What is Indiana LFPA?

The Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA) Track 1 is a USDA program designed to strengthen our local and regional food system and ensure distribution of fresh and nourishing foods to neighbors in identified underserved communities.

In addition to increasing local food access, grant funding to the Fresh Connect Central cooperative – consisting of all food banks serving Indiana and their distribution networks – will help build and expand economic opportunity for local and socially disadvantaged producers (those subject to discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, sex, national origin, disability, or religion).

Applications are now closed. For questions, please reach out to [email protected]

Application FAQs

A member of a group whose members have been subject to discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, sex, national origin, disability or religion.
Yes. All products accepted by this program need to be raised, produced, aggregated, stored, processed and distributed in Indiana. For value-added products, all ingredients must meet this requirement and processors must be headquartered in Indiana.
All food items that meet the local requirements are eligible for the program but the items we are prioritizing are the following:
Produce (fresh, frozen or canned)
Protein (meat, chicken, fish, eggs)
Dairy
We will also be looking at nutritional content per HER Nutritional Guidelines for the charitable food system. Item description
The application window is open through October 31, 2023