with the Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF), CAFF is partnering with Agroecology Commons, Food Access Los Angeles, Los Angeles Food Policy Council (LAFPC), Veggielution, and the University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources (UC ANR) to offer the Growing Urban Agriculture Fellowship program.
CDFA Farmers
The goal of LAFPC’s Cultivating Farmers and Farms CDFA Grant Program is to build up the emerging yet historically under-resourced urban agricultural community throughout the Los Angeles region. This grant program will provide urban farmers with rapid, short-term support through the CDFA block grant funds in the form of subawards while also connecting farmers to resources to register with USDA Farm Service Agency and other USDA resources that can sustain their long-term growth and expanded impact.
farmer resource hub
Cultivating Farmers is a key programmatic facet of our ongoing work with local farmers and strengthening of our regional foodshed. The program’s goal is to provide technical assistance and support to underserved and beginning farmers and ranchers in Los Angeles and neighboring counties. Cultivating Farmers has a particular focus on serving farmers and ranchers who have been underrepresented and historically marginalized in agriculture, and who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and/or armed forces Veterans.
FOR FOOD BUSINESSES
GOOD FOOD ZONES
The Good Food Zones Microgrants Pilot Program (GFZ) is an initiative by the City of Los Angeles in partnership with Los Angeles Food Policy Council. The program aims to expand access to healthy foods in designated Good Food Zones within the City of Los Angeles while increasing economic opportunities and jobs for low-income residents. This initiative supports food-centered businesses in overcoming challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as supply chain disruptions and economic hardships, which have worsened food access in vulnerable neighborhoods. Funds are made available by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
Social impact food fund
The Southern California Impact Food Fund (SCIFF) is a collaborative effort aimed at enhancing access to healthy food in underserved areas of Southern California, building on the groundwork laid by the CA FreshWorks Fund. The initiative engages small family-owned markets and food retailers in the Southern California region, particularly communities that have traditionally lacked access to capital required for sustaining food enterprises. A strong emphasis will be placed on inclusivity, including business ownership by women and BIPOC. By providing accessible capital within local food systems, SCIFF strives to not only ensure the success of individual businesses but also catalyze a larger community uplift. Read the full press release below for more details.
Food Rescues Macro Grants
In 2024 Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment, Rising Communities, and the Los Angeles Food Policy Council announced the Food Rescue Macro Grants program as a two-part funding opportunity intended to address food insecurity and climate change by supporting food recovery and distribution systems within the city of los angeles.
We reside, work, and cultivate food
on unceded Indigenous homelands.
We acknowledge and honor the descendants of the Tongva, Kizh, and Gabrieleño peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands). We pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.
As part of a greater foodshed, we would also like to pay respect to and honor the Chumash, Tataviam, Serrano, Kitanemuk, ʔíviĨuqaletem, Acjachemen, Payómkawichum, and any other tribal group possibly not mentioned. As a Food Policy Council for Los Angeles we recognize this land acknowledgment is limited and engagement is an ongoing process of learning and accountability. To learn more about these First Nations, visit here.