Agri-Food Tech Innovation Grant Available
The City of Phoenix is offering Agri-Food Tech Innovation Grants to people within the food supply chain who are interested in agri-food technology to address climate change challenges. The Office of Environmental Programs has $400,000 available to businesses, nonprofits, educational institutions, and sustainablefoodcooperatives across the entirefoodsystem that adopt agri-food technologies and innovations into their operations.
The grants can help develop product prototypes, advance food equity, and lessen the food system’s footprint on the environment.
Examples of qualifying agri-food tech include but are not limited to:
- Farm management software, sensing, & Internet of Things (IoT)
- Irrigation/watertech
- Agrivoltaics
- Agricultural robotics, machinery, and equipment
- R&D
- Innovative food (cultured meat, novel ingredients)
- Foodwaste mitigation efforts across thefoodsystem
For other examples of agri-food tech, visit the PHX Newsroom.
Grants will range in amounts from $1,000 to $99,000. Grant applications are due by April 25, 2022.