Grants Awarded | 2001 Awards | By County

Columbus County

• Edible and Medicinal Mushroom Farming in North Carolina: A Cash Crop for the Future
• Farm Diversity Strategies for Former Tobacco Growers
• A Value-Added Egg Processing Facility for North Carolina (with Carolina Egg Development Corporation)
• Bladen's Bloomin' (Agricultural Leasing Program)
• The Carolina Commerce and Technology Center, Inc. (COMtech.)
• Healthy Community Institute for Nonprofit Excellence
  
• Sustainable Agricultural Solutions Manufactured From Negative-Value Waste Resources
  
• Development of Industrial-Type Sweet Potatoes for Farm Diversification
• Small Business Lending in Tobacco-Dependent Counties
  
• New Tobacco History Orientation Video
  
• Developing a Sustainable Medicinal Herbs Market for North Carolina
  
• NC 20/20 Community Forums
  
• Farm Equipment Service Technician Recruitment and Training
  
• Upscale Pork Markets for Small Scale Hog Producers
  
• Organic Insecticides from Alternative Crops (in collaboration with Natural Pest FX, Inc.)
  
• Grain Growers Cooperative: Alternative Markets for North Carolina Grain Growers
  
• Milsana Bioprotectant - A Biochemical Product for Horticulture (with KHH BioSci, Inc.)
  
• Final Equipment Needs to Process and Sell Natto and Tofu Soybean
  
• Funding for Regional Partnerships
  
• The North Carolina Specialty Crops Program - Keeping Agriculture Profitable Through Innovative New Crop Research and Marketing
  
• Revitalizing Farms and Communities Through High Value Organic Production: Demonstration, Education, Marketing
  
• Developing New Nursery Crops for North Carolina
  
• Sweet Potato Business Enhancement Program - A Long Term Initiative to Expand the Sales and Consumption of North Carolina Sweet Potatoes
  
• Entrepreneur Assistance Program for Value-Added Agricultural Commodities
  
• Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina Communication and Education Improvement Initiative
  
• SBTDC NC Marine Trade Services
  
• Golden LEAF Scholars Program
  
• Building Capacity for Change in Rural North Carolina
  
• Economic Development Assessment
  

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