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Ancestral Trout Farm Co. Expansion at Andy’s Trout Farm Grant Award: $10,000 Andy’s Trout Farm focuses on agritourism, including fishing, lodging, and educational experiences, and has been in operation since 1965. Ancestral Trout Farm Co. was founded to serve as the … View >>
Mashburn Branch Vineyard (MBV) Mashburn Branch Vineyard Winery Equipment Grant Award: $10,000 Mashburn Branch Vineyard has been producing French hybrid wine grapes and muscadines since 2000 and has recently added cider apple and pear trees. After completing the winery building and … View >>
Clint Cabe, Clint Cabe Farm Corn Storage and Processing Grant Award: $8,000 Clint sells field corn directly to consumers, primarily for wildlife. Without any way to store the corn he grows, he is encountering a bottleneck in his production. … View >>
John Cantrell, Mashburn Branch Vineyard Small Winery Room Completion Grant Award: $8,000 John has used his grant to install insulation, electrical wiring, drywall, garage doors, and a mini-split A/C unit for his winery room in a 26′ x 26′ two-story … View >>
Charles L. “Butch” Deal High Pressure Boom Sprayer for Vegetables and Fruit Grant Award: $8,000 A 10th generation farmer whose family has been producing vegetables/tobacco for over 70 years, Mr. Deal will be purchasing a more efficient and modern sprayer … View >>
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 … View >>
Daniel and Lori Cabe, The Flower Company Walk-in Flower Cooler Grant Award: $6,000 For their cut-flower farm and florist business, Daniel and Lori will purchase a 12-foot by 9-foot by 14-foot, four-door, walk-in flower cooler with glass reach-in doors for … View >>
Stacy Bredendieck, Winding Stair Farm and Nursery Greenhouse Conversion to Propagation House Grant Award: $6,000 Winding Stair Farm, a multi-location farm, nursery and retail garden center, has converted an existing 96-foot by 28-foot greenhouse to a propagation facility for growing … View >>
Daniel and Lori Cabe, The Flower Company Dahlia Flower Plugs and Soil Amendments Grant Award: $6,000 Since 1997, Daniel and Lori have operated The Flower Company Farmer and Florist in Otto, NC. This full-service florist specializes in local grown specialty … View >>
Todd Seagle, Seagle Livestock Handling Facility for Spent Brewers Grain Grant Award: $6,000 Since the first craft brewery opened in Macon County in 2015, Todd has been taking advantage of the spent brewers grain to feed his cattle. He is … View >>
Nancy Bateman, Bateman Girls’ Cattle Farm Heifer Replacement Program Grant Award: $3,000 With the ultimate goal of growing out 20% replacement/additional head of cattle per year on their farm, Nancy has implemented a program that includes purchasing an EDP “heifer … View >>
Warren, Diana and Clint Cabe, Blue Ribbon Farms Stone Grist Mill Grant Award: $6,000 With the long-term goal of diversifying his farm to remain viable, Warren used past WNC AgOptions grants to improve his cattle operation and develop a niche … View >>
Warren, Diana and Clint Cabe, Blue Ribbon Farms Sorghum Syrup Production Grant Award: $3,000 Warren and Diana have added a sorghum syrup processing facility to make syrup with sorghum that they are growing. The shed doubles as a produce packing … View >>
Donald W. Carringer, Carringer Farms Bee Operation Grant Award: $6,000 Donald has tripled the size of his bee yard by adding 20 hives, so that he is well on his way to a goal of 40-hives in his bee yard. … View >>
Jim Ledford, 4 L Livestock Transition to Managed-Intensive Grazing Grant Award: $6,000 Jim is transitioning his cattle operation to year-round Managed-Intensive Grazing, the next step in becoming a profitable and sustainable business. He is purchasing and installing a fencing system, … View >>
Warren is increasing the number of calves for market with the purchase of electrical fencing for pasture management as well as materials for improved livestock handling. He is dividing nine acres into paddocks to permit controlled grazing and hence … View >>