(WHTM) — Pennsylvania announced more than $21 million in federal grants for 77 farms and food manufacturers on Friday.

Millions will benefit operations in Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster and other counties. The funding comes from PA’s Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure program, a partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture.

“Pennsylvania is investing to feed our future through a stronger local supply chain, which means healthier communities, thriving businesses, more job opportunities and more resilience in challenging times,” said Russell Redding, secretary of the PA Department of Agriculture.

The grants support equipment upgrades, safety improvements and facility modernization, the department said.

The program provides infrastructure grants for system-wide improvements that benefit groups of producers and equipment-only grants for critical upgrades and new purchases.

Investments in the Midstate include:

Adams County

• Hollabaugh Bros. — $100,000 — Installation of a semi-automated apple-packing line to increase efficiency, reduce labor costs and expand into six new regional markets, benefiting over 40 local producers 
• Keystone Tree Crops Cooperative — $80,802 — Expanding tree crop processing capacity with new equipment including nut hullers, crackers, mills and oil pressers.
• Knouse Foods Cooperative — $100,000  — Installation of advanced optical apple sorting machinery to improve food safety and processing efficiency, supporting 116 cooperative producers
• Rice Fruit Company — $1,250,000  — Constructing a controlled atmosphere storage building to extend fresh apple storage from 25 local and regional farms, reduce waste, and expand markets 

Cumberland County

• Country Food — $160,000 — Installing steam systems to expand shelf-stable yogurt production and support 60 local dairy farms
• Painterland Sisters — $1,250,000 — Upgrading equipment to double organic cream sourcing from Pennsylvania farms and increase skyr yogurt production

Dauphin County

• Honey Bear Natural Foods— $91,650 — Expanding plant-based frozen dessert manufacturing with new chilling and freezing equipment, sourcing more local ingredients and building new retail partnerships 

Franklin County

• Lady Moon Farms— $88,690 — Purchasing automated bagging equipment to expand organic pepper production and reach regional and national markets 

Lancaster County

• Cedar Meadow Farm — $449,898 — Constructing a packing house and cold storage to improve local produce quality and market access.  
• Coddiwomple Canning Company — $96,530 — Expansion of custom preservation and delivery services to support fruit and vegetable farmers in 42 counties. 
• Hess Bros Fruit Company — $100,000 — Software upgrade for enhanced inventory management and product traceability supporting more than 90 local orchards 
• Reist Popcorn Company — $100,000 — Acquisition of ozone generation technology to improve popcorn processing efficiency, reduce waste, and support more than 15 producers. 
• Taylor Chip — $510,971 — Launching ice cream production and expanding processing to new markets with support from local dairy farms

More than 48,800 farms contribute $132.5 billion and almost 600,000 jobs to the Commonwealth.