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Sisk Family Farm Cattle Handling Improvements Grant Award: $10,000 The Sisk family farm is nearly 200 years old. After previously operating as a dairy, the farm now produces beef cattle and vegetables. They sell cattle at auctions and also direct-to-consumer beef, … View >>
Scism Farm Cattle Diversification Grant Award: $10,000 Scism Farm has been a large-scale producer of commodity crops such as soybeans, corn, and wheat since the late 1980s. They have also produced 360,000 turkeys per year since then. With the help of … View >>
Carroll Bartlett, Bartlett Farms Fence Line Feeding System Grant Award: $8,000 Bartlett Farms’ grant is to install a fence line feeding system to streamline feeding on their combined 105-acre beef and commercial hay farm, which will improve feed and … View >>
Brian Parker, South Mountain Limousin Cattle Co./Homestead Poultry Farm Cattle Grazing, Handling, and Erosion Project Grant Award: $8,000 After Brian’s family farm ended their 47 years of contract broiler business, he decided to expand his beef cattle operation. Brian has … View >>
Jason Rhodes, Rhodesdale Farm Sheep Handling Facility Improvements Grant Award: $8,000 To improve his sheep handling process, Jason has added fencing and converted an existing cattle feedlot area into a sheep feeding and handling facility. He also installed a platform … View >>
George Moffitt, Patch Work Farms Establishing Patch Work Farms Grant Award: $8,000 Fourth-generation farmer George Moffitt has dedicated his life to his family farm, helping establish it as one of the county’s leading vegetable producers. After years of farming … 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 >>
Timothy Keller, Keller Farm Goat Expansion for Profit Grant Award: $8,000 With the goal of increasing their goat herd to 100 head by 2026, the Kellers will convert approximately 3,000 feet of barbed wire previously used for cattle containment to … View >>
Andrew Rogers, Pinnacle View Farm Fence Line Feeding System Grant Award: $8,000 Andrew has added a fence line feeding system to the farm. The new structure allows Andrew and his father to safely feed their cattle while also reducing feed … View >>
Jeff and Terri Phillips, Pine Row Farm Farm Store Grant Award: $6,000 Terri and Jeff are approaching retirement and are working to generate an income from their family farm. To meet increasing demand for their farm-raised beef, pork, chicken and … View >>
Sara Martin and Dustin Cornelison, Two Trees Farm / Sustainabillies, LLC Livestock Pasture and Barn Grant Award: $3,000 Sara and Dustin plan have installed fencing to create a new pasture, purchased a livestock guardian animal and built a barn suitable … View >>
Sébastien Brun, Brulé Farms LLC Tuber Melanosporum or Black Winter Perigord Truffle Orchard Grant Award: $6,000 Leveraging knowledge gleaned from multiple truffle-growing workshops in France, Western North Carolina and both online and in person with the National Truffle Growers Association, … View >>
Renea Winchester, Butterfly Cove Botanicals Medicinal Herb Expansion Grant Award: $6,000 In the wake of the COVID crisis, many people became first-time gardeners and the demand for seeds skyrocketed. There was also an increased demand for medicinal herbs, particularly elderberry … View >>
Chris Denesha, pleb urban winery Expanding and Protecting our High Country Vineyards to New Varietals Grant Award: $6,000 Working with a network of farmers, Extension agents and academic researchers, Chris’s goal is to establish western North Carolina as a unique … View >>
Jeff C. Phillips, Pine Row Farm Farm Store Grant Award: $6,000 With the help of a 2018 WNC AgOptions grant to boost their heritage hog operation, the Phillips were able to successfully expand their pork products. Since demand for their … 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 >>