Ellerbe Vegetable Farm, LLC was among several grantees announced as receiving financial and technical assistance awards through the Healthy Food Financing Initiative’s (HFFI) inaugural grants program. Funding for the HFFI grants program is provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. Awardees were selected through a competitive process that was open to eligible fresh food retail projects seeking financial and technical assistance to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved areas. To be eligible for assistance, healthy food retail project applicants had to: plan to expand or preserve the availability of staple and perishable foods in underserved areas with low and moderate-income populations; and accept benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP). Ellerbe’s Farmers Market will be in the Savannah Grove Community, Florence County.