2019 County: Watauga

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February 22, 2019 by webadmin

2019

2027 WNC AgOptions Farm Grants

2027 WNC AgOptions Farm Grant: Applications Due November 9 Farms that submitted an Intent to Apply have until 11:59 p.m. on November 9, 2026 to turn in their completed application. Grants of $10,000 are available to family farms across Western... Read more →

WNC AgOptions Featured in WNC Business Magazine

WNC AgOptions Featured in WNC Business Magazine WNC AgOptions is featured in the Q3 2026 issue of WNC Business magazine, in a story on how the grant program is helping farms across Western North Carolina stay viable through changing conditions.... Read more →

2026 Grantees Announced!

This year’s grant awards will support projects that improve farm efficiency, enabling growth and increasing income, which support the longevity of their farm businesses. Over half of the awarded recipients will invest in equipment and processes that will significantly improve... Read more →

2022 Recipient: Regina Jodie McCord, Great Blue Farms

Regina Jodie McCord, Great Blue Farms Seed to Bloom to Bouquet Grant Award: $8,000 Having grown up on her family’s tobacco/vegetable farm, Jodie has been growing annuals, perennials, bi-annuals and shrubs for weddings and events on the same farm since... Read more →

2022 Recipient: Erica Fernbach and Karl Brandstaetter, Seven Oaks Farm

Erica Fernbach and Karl Brandstaetter, Seven Oaks Farm Caterpillar Tunnels for Organic Production Grant Award: $8,000 Thanks to their existing caterpillar tunnels, Erica and Karl were able to provide peppers, tomatoes and lettuce during shoulder seasons when other farms’ production... Read more →

2023 Recipient: Nikki Sentelle Denson, River Bottom Bounty Farm

Nikki Sentelle Denson, River Bottom Bounty Farm Tunneling Tomatoes Grant Award: $8,000 Having recently taken over the family farm from her father who suddenly passed away in 2021, Nikki has added a high tunnel with an irrigation system to grow... Read more →

2019

Gregory Miller, 3M Livestock

Kara Dodson and Jacob Crigler, Full Moon Farm

Sarah Beth Hopton, Heartwood Farms Ltd

Casy Jordaan, Mountainwise Farm

Julia and John McIntyre, Trebuchet Hill