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February 4, 2015 by webadmin

With help from a grant, a family-owned and operated farm plans to increase its production of rice and other foods here in the fields of McDowell County. Lee’s One Fortune Farm, which has been featured in the national news media,... Read more →

2023 Grantees Announced!

2023 grant awards will support projects that improve efficiencies on the farm to increase income, allow for growth and provide additional benefits in the communities where the grantees farm. Over half of the awarded projects will be investing in equipment... Read more →

2023 Grant Cycle CLOSED

The 2023 WNC AgOptions grant cycle is closed Please check back in March for the list of the 2023 grantees The 2024 cycle will launch in late summer 2023. Please email us HERE to be notified! Read more →

2021 Recipient: Dugan Farms

John Dugan and David Anderson, Dugan Farms Food Safety Produce Packing Shed Grant Award: $6,000 Dugan Farms currently has no way to meet GAP and other food-safety requirements and there are no packing and washing sheds available to farmers on... Read more →

2023 Recipient: Morgan Decker, Root Bottom Farm

Morgan Decker, Root Bottom Farm Gothic High Tunnel Grant Award: $8,000 Morgan will replace three deteriorating wood and PVC hoop houses with a 24′ x 92′ metal-framed gothic-style high tunnel. He will equip the tunnel with louver vents, end framing,... Read more →

2023 Recipient: Alvin Blake Brown, Brown’s Farm Ridge

Alvin Blake Brown, Brown’s Farm Ridge Improving Performance of Grazing System Grant Award: $8,000 Brown’s Farm Ridge (BFR) will invest in a no-till drill to reduce production costs by extending their grazing season to late December and to improve nutrition,... Read more →

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Expanding traditions Family-owned farm in Marion — and known internationally — gets grant for producing more foods

2023 Grantees Announced!

2023 Grant Cycle CLOSED

2021 Recipient: Dugan Farms

2023 Recipient: Morgan Decker, Root Bottom Farm

2023 Recipient: Alvin Blake Brown, Brown’s Farm Ridge