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The Berry Farm, LLC Irrigation Upgrade and Value-Added Expansions Grant Award: $10,000 The Berry Farm is a Pick-Your-Own farm with an on-site farm stand. After operating for over 25 years the irrigation infrastructure is no longer functioning properly. When she had … View >>
Emily Driskill, Tanager Plants LLC Nursery Infrastructure Expansion Grant Award: $8,000 Emily utilized her grant to complete two significant expansion projects on her farm. First, she hired a professional to install a 12′ x 20′ propagation greenhouse kit she … View >>
Hassena Kassim, May’s Menagerie, LLC House of Huevos – Laying Hen Expansion Grant Award: $8,000 Hassena used her grant to construct a new 10′ x 24′ chicken coop in order to expand her flock of laying chickens from 50 to … View >>
Tex Teixeira, Nowhere Branch Farm Vermiculture Project Grant Award: $8,000 Tex has set up a vermicompost (a process that uses earthworms and microorganisms to create a valuable soil amendment) system to process manure generated from his herd of beef … View >>
Aaron & Rebekah Travis, Sugar Hollow Farm Cooling for Growth: Enhancing Sustainability at Sugar Hollow Farm Grant Award: $8,000 Sugar Hollow Farm has seen a surge in demand for their sustainably-raised meat and eggs, but storage limitations have hindered … View >>
Morgan Decker, Root Bottom Farm Gothic High Tunnel Grant Award: $8,000 Morgan has replaced three deteriorating wood and PVC hoop houses with a 24′ x 92′ metal-framed gothic-style high tunnel. He has equipped the tunnel with louver vents, end framing, … View >>
Emily Patrick, Carolina Flowers Dried Flower Processing Chamber Grant Award: $8,000 Carolina Flowers has added a dedicated dried flower processing chamber to their operation to increase dried flower production. The dried flower processing chamber will be an insulated structure with … View >>
Tommy and Danni Speight, Bluff Mountain Nursery Fencing for Katahdin Sheep Grant Award: $8,000 The Speights have converted old tobacco growing fields into grazing pastures to expand their Katahdin sheep herd from 27 to 70-80 head. They used grant to … View >>
Kelsey Green, Our Friendly Allies The Processing Facility Project Grant Award: $8,000 Kelsey started Our Friendly Allies six years ago, and with the help of two previous AgOptions grants, has expanded to three greenhouses to grow certified organic herbs, medicinal … View >>
Sharon Marler and Christopher Scott Brazil, Blue Winter Farm Farm Diversification and Upgrades Grant Award: $8,000 Since 2010, Blue Winter Farm has been raising registered Black Angus and registered Red Hereford cattle. In order to upgrade to a full scale … View >>
Alyson Wade, The Farm Connection Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Gardens, Video Marketing and Risk Mitigation Grant Award: $8,000 Working on a multi-pronged approach to grow their successful nursery, The Farm Connection used their grant in three ways. Because nursery sales are … View >>
Randall Gifford, Greenshine Farms Operation Ten X Grant Award: $8,000 Greenshine Farms has embarked on an ambitious endeavor for a tenfold increase in production on their farm. Having doubled their revenue every year since 2016, Greenshine Farm has the experience … View >>
Kelsey Green, Our Friendly Allies Greenhouse Expansion Grant Award: $6,000 Kelsey started Our Friendly Allies five years ago and has reached capacity on her two 20-foot by 20-foot greenhouses, which are used to propagate plugs for her ½-acre production field … View >>
Stephanie Vinat, The AppaLatin Farmstead The AppaLatin Farm Building Grant Award: $6,000 In 2020, AppaLatin Farmstead purchased a 10-foot by 24-foot building for the farm and had it wired with electricity. In 2021 with her grant, Stephanie has added water … View >>
Danielle Keeter & Mark McDonagh, Mighty Gnome Market Garden Expanding Production of Most Profitable Crops Grant Award: $6,000 Mighty Gnome Market Garden is a small scale, intensive vegetable garden serving a growing number of CSA members while selling at two … View >>
Wendy and Graham Brugh, Dry Ridge Farm Laying Hen Expansion Grant Award: $6,000 Wendy and Graham have expanded their egg production to include wholesale markets in Asheville. They increased their laying flock to 2,000 birds, which allows them to respond … View >>