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Burntshirt Vineyards CIMA Model T.300.45 RST Vineyard Sprayer Grant Award: $10,000 Burnshirt Vineyards planted their first grapes in 2012. Since then, they have constructed a wine production facility and tasting rooms, and currently have 30 acres in grape production. As their … View >>
Ranch Vista Farm Egg Facility Grant Award: $10,000 Ranch Vista has been selling hatched chicks and hatching eggs in Henderson and the surrounding counties since 2002. To diversify his chicken hatchery business and increase revenue, Bobby expanded by developing a … View >>
Tiny Bridge Farm Addressing Farm Viability Through Higher Yields, Labor-Saving Efficiencies, and Access to Markets for Production Vegetable Farm Grant Award: $10,000 Since starting on a ⅓-acre site in 2010, Tiny Bridge Farm has grown into the largest commercial organic … View >>
J & M Orchards at Freeman Farms, LLC Bakery Addition Grant Award: $8,000 Jason McCarson & Cheryl McCraw operate a thriving 120-acre apple orchard, home to over 50 varieties, including 20 heirloom types. Since opening their retail roadside market, they’ve … View >>
Brian Upchurch, Carolina Truffieres, LLC Improved Truffle Yield through Equipment Adaptation Grant Award: $8,000 Carolina Truffiéres is the largest productive truffle orchard in North America. Orchard management requires a cover crop between trees and specialized equipment to cultivate around … View >>
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. … View >>
Paul Shoemaker, Holly Springs Farm Vegetable Season Extension Project Grant Award: $8,000 To alleviate the constraints of late spring and early fall frosts, Paul installed two high tunnels with end walls. The tunnels will extend the farm’s normal seasonal production … View >>
Tyler Hunsader, Jeter Mountain Farm Canner for Hard/Carbonated Cider Grant Award: $8,000 After opening to the public in 2020, Jeter Mountain Farm saw unexpectedly high sales of their hard cider, which was produced using their apples. In 2022, in order … View >>
Stacy Fields, Raspberry Fields Raspberry Fields Kitchen Grant Award: $8,000 Raspberry Fields’ original plan was to build a small structure on the farm to house the farm kitchen. During the planning phase, Stacy discovered her proposed location was in a … View >>
Gary and Abigail Steiner, Bee-utiful Farm and Garden Greenhouse Upgrade and Expansion Grant Award: $8,000 With the ultimate goal of moving to full-time farming, the Steiners have upgraded an existing 5-year-old greenhouse with more plant growing space in order to … View >>
Tracy Cavagnaro and Todd Kirmss, Holt Orchards Bakery and Apple Cider Donut Maker Grant Award: $6,000 Tracy and Todd have built a bakery equipped with a new doughnut maker to create fresh apple-cider doughnuts from the 60 acres of apples … View >>
Adam Pressley, Pressley Farms Strawberry Production Expansion Grant Award: $6,000 The Pressley family started growing strawberries in 2015 with 500 plugs, ramping up their crop to about 3,500 plants on 0.17 acres by 2019. For the 2021-2022 season, they have … View >>
Stacy Fields, Raspberry Fields Agritourism Improvements to the Farm Grant Award: $6,000 After building materials costs rose steeply in early 2021, Stacy determined she would not be able to complete her proposed project, which was installing a commercial kitchen in … View >>
Dalton Rhodes, Rhodes Berry Farm Make Blackberries Local Again Grant Award: $6,000 Currently, Rhodes Berry Farm sells their entire product to a national broker who markets in the midwest and northeast of the US. Research has shown that the farm … View >>
Tyler Hunsader, Jeter Mountain Farm Juice (Cider) Operations Grant Award: $6,000 Jeter Mountain Farm has diversified their farm with the opening of a new 30 acre U-pick apple operation in 2020. From research done the past three years at multiple … View >>
Randy and Carolyn Edmundson, Edmundson Produce Farm Value-added Acidified Food Kitchen Grant Award: $6,000 Based on years of feedback from customers wanting to enjoy the Edmundson’s produce year round, Edmundson Produce Farm has added a permanent value-added acidified food kitchen … View >>