Most of a greenhouse is financed, not written as a check. Here are the grants, guaranteed loans, and state programs built for growers like you, and the people on our team who work them for you.
USDA energy, value-added, specialty crop, and food-system grants can cover lighting, heating, packing, and cold storage. Competitive, round-based, and worth the paperwork.
Equipment financing on the greenhouse and grow systems for qualified producers, plus FSA facility loans for cold storage and packing. SBA 7(a), 504, and USDA guarantees cover the rest at long terms.
Your cash and any producer-group or cooperative investment. Lenders want to see it; grants often require it as match.
Illustrative ranges. Every stack depends on the applicant, the site, and which rounds are open when you apply.
Two people, both on staff, no third parties. Every prospective owner and franchisee works directly with them from the first call through funding. Their job is simple: get your greenhouse paid for with as much non-dilutive money as the programs allow.
Molly brings more than 20 years across sales, finance, banking, operations, and leadership, much of it with family-owned and closely held businesses. She grew up in a multi-generational family business herself, so she knows a greenhouse is about more than the numbers. It is about building something that lasts.
Full bio and photoCarol writes and assembles the grant applications, budgets, and narratives for every Local Greenhouse Farms applicant. Full bio and photo coming soon.
A curated list, not a database dump. Rounds open and close during the year, so treat the status column as a starting point and let our in-house SBA specialist confirm the current cycle. Last reviewed September 2026.
Non-dilutive money for energy, packing and cold storage, value-added produce, and school supply links.
Grants stack, and most of them run on a calendar. Tell our SBA specialist which ones fit your operation and she builds the application timeline around your build.
Start your funding intakeThe debt side of the stack. Guarantees and FSA facility loans are what let a local bank say yes to a greenhouse.
A guarantee needs a package before a lender will look at it. The intake is that package: one form, and we take it to the bank and the agency for you.
Start your funding intakeIf you have been operating 10 years or fewer, or you served, a separate set of doors opens: set-aside loan funds, a 5% down payment program, state tax credits, and fee relief.
Ten years or fewer in operation, or you served? Say so on the intake and we route you through the set-aside funds first.
Start your funding intakeNebraska first, since that is where the program opens. We track equivalents as new states come on.
Not in Nebraska yet? Put your state and county on the intake and we match you with that state's programs as territories open.
Start your funding intake