Local Food is a £50 million programme that will distribute lottery grants to a variety of food-related projects to help make locally grown food accessible and affordable to local communities.

Grants from £2,000 up to £500,000 are available for not-for-profit groups and organisations in England delivering such projects as growing, processing, marketing and distributing local food; composting and raising awareness of the benefits of such activities.

There are three levels of funding available through Local Food:
Small Grants: Between £2,000 to £10,000 is available for small grants
Main Grants: Between £10,001 to £300,000 is available for main grants
Beacon Grants: Between £300,001 to £500,000 is available for beacon grants

For further information see: http://www.localfoodgrants.org/grants