From a Press Release:
WNC AgOptions Farm Grants available for 2015 for Western NC counties
Media Contact: Craig Mauney, Extension Area Agent, Commercial Vegetables
Phone: 828-697-4891
Email: craig_mauney@ncsu.edu
Event Date: Intent to Apply Form Due 10/24/14; Application Deadline 11/21/14
Counties Eligible: Henderson, Haywood, Buncombe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Clay, Cherokee, Cleveland, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Graham, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, and Yancey
Contact for Haywood, Henderson & Buncombe Counties: Craig Mauney, Extension Area Agent, Commercial Vegetables, craig_mauney@ncsu.edu, 828-697-4891
For more information: Contact the agents with Cooperative Extension in your County. You can also visit our website at http://www.wncagoptions.org
Western North Carolina Farmers now have the chance to apply for farm diversification grants for the year 2015 through the North Carolina Cooperative Extension WNC AgOptions Program. Note the very important deadline of filing an “Intent to Apply Form Due 10/24/14”. Application Deadline is 11/21/14.
WNC AgOptions awards farmers who are diversifying or expanding their operations $3,000 and $6,000 grants to offset the risk of trying a new venture. The NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission recently funded WNC Agriculture Options through 2016, guaranteeing that WNC Farmers will receive a total of $340,000 in small grants for the next two years.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to attend an information session 5:30pm to 7:00pm on October 16 at the Mountain Horticulture Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River. Program leaders will offer an overview of the program, review requirements for applying, and give tips for writing applications. See http://www.wncagoptions.org/2015-grant-information-session/ for more details.
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