Carrot Cache Grant
Micro loans for food projects that are driven by individuals or groups who are facing systemic barriers and/or lacking funds from other resources to complete projects that improve or create change within the local food system in Ontario.
Application Window
November 26, 2025 to December 9, 2025
Amount
$500 — $5,000
Type
Grant
Provider
Carrot Cache
Funding Details
You must submit a preliminary expressions of interest. Applications are by invite only.
Eligibility:
- Food producing farms, small businesses, worker’s co-operatives, not-for-profit organizations, community groups, research and advocacy, media-based education.
- Tenant Farmers who do not have support from family or a previous career that has allowed them to buy or use for free, land and/or business assets, AND who do not qualify for conventional loans because they do not own land or other assets to use as collateral
- Business owners without access to credit or capital to qualify for a loan.
- Community focused projects that have no access to other grants/funding and that directly benefit people who face systemic barriers.
- Applicants from a community that faces systemic barriers e.g. Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, people with disabilities, 2SLGBTQ+, remote communities etc will be prioritized.
Funding Priorities:
- Regional food economies
- Local organic agriculture
- Community food strategies
- Broader food systems initiatives
Application intake will reopen November 2026.
CATEGORY
Equity Deserving
TAGS
Co-operative | Community Development | Indigenous | Non-Profit | Small Business
REGIONS
Ontario