2020 County: Henderson

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February 29, 2020 by webadmin

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

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 →

2022 Recipient: Bob Shipley, Shipley Farms, LLC

Bob Shipley, Shipley Farms, LLC Shipley Farm Livestock Handling Barn Grant Award: $8,000 Shipley Farms produces pasture-raised beef and direct sells to consumers, restaurants and food service companies. His 1860’s era barn is inadequate to handle the volume of cattle... Read more →

2022 Recipient: Cantrell Creek Trout Farm

Cantrell Creek Trout Farm Onsite Solid and Liquid Composting System Grant Award: $8,000 Cantrell Creek Trout Farm plans to use the AgOptions grant to upgrade the existing composting facility at the farm. The current system, which was built in the... Read more →

2023 Recipient: William Petty-Johnson, Mountain Flowers Hemp

William Petty-Johnson, Mountain Flowers Hemp Solventless Cannabinoid Extraction/Value Added Product Production Grant Award: $8,000 Mountain Flowers Hemp will use their grant to expand capacity to process solventless hemp extract and increase production of pre-rolled hemp products. Solventless extraction is the... Read more →

2020

Randy and Carolyn Edmundson, Edmundson Produce Farm

Tyler Hunsader, Jeter Mountain Farm

Dalton Rhodes, Rhodes Berry Farm