2006 Recipients

Alex Glover: Little Switzerland Trout Farm
Mitchell County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Trout Farm
Topics:   Land Improvements  |  Trout  | 

Alice Brooke Wilson: Maverick Farms
Watauga County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Greenhouse Vegetables
Topics:   Diversification  |  Greenhouse  |  Solar  |  Vegetables  | 

Amy Ager: Hickory Nut Gap Farm
Buncombe County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Corn Maze
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Corn Maze  |  Educational Program  | 

Amy Chambers
Cherokee County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Greenhouse
Topics:   Diversification  |  Flowers  |  Greenhouse  |  Herbs  |  Solar  |  Vegetables  | 

Andrew VonCanon: Busy Bee Farms
Transylvania County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Honey
Topics:   Beekeeping  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Honey  | 

Bill Boone: Turkey Branch Farm
Madison County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Goats
Topics:   Cattle & Beef  |  Goats  |  Livestock  | 

Bobby Ray Yelton
Mitchell County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Potatoes
Topics:   Potatoes  | 

Bruce DeGroot, Karen Mickler: Yellow Branch Farm
Graham County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Pottery and Cheese
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Cheese  |  Dairy  |  Handmade Items  | 

Carolyn Bradley: Farmhouse Meats
Madison County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Organic Beef
Topics:   Cattle & Beef  |  Diversification  |  Organic  | 

Craig Edwards
Madison County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Sweet Potatoes
Topics:   Diversification  |  Vegetables  | 

Diane Cornett Deal
Watauga County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Christmas Tree Farm
Topics:   Choose & Cut  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Trees  |  Value-Added  | 

George Hughes
Mitchell County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Potatoes
Topics:   Potatoes  | 

Glenn and Melissa Cornett
Watauga County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Sawmill
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Sawmill  | 

J B Jones
Yancey County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Christmas Trees
Topics:   Greenhouse  |  Trees  | 

Jane Rhodes, Lee Tuttle: Queen's Berry Farm
Transylvania County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Berries
Topics:   Berries  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Irrigation  |  Solar  | 

Jerry Ellison
Watauga County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Pumpkins
Topics:   Pumpkins  | 

Joe & Devon Deal: Deal Farm
Macon County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Syrup
Topics:   Diversification  |  Sorghum  |  Syrup  | 

Joe Brittain
Henderson County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Berries and Pasture Turkeys
Topics:   Berries  |  Organic  |  Turkeys  | 

Joe Worley
Haywood County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Sheep
Topics:   Sheep & Lambs  | 

Joel Mowrey
Buncombe County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Farm Stay and Ornamental Nursery Crops
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Farm Stay  |  Greenhouse  |  Nursery  |  Ornamentals  | 

John Leatherwood
Haywood County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Greenhouse Tomatoes and Peppers
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Greenhouse  |  Tomatoes  |  Vegetables  | 

John McRae
Graham County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Beef Production
Topics:   Cattle & Beef  | 

Joshua Sorrells: Cold Mountain Nursery
Haywood County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Nursery Plants
Topics:   Expansion  |  Nursery  |  Retail & Sales Center  | 

Judith Hansen & Tom Hare: Briar Rose Farm
Madison County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Berries and Tourism
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Berries  |  Buildings  |  Land Improvements  | 

Justin Dillingham
Buncombe County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Sheep
Topics:   Livestock  |  Sheep & Lambs  | 

Kaleb Rathbone
Haywood County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Berries
Topics:   Berries  |  Irrigation  | 

Kent Cochran
Swain County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Greenhouse Tomatoes
Topics:   Greenhouse  |  Tomatoes  | 

Kevin Welch: Growing Spaces
EBCI County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Container Garden
Topics:   Beans  |  Handmade Items  |  Native Plants  |  Vegetables  | 

Laurie Bruce
Clay County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Goats and Specialty Cheese
Topics:   Buildings  |  Cheese  |  Dairy  |  Goats  | 

Mary Janis: Sanctuary Native Plants
Clay County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Nursery Plants
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Marketing  |  Native Plants  |  Nursery  | 

Mitch Plemmons: Wildberry Farm
Buncombe County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Honey and Vegetables
Topics:   Honey  |  Vegetables  | 

Norman Dudgeon: Mountain Vista
Jackson County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Wood Products
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Handmade Items  |  Value-Added  | 

Pam Zimmerman: Zimmerman's Berry Farm
Madison County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Berries
Topics:   Berries  |  Expansion  | 

Paul Allen Jones
Mitchell County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Christmas Trees
Topics:   Trees  | 

Perry Jenkins
Graham County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Livestock
Topics:   Cattle & Beef  |  Fencing  | 

Rickey Postell
Cherokee County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Christmas Trees
Topics:   Diversification  |  Trees  | 

Robert & Teresa Bouchonnet: T&B Blueberries
Macon County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Berries
Topics:   Berries  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Irrigation  | 

Robert Eidus: Eagle Feather Organic Farm
Madison County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Farm Stay
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Farm Stay  |  Marketing  | 

Robert Reece
Avery County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Christmas Trees & Pumpkins
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Pumpkins  |  Trees  | 

Sara Runkel
Mitchell County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Lettuce
Topics:   High Tunnel Hoophouse  |  Vegetables  | 

Scott Combs
Watauga County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Potatoes
Topics:   Diversification  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Potatoes  | 

Scott Paquin
Yancey County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Organic Crop Diversification
Topics:   Diversification  |  Marketing  |  Organic  |  Vegetables  | 

Sharon Deyton: Simple Pleasures Farm
Yancey County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Horses
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Diversification  |  Horses  | 

Stephen & Frances Juhlin
Cherokee County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Organic Vegetable Production
Topics:   High Tunnel Hoophouse  |  Organic  |  Vegetables  | 

Ted Farmer
Avery County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Nature Trails
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Land Improvements  |  Trees  | 

Tim Kelley: Chestnut Hill Farm
Haywood County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Syrup
Topics:   Diversification  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Syrup  | 

Tony Nesbitt: Cane Creek Valley Farm
Buncombe County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Fruit, Veggies, Nursery Plants
Topics:   Flowers  |  Herbs  |  Organic  |  Vegetables  | 

William Duckett: Duckett Family Farm
Haywood County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Vegetables
Topics:   Diversification  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Irrigation  |  Vegetables  | 

William Hill: Holly Hill Farm
Transylvania County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Heirloom Tomatoes
Topics:   High Tunnel Hoophouse  |  Organic  |  Tomatoes  |  Vegetables  | 

William Holbrook
Haywood County
Grant Award: $3,500  -  Greenhouse Tomatoes
Topics:   Greenhouse  |  Tomatoes  | 

 

---

 
You may also search for a specific project, topic or year.

• Enter Year or Other Term

• County

  All Counties Avery Buncombe Burke Caldwell Cherokee Clay Cleveland EBCI Graham Haywood Henderson Jackson Macon Madison McDowell Mitchell Polk Rutherford Swain Transylvania Watauga Yancey

• Topic

  All Farm Topics Agritourism Alpacas Apples Aquaponics Beans Beekeeping Berries Bio-Diesel Boxwoods Buildings Butterflies Cattle & Beef Cheese Chickens Choose & Cut Cider Classroom Compost Corn Corn Maze Cornmeal Cucumbers Dairy Disease & Pest Prevention Diversification Educational Program Eggs Equipment & Supplies Expansion Farm Stay Feed Fencing Fiber Fish Fishing Flowers Food Prep Fruit Ginseng Goats Grains Grapes Greenhouse Handmade Items Hatchery Hay Hemp Herbs High Tunnel Hoophouse Hogs, Pigs & Pork Honey Hops Horses Hydroponics Irrigation Land Improvements Livestock Marketing Mead Meat Medicinal Herbs Mushrooms Native Plants Natural Products Nursery Nuts Orchard Organic Ornamentals Potatoes Poultry Processing & Production Produce Produce Stand Pumpkins Rabbits Refrigeration Retail & Sales Center Rice Safety Sawmill Sheep & Lambs Solar Sorghum Syrup Tomatoes Transportation Trees Trout Truffles Turkeys U-Pick Value-Added Vegetables Vineyard Winery Wool Workshops Wreaths