The application period for the $100,000 FCC Ag Safety Fund 2012 is now closed. Thank you for your interest. Applications for funding in 2013 will be accepted starting September 2012.

The $100,000 FCC Ag Safety Fund helps charitable and non-profit groups deliver agriculture safety training to farmers and/or their workers across Canada either through direct training or a train the trainer model.

The grant is administered through a partnership between Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) with an aim to keep farmers, their families, agribusiness operations and employees safe at work.

Since the inception of the fund in 2010, approximately $200,000 has been distributed to safety champions across Canada. From supporting safety planning at the farm level to educating farm workers on proper equipment use and animal handling practices, the FCC Ag Safety funding is making farms, and communities, safer, one project at a time.

Each year, approximately $100,000 in total is disbursed to successful applicants. Individuals and/or groups proposing programs or projects with a local or provincial scope are eligible to receive a maximum of $10,000. Applicants proposing programs with a national scope are eligible to receive a maximum of $25,000. The amount of funding awarded is based on the budgeted costs of the proposed project. Approximately 10 projects are funded each year.

For a list of projects funded by the FCC Ag Safety Fund in 2012, click here.