Food and Farming Recent Grants

Crow Fly Farms, photo courtesy of Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.

  • Macon County Public Health (as the fiscal sponsor for MountainWise)
    WNC Region
    Grant Amount: $50,000
    Fiscal Year 2024
    to sustain and strengthen the Double Up Food Bucks program in WNC.
  • Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
    WNC Region
    Grant Amount: $8,500
    Fiscal Year 2023
    to engage HunterKemper Consulting to assist in conducting a staff engagement and visioning process that will help ASAP continue its successful work after a period of organizational transition.
  • Bounty & Soul
    Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Rutherford, and Transylvania counties
    Grant Amount: $35,000
    Fiscal Year 2023
    to support Produce to the People and Farmers Alliance, two programs that address the intersection of food, farms and health.
  • McDowell Local Food Advisory Council (LFAC)
    McDowell
    Grant Amount: $66,500
    Fiscal Year 2023
    for the purchase of a vehicle to transport food, to pay contract workers to support an anticipated influx of farmer food, and to fund part of the costs of LFAC’s Community Project Manager.
  • Organic Growers School (as the fiscal agent for the WNC Food Justice Planning Initiative)
    WNC Region
    Grant Amount: $54,000
    Fiscal Year 2023
    to coordinate and develop the Initiative.
  • Organic Growers School
    WNC Region
    Grant Amount: $50,000
    Fiscal Year 2023
    to implement programming that provides WNC farmers with individualized support, comprehensive education, and coaching services to enhance farmer success and sustainability.
  • Polk County Government
    Polk
    Grant Amount: $28,450
    Fiscal Year 2023
    to support the management of the Columbus Farmers Market and Columbus Winter Market that operate in Columbus, NC.
  • Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
    WNC Region
    Grant Amount: $50,000
    Fiscal Year 2023
    to support sustainable local agriculture at its 140-acre Community Farm in Alexander through varied farm projects and programs.
  • The Utopian Seed Project
    WNC Region
    Grant Amount: $40,000
    Fiscal Year 2023
    to support its work to develop a resilient regional food and farming system through research, education, and promotion of biodiversity.
  • Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
    WNC Region
    Grant Amount: $80,000 over two years
    Fiscal Year 2022
    to support farm viability by connecting farmers with consumer demand through its Farm Fresh for Health initiative.
  • Bounty & Soul
    Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Rutherford, and Transylvania counties
    Grant Amount: $25,000
    Fiscal Year 2022
    to support two of its “pillar programs”: Produce to the People™ and Farmers Alliance, programs that address food, farms, and health through a lens of equity and inclusion.
  • MANNA FoodBank
    WNC Region
    Grant Amount: $50,000
    Fiscal Year 2022
    to cover program, operational, and food purchase costs of its mobile food programs.
  • Organic Growers School
    WNC Region
    Grant Amount: $25,000
    Fiscal Year 2022
    to implement programming that provides WNC farmers with individualized support, advanced education, and mentoring services to enhance farmer success and sustainability.
  • Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional (TRACTOR)
    WNC Region
    Grant Amount: $45,000
    Fiscal Year 2022
    for general operating funds to support the implementation of a universal community-grown food share program.
  • The Utopian Seed Project
    WNC Region
    Grant Amount: $30,000
    Fiscal Year 2022
    to fund the outfitting of an on-farm greenhouse and to assist with general operating expenses.

Food and Farming Grant History