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ODA Secures $12.6 Million to Support Ohio's Food Supply Chain

By Ngozi Cole

The Ohio Department of Agriculture has announced a new business grant for farmers and food producers.

The $12.6 million grant will pay for projects that support supply chain coordination, create more and better food processing centers, and increase efficient distribution of farm products.

The money is from the federal Resilient Food System Infrastructure Program, which aims to support growth in the middle-of-the-food-supply-chain and strengthen local and regional food systems by creating new revenue streams for Ohio producers.

“This grant is for increased capacity of production,” said Terry Gearheart, the Chief of Food Safety at the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

"It is for the middle where they're putting out added value or aggregation of crops moving the product in some manner from the farm to the end consumer.”

The equipment grants are $10,000 to $100,000, and the infrastructure grants are $100,000 to $3 million.

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