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72 Farms Share in $220,000 Pool of Funds
Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) is a Chicago-based non-profit that has had a big impact for more than four decades by pressing for more humane and healthful treatment of farmed livestock.
In recent years, under the leadership of Executive Director Harry Rhodes, the organization has leveled up its impact with its annual Farm-a-Funder grants. Since 2012 FACT has awarded 764 grants to farmers totaling over $1,580,000 to improve farm animal welfare, expand humane farming, and support capital and operational work.
FACT has just released the list of its 72 farms that will share in a fund of almost $220,000.
According to FACT:
Their 2025 grants to farmers seeking or holding animal welfare certification were generously underwritten by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) with grants to farmers within a 200 mile radius of Chicago graciously funded by Food:Land:Opportunity.
The rest of 2025’s funded projects were made possible by generous donations from our fantastic FACT community. This year we were happy to provide a new, larger grant opportunity funded by the ASPCA to aid farms interested in making a Systems or Innovation Change.
Many current and past grant projects have focused on fencing, converting to slower growing chicken breeds, replacing watering systems, or mobile animal shelters. Farmers have also completed a variety of unique projects involving constructing cattle scratching stations, planting trees to improve access to shade, and purchasing equipment for fly control. Check out this year’s creative projects.
The following is the list of farms by name and location and FACT categories. Click the button to visit the FACT website and get the details of each of the projects.
Please note that the grantees span the nation. Local Food Forum's goal is to expand our content beyond our home base in the Chicago region so we all can learn about farmers using sustainable, humane and fair practices and so we can better connect with other local food ecosystems. Please take a look.
Fencing Projects
7 Star Ranch, LLC (Naples, Florida)
Bee-Ewe-tiful Farms (Walkerton, Indiana)
Blue Heron Urban Farms and Sanctuary LLC (Fairburn, Georgia)
Brown Family Farm (Oak Park, Minnesota)
Caer Luna Farm (Cambridge, New York)
Copper Cataract Homestead (Spencer, Indiana)
Finca Brutal (Moca, Puerto Rico)
La Finca de Hamberto (Vieques, Puerto Rico)
Goshen Farms (Waverly, Virginia)
Hangry Hen Farms (Kalkasa, Michigan)
HJT Ranch (Eau Claire, Michigan)
Kennedy Family Farms (Wapakoneta , Ohio)
Korte Acres (Chaseburg, Illinois)
Merry Chase Farm (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
Naturally Green Farm & Flowers (Corryton, Tennessee)
Nolan Lenzen (Eagle Bend, Minnesota)
River Basin Farms LLC. (Passadumkeag, Maine)
Sasquatch Family Farms (Toledo, Washington)
Skyline Pastures (Mohrsville, Pennsylvania)
Sunset Sky Farm (Westfield, New York)
Tailfeather Farm (Milton Freewater, Oregon)
Woodland Harvest Mountain Farm (West Jefferson, New Jersey)
Shelter and Shade Projects
Anliker Family Farms, LLC (West Lafayette, Indiana)
Arrowleaf Prarie Farm (Wonder Lake, Illinois)
Chadwick Sheep Company (Murray, Kentucky)
East Richwoods Farm (Mountain View, Arkansas)
LaKay Farm (Louisburg, North Carolina)
The River Farm (Bluffton, Indiana)
Riverbird Farm (Shelton, Washington)
Rockin Highlands (Dodgeville, Wisconsin)
Shat Acres Highland Cattle, LLC (Plainfield, Vermont)
Shomron Farm (Coopersburg, Pennsylvania)
Waldron Ponderosa (Quemado, New Mexico)
Wild Coyote Farm (Berrien Springs , Michigan)
Wild Grown Farm (Redmond, Oregon)
Your Friends Farm (Spokane, Washington)
Improved Animal Handling and Loading Projects
Bowens Farm (Okolona, Mississippi)
Graylight Farm LLC. (Hillsdale, New York)
Kearney Creek Farm (Onalaska, Washington)
Pastura Farm (Benzonia, Michigan)
Three Oak Farm Florida (Gainesville, Florida)
Farrowing or Brooding Improvement Projects
Evans Family Farm (Mount Ulla, North Carolina)
First Roots Farm (Oconomowoc , Wisconsin)
Nuna Farms (Grants Pass, Oregon)
Pastured Life Farm (O’Brien, Florida)
Staples Farm (Harrah, Oklahoma)
Valley Of Drakes (Molalla, Oregon)
Wildflower Farm (Pennington, New Jersey)
Pasture Improvement or Silvopasture Projects
Arrow Acres (Monroe, Wisconsin)
Butter Hill Heritage Pork (New Madison, Ohio)
Dennisur Farm (Powder Springs, Georgia)
Freis Farm (La Grange, Illinois)
Great Heritage Farm LLC. (Winthrop, Minnesota)
Jasper Farmstead (Warner Springs, California)
Seldom Rest Farms (Rawson, Ohio)
Shelly’s Farm, LLC. (Brentwood, California)
Woolley Cheese Co (Sedro Woolley, Washington)
Wee Family Farm LLC. (Sherridan, Oregon)
Feeding and Watering Improvement Projects
Autumn’s Harvest Farm, LLC (Romul, New York)
Bread & Butter Farm (Shelbrun, Vermont)
Cox Hill Farm (Brooklyn, Wisconsin)
Highland Holler Ranch (Burlington, Wisconsin)
Hildreth Farms (Rockwell, Iowa)
Melwood Farm (Crown City, Ohio)
Nightfall Farm (Crothersville , Indiana)
North Sky Farm (Harvard, Illinois)
Odyssey Farm (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin)
Swanson Farm (Verona, Wisconsin)
Tabula Rasa Farms (Carlton, Oregon)
Systems Change and Innovation Grant Recipients
Feathered Acres Farm (Belgrade, Minnesota)
Willowbrook Farms (Cassopolis, Michigan)
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