Grants
We are excited to announce that we will offer ten $1,000US grants in 2026! **Grant period is now closed for 2026, all recipients will be notified by February 15th, 2026**
Do you have a veganic growing project in mind, whether in an urban or rural environment? Do you want to transition your operation to veganic? A major infrastructure project in the works on your current farm? Are you considering a nature recovery or reforestation project? Do you have a sensitive, threatened or endangered floral, faunal or aquatic creature you want to protect? WE CAN HELP!
The grant program is open worldwide and all applications will be considered.
To apply for a grant, please include:
- Name of the project, name of the person(s) leading the project, full address, email and telephone number
- A two- to three-paragraph description of your project. Please explain how your project potentially impacts the local and global community, as well as what inspires you about the work you are doing.
- Detailed projected expenses. No more than 10% of the entire budgeted expenses may be designated for administrative costs or salaries.
- For ease of grant distribution outside of Canada/US please ensure you have either a: website where we can donate direct, a GoFundMe (or other crowdfunding) campaign, an active Paypal account (that has been used in the last year), or your bank that accepts Western Union. **Note it is not possible to send money via international wire based on current Canadian/United States security protocols.
Submit your proposal to info@certifiedveganic.org no later than November 30, 2025. Grant recipients will be notified by February 15, 2026.
*Important note* You will receive a confirmation email from our grant program director within two weeks of receipt of your application, along with a grant number. If you do not, please contact us at info@certifiedveganic.org
**Grant application period is now closed. Thank you all for applying**
Testimonials from 2024 grant recipients:
From Kenneth at Sondu Vegan Center …
I am on a mission to bring veganic growing and plant-based living to my hometown of Sondu, Kenya. As the first vegan activist in my community, i was met with disapproval at first but have since been embraced. Because of the 2024 Certified Veganic grant, membership in our organization has grown from 35 to 154 members and has attracted many people interested to learn more about Veganic farming as a new method. The monies specifically went to buy seeds and equipment for the gardens, giving people hands-on experience.
From Sydney at Earthlings Veganic Farm …
Earthlings Veganic Farm has had quite an exciting and fruitful season thanks to the support of the Certified Veganic grant. We were able to get a head start on our growing season and purchased seedling heat mats, as well as protective covers for our seedling trays, since in the past we have had significant losses of plant starts due to animal pressures. Thanks to this purchase, we have had better germination and seedling survival, have been able to grow a wider variety of flowers, and have had blooms earlier in the season. This has been very helpful financially for our farm, since flowers are one of our more profitable crops. In addition to cut flowers, we are also growing potatoes, sunchokes, cabbage, quinoa for seeds, collard greens, edible flowers, blackberries, and melons & squash as a part of a seed adaptation project. We are grateful for the opportunity to offer veganic produce, flowers and seeds to the community, and for the help of NAVCS-Certified Veganic in making it all possible!
Testimonials from 2025 grant recipients:
From Ben at Wild Pines Farm…
With support from the North American Veganic Certification Standard (NAVCS), we were able to invest in native plant seeds for our rewilding projects and add fruit trees to expand our food forest. These resources have directly supported our efforts to increase on-farm biodiversity, restore native habitat, and build long-term resilience in our veganic system. This grant has made a meaningful impact on our ability to steward the land ethically and regeneratively, without relying on animal-based inputs, and we’re grateful to be part of a community working toward a more just and ecologically sound food system.
From jaz at Raw Living Kitchen Garden
The grant I received from NAVCS greatly supported me in my vegan food service business that offers dishes that utilizes veganically grown produce. With the grant, I was able to purchase tools and equipment along with bare root fruit trees and veganic seeds to develop the land I steward into the early stages of a vegan food forest. I am many steps closer to my goal of my food business being exclusively sourced from all veganically grown produce. I am committed to pushing forward a more ethical and sustainable food system, from vegan farm to vegan table, and I am extremely grateful for NAVCS’s support in furthering my abilities to contribute to this important work!
From Kenneth at Sondu Vegan Center:
The Sondu vegan support self help group set up it’s first Veganic gardening project at Siany primary school this year February 26, 2025 after previously helping to feed children from struggling families in the community. Demonstration vegetable gardens were developed at the school compound; and the long term aim is for students to gain knowledge of sustainable organic growing methods including how to make organic fertilizer and pesticides from local plants, water conservation , mulching and digging of contour ditches and the importance of trees and how to protect them. The initiative started from nothing. Plots had to be identified and dug in the ground of a school. Tools were purchased for the students to work with, followed by seeds and trees from the NAVCS grant. The veganic gardening project will include demonstrations of mulching and composting as well as samples of vegan food. The purpose is to introduce students to the benefits of veganic farming in the areas of environmental conservation, nutrition , educational purposes and as a community asset. As people become more accepting of the vegan diet, they are also interested in veganic farming. But there is a great need to educate many students/ people ( 201 active members) to encourage them to try these methods in the future.
Opportunities
Hygieia Homestead – Learn Veganic on the Ground in Sterling, Michigan
It was named after the Greek goddess Hygieia, who believed that people would not need doctors if they followed the laws of nature. We would love to teach new land managers, pass on the knowledge and ownership, and then stick around to support them until we pass away.
In 2006, Janet Allen (writer/retired nurse) and Mark Gillen (farmer/truck mechanic) purchased 55 acres of chemically farmed land in Arenac County, central Michigan, USA, and began the transition to organic agriculture. It was certified organic in 2012. Around 2016 we learned about veganic farming and incorporated veganic practices, which improved our organic matter, cation exchange, and calcium saturation.
We drilled a well inside the house space and built an earth-sheltered house, with a garlic drying space on the second floor and an attached 30×30 basement. Both the electric and manual pumps were installed along with passive solar features, a wood stove, a composting toilet and a greywater wetland. It is almost self-sufficient.
A variety of perennial and annual fruits (apples, cherries, peaches, pears, plums, currants, raspberries), vegetables (kale, romaine lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, potatoes, garlic, onions), beans, nuts and grain. and produced from mulched and veganically managed beds. The farm has rewarded us with most of our own food. We sell garlic seeds to seed companies and a variety of vegetables locally and in cities upstate. Additionally, we grow and process our own hay on over 30 acres for mulching.
Classes on whole foods vegan diets, food preparation and preservation, composting, foraging, etc. They have been taught here over the years with good attendance until the epidemic. The dream was to expand the classes to offer longer term training and residential classes/consulting, but we are now in our 60s and 70s.
We eat a whole foods vegan diet (no meat, eggs or dairy) (very small amounts of sugar, oil, white flour and alcohol). We are politically liberal and nature is our religion. Farm rules are no mind-altering drugs and pets must live outside and free.
Are you someone who is interested in this amazing opportunity to learn and potentially own your own farm? Contact NAVCS at info@certifiedveganic.org.