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What You Need to Know: Getting a Jump Start on Grant Applications Webinar

On June 20, 2024, the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center hosted a webinar aimed at helping food and farm businesses navigate federal grant applications. The session, titled "Get a jump on grant applications across the Great Lakes Midwest: What you need to know," provided crucial insights for business owners preparing for upcoming funding opportunities. The webinar featured experienced producers Dan Cornelius of Yowela Farms and Aje Elliott of Workin' Roots Farm, who shared their firsthand experiences with obtaining a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) through https://sam.gov/, a prerequisite for many federal grant applications. Their practical tips and strategies offered attendees a roadmap for success in this critical process. Jamie Rahrig and Julie Jesmer from the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems also presented information on upcoming assistance and funding opportunities. Information was shared about the Business Builder subaward program, set to launch in late 2024. This initiative will distribute over $10 million in awards and technical assistance across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin over the next four years, providing significant support to regional food and farm businesses. Per the USDA announcement on July 15, 2025, the Regional Food Business Centers program was terminated, prior to its original end date of July 2028. Because of this, the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center halted operations on September 15, 2025 and was unable to responsibly launch the Business Builder Subaward and assistance programs. Please see our related press release (https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/usda-cl... ). Resources intended to help food and farm businesses will remain freely available on this website and additional resources can be found at https://foodsystems.msu.edu/resources   About the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center    The Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center was dedicated to offering coordination, technical assistance, and capacity building opportunities for farmers, producers, and other food business owners in support of a more resilient and competitive food system. Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems (MI) (https://www.canr.msu.edu/foodsystems/) coordinated the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center comprised of network coordinators – Chicago Food Policy Action Council (IL) (https://www.chicagofoodpolicy.com/) , Northwest Indiana Food Council (IN) (https://www.nwifoodcouncil.org/), Food Finance Institute of the University of Wisconsin System (WI) (https://foodfinanceinstitute.org/), and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Food Systems (https://www.menominee-nsn.gov/Governm...) – who sought to take a transformational, rather than transactional, approach. Learn more at https://glm-rfbc.msu.edu