National Center for Appropriate Technology Awarded Grant to Continue Montana Farmers Market Development

To help Montana farmers markets and direct market farmers build capacity and sustain success, the National Center for Appropriate Technology, headquartered in Butte, Mont., was awarded a 2020 Farmers Market Promotional Program (FMPP) grant from the USDA-Agricultural Market Service in the amount of $455,401.

NCAT was one of 49 national recipients and the only organization in Montana to receive a 2020 grant. It funds three years of project activities that will kick-off in December.

This is a continuation of NCAT’s work with farmers markets from an FMPP award in 2016, titled Building Farmers Mark...