2008 Recipients

Alan Johnson: Hi-Lo Mountain Nursery
Transylvania County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Ornamentals; Nursery Plants; Greenhouses & Buildings
Topics:   Greenhouse  |  Nursery  | 

Andrew Jones
Clay County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Greenhouses & Buildings; Livestock
Topics:   Fencing  |  Goats  |  Land Improvements  |  Meat  | 

Anne Gaines Grier: Gaining Ground Farm
Buncombe County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Fruits & Vegetables; Season Extension
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Vegetables  | 

Annie Perkinson: Flying Cloud Farm
Buncombe County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Value-Added Processing; Season Extension; Fruits & Vegetables
Topics:   Berries  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Tomatoes  |  Value-Added  | 

Bobby Williams
Graham County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Ornamentals; Nursery Plants
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Marketing  |  Native Plants  |  Nursery  | 

Brad Martin
Buncombe County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Ornamentals; Nursery Plants; Greenhouses & Buildings
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Greenhouse  |  Irrigation  |  Nursery  | 

Cathy and Andy Bennett: Doubletree Farm
Madison County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Value-Added Processing; Greenhouses & Buildings
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Processing & Production  |  Sorghum  |  Syrup  | 

Chad Calhoun
Mitchell County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Fruits & Vegetables; U-Pick Farm
Topics:   Berries  |  U-Pick  | 

Chris and Rachel Leek
Haywood County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Flowers & Herbs
Topics:   Flowers  |  Greenhouse  |  Herbs  |  Irrigation  | 

Chris Owen: Spinning Spider Creamery
Madison County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Greenhouses & Buildings; Value-Added Processing; Livestock; Agritourism
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Cheese  |  Classroom  |  Goats  |  Processing & Production  | 

Coy Griffin
Madison County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Building Improvements; Horses
Topics:   Buildings  |  Expansion  |  Horses  | 

Cynthia Sharpe and Dwain Swing: OakMoon Creamery
Mitchell County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Greenhouses & Buildings; Value-Added Processing; Livestock
Topics:   Cheese  |  Dairy  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Goats  |  Processing & Production  | 

Dale Robertson
Transylvania County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Livestock; Educational Farm
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Dairy  |  Educational Program  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Goats  | 

Diane Almond: Honey Bees and Heather
Henderson County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Beekeeping, Agritourism, Nursery Plants, Educational Farm
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Beekeeping  |  Berries  |  Educational Program  |  Fruit  |  Honey  |  Ornamentals  |  Workshops  | 

Dianne Tolman: Big Pine Native Gardens
Madison County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Flowers & Herbs; Ornamentals; Nursery Plants
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Herbs  |  Marketing  |  Native Plants  | 

Doug and Renee Lambrecht: Bearpen Farm
Jackson County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Greenhouses & Buildings
Topics:   Expansion  |  Greenhouse  |  Herbs  | 

Edgar Wood: Wood Farm
Cherokee County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Livestock
Topics:   Cattle & Beef  |  Diversification  |  Educational Program  |  Land Improvements  | 

George Frady
Jackson County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Tree Farm
Topics:   Choose & Cut  |  Trees  | 

Hardin Wrenn
Madison County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Greenhouses & Buildings; Ornamentals; Nursery Plants
Topics:   Flowers  |  Greenhouse  |  Irrigation  | 

Harold and Nancy Long
EBCI County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Fruits & Vegetables
Topics:   Berries  |  Expansion  |  Organic  |  Tomatoes  |  Vegetables  | 

John and Lisa Leatherwood
Haywood County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Ornamentals; Nursery Plants
Topics:   Nursery  |  Ornamentals  | 

Joseph and Catt RedCloud
EBCI County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Educational Farm; Value-Added Processing; Flowers & Herbs
Topics:   Educational Program  |  Herbs  |  Processing & Production  |  Syrup  |  Value-Added  |  Workshops  | 

Kate Gieger and Tom Dierolf: Cornercopia Farm
Transylvania County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Beekeeping; Livestock; Greenhouses & Buildings; Value-Added Processing
Topics:   Beekeeping  |  Chickens  |  Expansion  |  Goats  |  Honey  |  Livestock  |  Processing & Production  | 

Keith Chappel
Transylvania County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Beekeeping
Topics:   Beekeeping  |  Honey  | 

Kelley Penn and Quinton Ellison: Balltown Bee Farm
Swain County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Beekeeping
Topics:   Beekeeping  |  Equipment & Supplies  | 

Marshall Shipp
Watauga County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Beekeeping
Topics:   Beekeeping  |  Expansion  |  Honey  |  Value-Added  | 

Matt Rhea: Cold Mountain Trout Company
Haywood County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Agritourism
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Educational Program  |  Fishing  |  Land Improvements  |  Trout  | 

Micheal Creason
Jackson County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Fruits & Vegetables; Beekeeping; U-Pick Farm
Topics:   Beekeeping  |  Berries  |  Organic  |  U-Pick  | 

Mike Singleton
Haywood County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Beekeeping
Topics:   Beekeeping  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Expansion  | 

Nicole Del Coqlano and Gaelen Corozine: Green Toe Ground
Yancey County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Fruits & Vegetables; Season Extension
Topics:   High Tunnel Hoophouse  |  Vegetables  | 

Rebecca Daniels
Avery County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Ornamentals; Nursery Plants; Greenhouses & Buildings
Topics:   Diversification  |  Fruit  |  Greenhouse  | 

Robin Smith: Bee Log Berries & Produce
Yancey County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Greenhouses & Buildings; Fruits & Vegetables; Season Extension
Topics:   Greenhouse  |  Vegetables  | 

Ron and Cheryl Searcy: Wells Farm
Transylvania County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Livestock
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Fencing  |  Goats  |  Livestock  | 

Ronnie Sparks
Mitchell County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Ornamentals, Nursery Plants
Topics:   Boxwoods  |  Expansion  |  Ornamentals  |  Vegetables  | 

Scott Paquin: Firefly Farm
Yancey County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Livestock
Topics:   Cattle & Beef  | 

Thomas Miller
Swain County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Livestock
Topics:   Fencing  |  Hogs, Pigs & Pork  |  Land Improvements  |  Livestock  |  Meat  | 

Vera Guise
Jackson County
Grant Award: $2,500 - $5,000  -  Educational Farm; Fruits & Vegetables
Topics:   Educational Program  |  Land Improvements  |  Vegetables  | 

 

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