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2012 WNC AgOptions grantees build region's diverse agriculture system
Recipients trying new production techniques, reaching consumers directly, and preserving multi-generational farms.
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County
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Award
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Farm/Group
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Project Name
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Avery
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$6,000
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BRG Angus
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Enhanced Cattle Production
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Buncombe
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$6,000
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Full Sun Farm
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Mixed Nut Orchard
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Buncombe
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$6,000
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Wildwood Herbal
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Aquaponics Production
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Buncombe
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$6,000
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Hominy Valley Farms- Land and Cattle
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Home Delivery or Farm Pick Up
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Cherokee
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$3,000
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Fir Heaven's Sake Tree Farm
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Gift Shop and Sleigh Ride Scenery
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Cherokee Reservation
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$6,000
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Lambert Farms
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Grass-fed Beef Managed Intensive Grazing and Pastured Poultry Processing
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Clay
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$6,000
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High Mountain Meadows Farm
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Certified Creamery/Kitchen
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Graham
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$3,000
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Apple Valley Orchard
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Orchard Establishment
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Haywood
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$6,000
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Sunburst Trout Farms
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Water Quality Improvements for Increased Production of Rainbow Trout
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Henderson
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$6,000
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Kay Farm
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Romaine Lettuce Expansion
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Jackson
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$6,000
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Ty-Lyn Plantation
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Truffle Project
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Macon
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$6,000
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Nantahala Farms & Nursery
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Hydroponic Plant Production and Greenhouse Growing
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Madison
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$3,000
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Rockbar Farms
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Sweet Onion Project
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Madison
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$6,000
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Mackey Farms
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Meat Processing and Storage Facility
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McDowell
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$6,000
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DeMariano Vineyards
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Wine Production
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McDowell
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$6,000
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Ellis Farms
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Farms, Food and Community
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McDowell
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$6,000
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English Dairy Farm
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English Farmstead Cheese
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Mitchell
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$3,000
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David Hughes Farm
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Potato Production
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Polk
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$6,000
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Smith's Sweet Grass Farm
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All Natural Grass-Fed Beef- -Cattle Handling Equipment
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Swain
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$6,000
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Axios Farms
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Axios Apiary
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Transylvania
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$6,000
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Cherryfield Farm
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Sheep Expansion Project
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Watauga
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$6,000
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GOat GREEN farm
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GOat GREEN farm Goat Leasing & Meat
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Yancey
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$6,000
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Mt. Mitchell Produce
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Portable Cooling Unit for Limited Resource Farmers
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Region-wide
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$8,000
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Appalachian Botanical Alliance
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Cooperative Production, Research and Marketing of Traditional Chinese Herbs
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Jackson and surrounding
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$8,000
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Jackson County Farmer's Market
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The Community Kitchen
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Region-wide
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$8,000
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Independent Small Animal Meat Producers Association
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Foothills Pilot Plant Working Capital
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