2017 List of Grant Recipients

Aaron and Nicole Bradley, Bradley Farms
Polk County
$6,000  -  Pastured Pig Feeding System
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Feed  |  Hogs, Pigs & Pork  |  Livestock  |  Marketing  | 

Amos & Kaci Nidiffer, Trosly Farm
Avery County
$6,000  -  High Tunnel Season Extension
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  High Tunnel Hoophouse  |  Vegetables  | 

Catherine Guthrie Bennett, Doubletree Farm
Madison County
$3,000  -  Sorghum Syrup Expansion
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Expansion  |  Processing & Production  |  Sorghum  |  Syrup  | 

Charles Myers and Kathryn Curran, Keeper's Cut Meadery
McDowell County
$6,000  -  Meadery and Winery
Topics:   Beekeeping  |  Berries  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Fruit  |  Grapes  |  Honey  |  Mead  |  Processing & Production  |  Winery  | 

Chris and Amy Deyton, Green Mountain Farms
Yancey County
$6,000  -  Mechanization for Reducing Labor and Increasing Safety
Topics:   Cattle & Beef  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Goats  |  Livestock  |  Safety  |  Vegetables  | 

Clement Swift, Clem’s Organic Gardens
Transylvania County
$6,000  -  Top-Lift Carrot and Beet Harvester
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Marketing  |  Organic  |  Vegetables  |  Workshops  | 

Curtis and Susan Burnside, Sospiro Ranch
Transylvania County
$6,000  -  Goat Kidding and Handling Barn
Topics:   Buildings  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Goats  | 

Dennis Francis, Dennis Francis Farm
Haywood County
$6,000  -  Seed Drill for Hay and Pasture
Topics:   Cattle & Beef  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Feed  |  Hay  | 

Dwight Clifton Henry, Henry’s Farm
Cherokee County
$6,000  -  Smoky Mountain Orchard
Topics:   Apples  |  Expansion  |  Fencing  |  Fruit  |  Orchard  | 

Eddy Jackson Corbin, Jr., Corbin Family Farm
Rutherford County
$6,000  -  Honey House
Topics:   Beekeeping  |  Buildings  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Honey  |  Processing & Production  | 

Evan Chender, The Culinary Gardener
Buncombe County
$6,000  -  BSC Tractor and Implements Upgrade
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Expansion  |  Herbs  |  Vegetables  | 

Frances and Jeff Tacy, Franny’s Farm
Buncombe County
$6,000  -  Rotational Grazing for Sheep/Lamb Production Expansion
Topics:   Buildings  |  Fencing  |  Livestock  |  Sheep & Lambs  | 

Gabriel Noard, Pangaea Plants
Rutherford County
$6,000  -  Medicinal Herb Processing Equipment
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Medicinal Herbs  |  Organic  |  Processing & Production  | 

Graham and Wendy Brugh, Dry Ridge Farm
Madison County
$6,000  -  Beef Expansion
Topics:   Cattle & Beef  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Expansion  | 

Isaiah and Annie Louise Perkinson, Flying Cloud Farm
Buncombe County
$6,000  -  Mobile Sorghum Operation
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Processing & Production  |  Sorghum  |  Syrup  |  Value-Added  | 

Janet Peterson, Cloud 9 Farm
Buncombe County
$3,000  -  Small Fruit Irrigation and Raspberry Diversification
Topics:   Berries  |  Diversification  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Irrigation  |  U-Pick  | 

Jessica Wehr, Wehrloom Honey
Graham County
$6,000  -  Mead Expansion
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Buildings  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Handmade Items  |  Honey  |  Mead  |  Value-Added  |  Winery  | 

Joe Evans, Paper Crane Farm
Madison County
$6,000  -  Crop Diversification: Specialty Cut Flowers
Topics:   Diversification  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Flowers  |  Organic  | 

Joey and Kelley Miller, Miller’s Choose and Cut
Watauga County
$6,000  -  Farm Expansion
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Choose & Cut  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Expansion  |  Retail & Sales Center  |  Trees  |  Wreaths  | 

John and James Carroll, Big John’s Hydro Farm
Cleveland County
$6,000  -  Back-Up Electricity and Mini-Fogger
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Greenhouse  |  Hydroponics  |  Tomatoes  | 

John Andrew Austin, Austin Family Dairy Farm
Yancey County
$6,000  -  Waste Management/Manure Spreader
Topics:   Cattle & Beef  |  Dairy  |  Equipment & Supplies  | 

Josh and Brooke Postell, Postell Hollow Farm
Cherokee County
$6,000  -  Complete Sheep Working/Handling Facility
Topics:   Buildings  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Expansion  |  Safety  |  Sheep & Lambs  | 

Kathleen and Kevin Lane, Homemade In Marshall
Madison County
$6,000  -  Dairy Parlor Upgrade
Topics:   Dairy  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Expansion  |  Processing & Production  | 

Kimberly P. Peace, Flag Branch Farm
Cleveland County
$6,000  -  Adding Value to Goat’s Milk
Topics:   Buildings  |  Dairy  |  Goats  |  Handmade Items  |  Natural Products  | 

Lisa Black, Fields of Gold
Henderson County
$6,000  -  Goat Milk Dairy Equipment for Goat Gelato
Topics:   Dairy  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Expansion  |  Goats  |  Handmade Items  |  Natural Products  | 

Mike and Beverly Woody Ham, Two Crows Farm
Cherokee County
$6,000  -  Agritourism and Retail Expansion
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Alpacas  |  Buildings  |  Educational Program  |  Expansion  |  Fiber  |  Retail & Sales Center  | 

Pamela C. Zimmerman, Zimmerman’s Berry Farm
Madison County
$6,000  -  Wood Fired Value Added Processing
Topics:   Berries  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Fruit  |  Handmade Items  |  Processing & Production  |  U-Pick  |  Value-Added  |  Workshops  | 

Patrick Jeremy Breedlove, Breedlove Family Farms
Swain County
$6,000  -  Goat Handling Equipment
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Goats  |  Livestock  |  Meat  | 

Paula and Dale Boles, JB Farms
Caldwell County
$6,000  -  Aquaponics Greenhouses
Topics:   Aquaponics  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Fish  |  Greenhouse  |  Hydroponics  |  Vegetables  | 

Robert and Jaime Cool, Bee Kind Family Farm
Caldwell County
$3,000  -  Apiary Expansion
Topics:   Beekeeping  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Expansion  |  Handmade Items  |  Honey  | 

Rodney Wise, Mountain Hollow
Mitchell County
$6,000  -  Mushroom Operation
Topics:   Diversification  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Medicinal Herbs  |  Mushrooms  |  Processing & Production  | 

Samantha and Kevin Webb, LeatherNeck Farms
Clay County
$6,000  -  Irrigation Expansion
Topics:   Agritourism  |  Cattle & Beef  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Goats  |  Irrigation  |  Livestock  |  Vegetables  | 

Shannon Morgan, S.D. Morgan Farms
Buncombe County
$6,000  -  Brewer’s Grain: It’s More Than Just Beer
Topics:   Cattle & Beef  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Feed  | 

Susan Owen and Charles Coffey, The Lily Patch Farm
Watauga County
$6,000  -  Expanding Organic Production of Pawpaws
Topics:   Equipment & Supplies  |  Expansion  |  Fruit  |  Marketing  |  Nursery  |  Orchard  |  Organic  |  Processing & Production  | 

Tracy Cavagnaro and Todd Kirmss, Holt Orchards
Henderson County
$6,000  -  Retail Cooling Shed
Topics:   Apples  |  Buildings  |  Equipment & Supplies  |  Orchard  | 

 

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