Meet the 2025 JFM Greenhouse Grant Recipients
Jamestown Farmers Market’s goal is to connect the community with fresh, local food – which as everyone in Chautauqua County knows, can be a big challenge in a region with long, cold winters and a relatively short growing season!
When Jamestown Farmers Market (JFM) applied for the New York State Farmer’s Market Resilency Grant in 2025, it earmarked a large majority of that funding towards helping local farms extend their growing seasons and increase their capacities through greenhouse construction or improvements. JFM’s greenhouse grant program awarded over $20,000 to farmers, and with additional bridge support from the Western New York, the organization was able to fully fund all of the grant applications.
Grant recipients included:
Abers Acres (Kennedy, NY) for the construction of two new high tunnels, expanding vegetable and strawberry production
Barnett’s Mushrooms (Falconer, NY) for an additional growing tent and supporting infrastructure, doubling production
Carlberg Farm (Falconer, NY) to run utilities including electric, gas, and water to an existing greenhouse for the use of fans, automatic curtain roll-ups, heaters, and irrigation, extending the growing season
Lantern’s Hollow (Kennedy, NY) to run power to existing greenhouses, allowing for the use of lights, fans and heat to extend the growing season
Maggitti Farms (Fredonia, NY) for the construction of a new high tunnel, extending the growing season
Southern Tier Microgreens (Falconer, NY) for additional racks and fans for expanding indoor production
JFM’s greenhouse grant program is a great example of how the market can serve not only as a means to increase access to local food, but as a force for positive change to our local food system. Grant funding is an investment in local farmers and producers that will make a lasting impact and help farmers meet growing demands for food in an ever-changing environment.
