Finance Development

Contact Info:

Erin Ortigoza (EDD)
Julie Cranston (VMC)

Email: hfff@edd.nm.gov
Phone: 505-819-8914 (Please leave a voicemail and someone will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.)

Mailing address:
P.O Box 20003
Santa Fe, NM 87504-5003

Healthy Food Financing Fund (HFFF)

This grant program is the cornerstone of a strategic phased approach to developing a suite of financial tools and technical assistance for food and agricultural enterprises grow, raise, process, aggregate, distribute and sell local, fresh, healthy food through expanded retail and institutional in-state market channels in rural and underserved communities.

View the FY24 informational webinar and presentation slides:

Presentation slides

HFFF FY24 Grant Cycle and Eligibility Info

HFFF has $950,000 in funding for FY24. No match is required and funding is upfront.

Eligible Entities:

Political subdivisions of the state,
Indian nations, Tribes, and pueblos
For-profit business enterprises (including a corporation, limited liability company, sole proprietor, public benefit corporation, social enterprise)
Cooperatively owned businesses
Tax-exempt nonprofit corporations
Small farmers/ranchers with gross cash farm income under $250,000 are eligible (commercial and noncommercial farms)

Project Categories:

Food Retail (e.g. grocery stores, co-operatives, mobile grocery projects, farmers’ markets)
Processing/Value-added Products (meat, fruit, vegetables, dairy, grain, other)
Aggregation/Distribution/Transportation (e.g. food hubs, cold/dry storage)
New Mexico Grown Production (e.g. farmers, ranchers, co-operatives, nonprofit production, hydroponic/aquaponic)

Eligible Costs:

Predevelopment
Brick and Mortar Facility Development
Other capital needs
Consumer Packaged Goods
Agriculture-Only Project
Other soft cost

Finance Development

Healthy Food Financing Fund (HFFF)

HFFF FY24 Grant Cycle and Eligibility Info

CONTACT US

505-827-0300