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Markets & Regional Infrastructure

A track for producer-side market readiness, aggregation needs, handling infrastructure, and regional food-system coordination.

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RCD · CDFA · Cross-program
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01 · Overview

Resilience work only holds if producers can reach durable markets. This track organizes market goals, buyer constraints, logistics needs, and grant readiness into a usable pathway.

Who it's for

Producers entering new sales channels, Small farms improving packaging or processing readiness, Partners building regional aggregation or buyer pathways.

Funding sources

RCD, CDFA, Cross-program.

02 · How it works

One intake, routed into a path.

01

Intake

Clarify the product, buyer path, and bottleneck

02

Screen

Screen for market, infrastructure, and partner programs

03

Review

Map the operating gap into fundable project pieces

04

Route

Route to SARF staff or partner support for next steps

03 · What it helps with

From the field condition to a fundable project.

Market-readiness assessment

Packaging, storage, and logistics scoping

Buyer, aggregation, or regional partner context gathering

Grant readiness review for supply-chain and infrastructure investments

Signals this track fits.

04 · Are you ready
✓The product, buyer, or channel is identifiable
✓The barrier is operational rather than abstract
✓There is a clear need for packaging, handling, storage, or sales support
✓A producer can document current and desired market access
05 · Roles

What you bring, what we carry.

What you bring
  • Product mix, sales channels, and buyer constraints
  • Handling, storage, aggregation, or processing gaps
  • Current market access and desired regional infrastructure needs
What SARF & partners do
  • Buyer, aggregation, or logistics context
  • Infrastructure feasibility and project scoping
  • Grant readiness review for supply-chain investments
06 · You leave with
  • 01A market-readiness path
  • 02A concrete project scope
  • 03A partner-aware route to funding or assistance
Field evidence collected
Product mixBuyer notesStorage needsLogistics gaps
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Bring the operation.
Leave with a plan.

One intake reaches the markets track and the partners who support it. No program knowledge required up front.

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