Temporarily ClosedNot Currently Accepting ApplicationsState

Illinois Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program.

RFSI has funded food-processing and distribution infrastructure in Illinois, including Southern Illinois projects, but no current application window is posted.

Offered byIllinois Department of Agricultureverified 2026-07-10

Overview

What it does.

The program's current page documents 2025-2026 awards and remains useful for identifying the types of middle-supply-chain projects that have qualified. Applicants should not treat it as open funding unless IDOA announces another round.

Best for: Food hubs, processors, aggregators, and farm businesses planning regional supply-chain infrastructure.

Eligibility

Who and what may qualify.

Eligible applicants

  • Eligible Illinois food and farm businesses and other entities participating in an open RFSI subaward round

Eligible uses

  • Middle-of-the-food-supply-chain processing and aggregation infrastructure
  • Equipment and facilities expanding local and regional market capacity

Uses excluded by the source

  • Primary agricultural production outside the program's middle-of-supply-chain scope
  • Projects outside an approved funding round

Application

How to start.

  1. Monitor IDOA for any future RFSI announcement.
  2. Confirm a new round's applicant, product, project, and cost eligibility before preparing an application.

Timing: Current page presents award summaries rather than an open solicitation.

Planning notes

Limits to account for.

  • No current application window is confirmed.
  • The program focuses on processing and aggregation, not ordinary farm production costs.

Any future guidelines will govern match and duplication of costs.

Evidence

Official sources.