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Randy and Megan Smith, Smith’s Sweet Grass Farm Grass-Fed Beef, Cattle Handling Equipment Grant Award: $6,000 Randy and Megan are transitioning from conventional cattle grazing to Managed Intensive Grazing (MIG). The goal of MIG is to constantly rotate the cattle … View >>
Mill Spring Agricultural Development Center Primary Contact: Lynn Sprague Grant Award: $19,000 — Polk Fresh Trade Post Project The “Friends of Agriculture” farm group is making a functional retail space, distribution center and cooperative space for strengthening their agricultural economic … View >>
Randy and Megan Smith Smith’s Sweet Grass Farm Grant Award: $6,000 — Pasture Poultry Expansion The Smiths are expanding their pasture poultry operation on their fourth-generation farm. With the addition of two pastured poultry pens, they will triple their proven … View >>
Gail Blate, DeerHaven Hills Farm Blueberry Irrigation Project Grant Award: $6,000 Gail is establishing an irrigation system for 700 blueberry plants in two acres. She aims to ensure the sustainability of the operation even in periods of drought like the … View >>
Rodney Booth Adawehi Sustainable Agriculture Growth & Expansion (SAGE) Project – Grant Award: $6,000 “This project is a start to us being an example for others in the agricultural community, showing different ways of generating revenue and creating jobs. This … View >>