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Ray Nations, Ray’s Florist & Greenhouse Greenhouse Solar Panels Grant Award: $8,000 Ray will be adding solar panels to one of his three active greenhouses. The goal of this project is to aid in the growth and sustainability of their … 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 >>
Dave Lesuer, Hillside Farm Hydroponic Tomato Greenhouse Grant Award: $8,000 Farming has provided 90% of income for Dave and his family since COVID began. He sells his diverse vegetable products to local restaurants, food pantries, and offers CSAs. After moving … View >>
Erica Fernbach and Karl Brandstaetter, Seven Oaks Farm Caterpillar Tunnels for Organic Production Grant Award: $8,000 Thanks to their existing caterpillar tunnels, Erica and Karl were able to provide peppers, tomatoes and lettuce during shoulder seasons when other farms’ production … View >>
Harold Paxton, Colonial Acres Nursery Building a Covered Nursery Potting Shed Grant Award: $8,000 Harold will pay for materials and labor to cover his 2,500 square-foot work area with a greenhouse-style roof. The elevated design will enable trucks to unload … View >>
Clement Swift, Clem’s Organic Gardens Cold Storage for Crop Diversification and Expansion Grant Award: $8,000 Clem plans to scale up production at his farm this year with the addition of a leased parcel that will increase his growing area by … View >>
Dorene Jankowski, Fire From the Mountain Outdoor Walk-in Freezer Grant Award: $8,000 Dorene produces a variety of hot sauces, salsa, and berry jams from products grown on her farm and markets them through their website, local farmers markets, wholesale accounts, … View >>
Bob Shipley, Shipley Farms, LLC Shipley Farm Livestock Handling Barn Grant Award: $8,000 Shipley Farms produces pasture-raised beef and direct sells to consumers, restaurants and food service companies. His 1860’s era barn is inadequate to handle the volume of cattle … 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 >>
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– Cartner Christmas Trees, Samuel Cartner, Cartner’s Wild-Simulated Medicinal Ginseng Production Test
– Ollis Farms, Elaine Ollis, Feedlot Facility
– Stines Farm, Justin Stines, Improvements to Cattle Handling Facility … View >>
– The Never Ending Flower Farm, Loretta Ball, Bathroom and Farm Store
– Mountain Meadows Nursery, Michael Balogh, Nursery Expansion
– Black Trumpet Farm, Gwendolyn Casebeer, Mushroom Production
– Flourish Flower Farm, Nicolette Irving, Farm Stand
– Burley Stick Farm, Morgan Metcalf, Walk-In Freezer and Packing Facility
– Blazing Star Flowers, Suzanne Nolter, Multi-Use Canopy Structure
– Pinnacle View Farm, Andrew Rogers, Fence Line Feeding System
– Hawks Next Farm, Gerald Strickland, Cattle Handling Equipment … View >>
– J4 Cattle Company, Robin Jackson, J4 Beef and Provisions … View >>
– Hedge Family Farm, Sara and Mike Hedge, Wash-Pack Facility Farm Expansion … View >>
– Circle C Farm, Jody Black, Reducing Sweet Potato Harvest Losses … View >>
– Stoney Hollow Farm, Scott Boxberger, Equipment and Expansion Project… View >>