Food Systems grants — page 5
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Grants and contracts for sustainable food production, supply-chain resilience and nutrition. Funded by the USDA, EU CAP and Horizon Cluster 6, the World Bank and IFAD, and food-systems philanthropy such as the Rockefeller and Bezos Earth funds. Listed below are the open food systems grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
This is the most fragmented funding landscape on the site. Money comes from agriculture and environment ministries, the EU Common Agricultural Policy and Horizon Cluster 6, the World Bank and IFAD, and a large conservation philanthropy sector including the Global Environment Facility and the major nature foundations. Cheque sizes span four orders of magnitude, and eligibility frequently turns on land tenure, on partnership with a local organisation, or on both.
This page lists open food systems grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 827 of them right now, sorted with the soonest deadline first. Every listing has been classified against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords, so what appears here is food systems work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing food systems grants here include WhyHunger, Land is Life, Danone Ecosystem, among 2 others. Who is funding matters as much as what: eligibility, reporting burden and the realistic timeline to a decision vary far more between funders than between individual calls.
Geographic coverage on this page spans GLOBAL, GLOBAL-SOUTH, ASIA, AFRICA, EAST-AFRICA. Eligibility is usually tied to where the work happens or where the applying organisation is registered, and the two are not always the same — worth checking before investing time in an application.
Grassroots Action Network (US Program)
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The funder's US program provides grants to support capacity building, community organizing, and collective power-building among grassroots leaders and organizations working to transform food systems. The grant targets community-based organizations and networks advancing food sovereignty and equitable food systems in the United States.
Grants to Social Movements and Community-Based Organizations
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The funder provides grants to social movements and community-based organizations worldwide to advance food justice, protect the human right to food, and strengthen local food systems. The funder targets grassroots and movement-led organizations working on food sovereignty and systemic food-system change.
Indigenous Food Sovereignty & Security Program
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This grant supports Indigenous Peoples' community-led initiatives to advance food sovereignty and security through traditional food systems and land-based livelihoods. It targets Indigenous communities and organizations working to sustain their own food production and land rights.
Regenerative Agriculture
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This grant supports farmers and local communities transitioning to regenerative agriculture practices that restore soil health, enhance biodiversity, and build farming resilience. Eligible applicants include farmers, agricultural organizations, and local beneficiaries in regions where Danone operates or has strategic focus.
Sustainable Agricultural Systems
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This grant funds innovative, responsible agricultural projects that promote agroecology and build healthier, fairer, and more resilient food systems across the entire supply chain. It targets organizations working to advance sustainable farming practices and systemic food-system transformation.
Strengthening Sustainable Food & Agriculture Practice
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This grant funds programmes that sustainably increase agricultural production and improve access to nutritious food, addressing food security through sustainable farming practices. It is open to organizations working on food systems and agricultural sustainability.
a Global South agrifood venture fund
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Omnivore Agrifood Fund backs early-stage founders building resilient, sustainable food systems across deeptech, fintech, and consumer brands, with geographic focus on India and the Global South. The fund targets innovations in agtech, value chains, and climate-positive agrifood solutions.
a China agrifood-technology venture fund
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Early-stage venture fund investing in agriculture and food technology startups addressing challenges in the Chinese food system, including precision agriculture, crop/animal health, nutrition, waste reduction, and sustainable ingredients. Eligible for pre-revenue and prototype-stage agrifood-tech companies.
Organic Fertilizer Results-Based Finance Program
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This grant provides results-based financing and technical assistance to support eight SMEs scaling organic-fertilizer solutions across East and West Africa. It targets smallholder farmer training and adoption of sustainable agricultural inputs.
Water and Energy for Food Program
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This grant funds scaled innovations integrating water, energy, and food systems in emerging markets, with explicit focus on gender equity, food security, and poverty reduction. It targets organizations developing integrated solutions that advance sustainability outcomes across these three interconnected sectors.
GreenRoots Africa
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GreenRoots Africa supports climate-smart agriculture SMEs across Africa to improve soil health, build climate resilience, and create sustainable livelihoods for smallholder farmers. The initiative targets agricultural enterprises working on regenerative practices and climate adaptation in the African context.
Direct Trade with Roasters
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This grant programme facilitates direct trade relationships between Nicaraguan coffee cooperatives and international coffee roasters to improve farmer income and sustainability outcomes. It targets agricultural cooperatives and social enterprises working in fair-trade coffee supply chains.
Hub for Agricultural Policy Action
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This grant supports policy advocacy and institutional action to create enabling environments for agricultural transformation and food-systems sustainability across African countries. It targets organizations working on agricultural policy reform and systemic change to support sustainable food production.
Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD)
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CARD is a programme supporting the development and scaling of rice production across Africa, funded by AGRA. It targets agricultural organizations and development partners working to increase rice productivity and food security on the continent.
Value4Her: A programme aimed at empowering women in agriculture to contribute to and benefit from agricultural transformation
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Value4Her is a programme that empowers women in agriculture across Africa to participate in and benefit from agricultural transformation. It funds initiatives that strengthen women's roles in sustainable food systems and agricultural development.
YEFFA (Youth Entrepreneurship in Food and Agriculture)
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YEFFA is a programme enabling young people to start and grow agricultural enterprises, contributing to sustainable food systems while generating economic opportunity. It targets youth entrepreneurs across Africa seeking to build viable agribusinesses.
African Food Systems Forum
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A flagship convening programme by AGRA that brings together stakeholders across Africa's food systems to drive inclusive agricultural transformation and sustainability. The grant funds participation and engagement in a forum focused on advancing food security and sustainable agriculture across the African continent.
a multilateral food-loss reduction programme across Africa
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RE-GAIN funds solutions to reduce food loss and improve food quality among smallholder farmers across seven African countries, with a focus on climate adaptation and post-harvest interventions. The program targets nonprofits, social enterprises, and local organizations working to build capacity and reduce climate risks in food systems.
Sustainable Agriculture
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This grant funds projects advancing sustainable agricultural development and practices in communities with high need globally. It targets nonprofits, social enterprises, and community-based organizations working to improve food systems and livelihoods through regenerative and climate-smart agriculture.
Operational Assistance in Mauritania
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This grant provides direct operational funding to support ecological agricultural practices and local community development in Mauritania. It targets organizations implementing regenerative agriculture and agroecology on the ground in West Africa.
Support for Agroecology and Open-Source Seeds
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This grant supports projects that advance agroecological farming techniques, open-source seeds, ecological agricultural training, and biodiversity conservation. It funds recognized nonprofit organizations and social enterprises working on sustainable food systems and ecological agriculture.
Nature-based Economies
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This grant funds nature-based approaches to building sustainable and equitable food systems that address climate change. It targets organizations developing economic models that integrate ecological health with food production and agricultural livelihoods.
Food & Agriculture Grants
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This grant funds demonstration, applied-research, and inquiry-based projects that strengthen local food systems and promote sustainable agricultural practices among small-scale farmers. It targets capacity-building for food security and self-sufficiency through sustainable farming approaches.
Promote sustainable micro-farming
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This grant funds micro-farming programs in vulnerable regions across Asia, Africa, and Latin America to build climate resilience and deliver social, environmental, and economic benefits for smallholder farmers. Applicants should demonstrate how their projects advance sustainable agriculture practices in climate-affected communities.
Food and Agriculture
••••• Foundation
This grant supports small-scale peasant farmers in transitioning to agribusiness entrepreneurs by building their production, business, and technology capabilities. The funder has already reached over 3.8 million farmers through this initiative.
Ag & Food Tech 2018
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An accelerator cohort providing up to $25,000 in funding to agriculture and food technology startups operating in the climate economy space. The program targets early-stage founders building climate-positive solutions in food systems and agricultural innovation.
Food and Agriculture Scale-up Accelerator
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A scale-up accelerator program for established food and agriculture companies seeking to reach mainstream adoption, focusing on plant-based food, sustainable seafood, agtech, foodtech, and food waste solutions. Targets companies with early product-market fit looking to scale operations.
Development Cooperation – Livelihoods and Organic Agriculture
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This grant funds projects that create sustainable livelihoods and promote ecological farming practices in South Asia and East Africa, with emphasis on long-term environmental and social impact. Eligible applicants are organizations working in West Bengal (India), Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Uganda on agricultural sustainability and livelihood development.
Global Food Innovation Fund Accelerator
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A twice-yearly 5-month accelerator program investing $200K initial capital plus up to $3.5M follow-on funding for alternative protein and food-ingredients startups. The program operates in New York City, Paris, and Singapore with cohorts launching each January and July.
Generation Food Rural Partners Fund
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This fund commercializes university-developed intellectual property in food, protein, and agriculture innovation by launching new companies and recruiting management teams. It targets rural US economic development through partnerships with universities and strategic investors.
Global Food Innovation Fund II (GFIF II)
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GFIF II invests in early-to-growth stage companies developing alternative proteins, sustainable fats, ingredients, sweeteners, and flavorings to improve food security and sustainability globally. The fund targets founders and companies worldwide working on food-tech innovation, with ticket sizes up to $3.5M.
Deal-by-Deal Investing
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The funder offers deal-by-deal equity investment in early to growth-stage impact-driven tech companies across agri-food, decarbonization, water, ocean, transport, mobility, and energy sectors. This is a flexible investment vehicle for startups and scale-ups with a double bottom line (financial returns + environmental/social impact).
Regenerative Growth I
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The funder' Regenerative Growth I is an impact investment fund targeting early to growth-stage tech companies across nature-tech and climate solutions including agri-food systems, decarbonization, water, ocean, transport, and energy. The fund uses both specialized fund and deal-by-deal investing strategies to scale companies addressing environmental and climate challenges.
A US AgTech-Focused Venture Fund
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Cultivian Sandbox Ventures invests in early-stage food and agriculture technology companies developing innovative solutions across the full value chain, with emphasis on sustainable production, equitable distribution, and healthy consumption. The fund targets startups and scale-ups commercializing agtech and food-tech solutions backed by strategic corporate LPs.
A Corporate Venture Fund for Food Innovation
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Rich Products Ventures is a corporate venture fund investing in early-stage and growth-stage companies developing food-tech and sustainable food-system innovations, including plant-based proteins, climate-friendly ingredients, food waste reduction, sustainable packaging, and supply-chain automation. The fund targets entrepreneurs and companies advancing better-for-you CPG products, alternative proteins, and foodservice technology.
Venture studio programme co-founding new companies with entrepreneurs from idea stage, providing market…
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A venture studio program that co-founds new companies from scratch in climate-tech, agtech, and food-tech sectors, providing end-to-end support including validation, engineering, design, recruiting, fundraising, and company formation. Ideal for entrepreneurs and teams ready to build climate-aligned ventures alongside the funder team.
Ventures: Early-stage venture capital investing in existing early-stage companies focused on digitalizing and…
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Early-stage venture capital fund investing in existing companies digitalizing and decarbonizing nature-based supply chains across agriculture, food, and natural resources. Supports founders from idea through scale with hands-on platform services.
A European agri-tech venture fund
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PeakBridge Ventures SICAV plc is an investment vehicle backing FoodTech and NutriTech founders developing protected, scalable technologies that address systemic pain points in the global food supply chain. The fund targets early-to-growth stage ventures with proprietary solutions in food systems innovation.
Growth Stage Food-Tech Fund II
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PeakBridge Growth II is a growth-stage investment fund targeting FoodTech, NutriTech, and AgriFood companies from Seed to Series B with scalable, evidence-based solutions in food, nutrition, and health. The fund seeks protectable innovations that advance food systems and nutrition outcomes.
Spain Foodtech Acceleration Programme
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A 6-month acceleration programme for early-stage Spanish agri-foodtech startups offering mentoring, corporate partnerships, and internationalisation support across the full food value chain. Targets ventures in agtech, alternative proteins, sustainable packaging, precision nutrition, smart distribution, and deep tech applied to food systems.
Sustainable Food Accelerator
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An accelerator programme supporting startups developing sustainable food system innovations, with structured application support and Q&A sessions planned for mid-2026. Targets early-stage companies working on food sustainability across the supply chain.
An Impact Investor's Patient Capital Fund
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The funder Fund provides patient capital investments in early-stage, mission-driven companies addressing social and environmental challenges across renewable energy, food & agriculture, healthcare, life sciences, and equity sectors. The fund evaluates investments using a 4P framework (Problem, People, Product, Profit) and targets companies with both social/environmental impact and viable business models.
CVC-as-a-Service: Corporate venture capital service connecting corporates with sustainability investment opportunities
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The funder operates a corporate venture capital service that connects large corporations with sustainability-focused investment opportunities across energy, materials, water, automation, and food-agriculture sectors. The fund manages CVC functions on behalf of blue-chip corporate limited partners seeking to deploy capital into sustainability ventures.
Alternative Protein Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage companies developing alternative proteins and biomaterials to replace animals in food and material supply chains, including plant-based proteins, fermentation, recombinant proteins, cultivated meat, and enabling technologies. The fund targets visionary founders building the future of food through capital and strategic support.
Sustainable Food Technology Venture Grant
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The funder funds innovative sustainable food technologies in synthetic biology and precision fermentation, with a specific focus on scaling the animal-free dairy industry. The programme brings together global industrial partners to develop manufacturing capacity in precision fermentation dairy production.
Early-Stage Sustainable Protein Fund
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This fund backs early-stage founders building alternative protein companies using cell-based, plant-based, and recombinant technologies. It targets the earliest stages of food-tech innovation focused on sustainable protein production.
AgTech & Food Health Fund
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The funder invests in agricultural technology and food-health solutions that improve farmer profitability, soil and crop health, and environmental sustainability, alongside digital-health technologies for early detection of cardio-metabolic diseases. The fund targets ventures at the convergence of agtech innovation and human health outcomes.
Growth-stage food entrepreneurs reducing waste and emissions
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The funder invests in growth-stage food entrepreneurs developing solutions to reduce waste, lower greenhouse gas emissions, improve nutrition, and enhance resource efficiency. The fund targets small and mid-sized enterprises scaling sustainable food-system innovations.