2016 County: Yancey

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January 24, 2016 by webadmin

2023 Information Session Video

Can’t make an information session in person? You can watch the 2023 Information video HERE. Read more →

2023 REGIONAL GRANT INFORMATION SESSIONS

You are invited and encouraged to attend an informational meeting about the WNC AgOptions grant program for growers and producers in 2023. Representatives from the WNC AgOptions program will be present to discuss the program, go over the 2023 application... Read more →

2023 APPLICATION AND GUIDELINES

DOWNLOAD APPLICATION: WORD PDF CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF UPCOMING GRANT INFORMATION SESSIONS CAN’T JOIN US IN PERSON? Watch a video of our information session here. CLICK HERE FOR GRANT WRITING TIPS 2023 WNC... Read more →

2020 Recipient: Appalachian Foothills Farm

Ricky Stiles, Appalachian Foothills Farm, LLC Commodity Barn Grant Award: $6,000 Ricky has built a four-bay commodity barn to store and blend feed for his calves. Blending his own feed will bring significant cost savings to his operation, cutting costs... Read more →

2021 Recipient: Ray’s Florist & Greenhouse

Ray Nations, Ray’s Florist & Greenhouse Posey Patch Flower Farm Grant Award: $6,000 Ray is expanding his established florist, garden center and greenhouse business by adding a cut-flower operation and increasing his current mist-propagation system for vegetable transplants and flower... Read more →

2022 Recipient: Gwendolyn Casebeer and Jay Englebach, Black Trumpet Farm

Gwendolyn Casebeer and Jay Englebach, Black Trumpet Farm Recycling Local Materials to Improve Efficiency in Gourmet Mushroom Production Grant Award: $8,000 Responding to sustained demand, Gwen and Jay used their 2020 AgOptions grant to obtain a 130-gallon mushroom substrate steamer,... Read more →

2016

Dietrich Blum, Blooming Branch Farm

James Moore Edwards, Edwards Farm

Bill Weeks, Exotic Natives Nursery