2023 County: Watauga

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March 1, 2023 by webadmin

2024 Grants Available

Grants for family farms in 2024 WNC AgOptions intent to apply deadline Oct. 13; Application deadline Nov. 17. ASHEVILLE, N.C. — WNC Agricultural Options is now accepting grant applications from farmers diversifying or expanding their businesses. With funding from the... Read more →

2024 APPLICATION AND GUIDELINES

DOWNLOAD APPLICATION: WORD PDF CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF UPCOMING GRANT INFORMATION SESSIONS CLICK HERE FOR GRANT WRITING TIPS 2024 WNC AgOptions Grant Guidelines: Thank you for your interest in the WNC Agricultural Options Program. WNC... Read more →

Intent to Apply deadline is OCTOBER 13th

The 2024 WNC AgOptions cycle has officially launched! If you did not have the opportunity to attend one of our regional information sessions, please contact your LOCAL COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT by OCTOBER 13th to find out more about how to apply.... Read more →

2023 Recipient: Nicole Coston, Bearwallow Valley Farms

Nicole Coston, Bearwallow Valley Farms Wholesale and Process Improvement Plan Grant Award: $8,000 After four years of production, Nicole has identified needs for new multi-use equipment that will improve efficiency and production, as well as harvest and post-harvest handling processes.... Read more →

2023 Recipient: Rick Rhinehart, Ruby Brown Farm

Rick Rhinehart, Ruby Brown Farm Multi-use Shed Facility & Future Farm Store Grant Award: $8,000 With the growth of their freezer beef business, the Rhineharts are running out of room to store their farm implements, feed, and fertilizer. As a... Read more →

2023 Recipient: Susan Owen, The Lily Patch Farm

Susan Owen, The Lily Patch Farm Sorting, Storage, and Cooling Shed for Pawpaw Grant Award: $8,000 With a 2017 AgOptions grant, Susan started a Pawpaw orchard with 30 trees (expanded to 60 trees in 2019), which are now bearing fruit... Read more →

2023

Alvin Blake Brown, Brown's Farm Ridge

Lisa and Dennis Braswell, Braswell Mountain Farms

Susan Owen, The Lily Patch Farm

William Petty-Johnson, Mountain Flowers Hemp