ADFP Trust Fund Cycle VII Awarded Grants

Statewide General Appropriations Conservation Easement Awards

Name of Project Grantee Acres Grant Amount
Baldwin Farm Easement Piedmont Land Conservancy 363 $314,000  
Paige Farm Easement Duplin County Soil and Water Conservation District 60 $172,575  
  Totals 423 $486,575.00

TVA Perpetual Easements

Name of Project Grantee Acres Grant Amount
Peterson Farm Easement Buncombe County Soil and Water Conservation District 134 $375,000  
Francis Farm Easement Haywood County Soil and Water Conservation District 100 $362,500  
Henson Mountain Farm Easement Southwestern NC Resource Conservation and Development Council 80 $188,500  
Kirkpatrick Farm Easement Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy 175 $135,780  
  Totals 489 $1,061,780

TVA Term Easement

Name of Project Grantee Acres Grant Amount
AK and Sons Farm Easement (30 Years) Haywood County Soil and Water Conservation District $87,500  100

Military Term Easement/Agreement 

Name of Project Grantee Acres Grant Amount
Mobley Farm Easement/ Agreement (20 Years) Black Family Land Trust $143,475  436

Statewide Agricultural Plans

Name of Project Grantee Grant Amount
Cleveland County Farmland Protection Plan Cleveland County Soil and Water Conservation District $14,000  
Person County Farmland Protection Plan Piedmont Conservation Council $14,000
  Total $28,000 

TVA Agricultural Plans

Name of Project Grantee Grant Amount
Mitchell County Farmland Protection Plan Mitchell County Soil and Water Conservation District $12,000

Statewide and Military Agricultural Development Project 

Name of Project Grantee Grant Amount
Evaluating Value Added Soybean Processing Lois G. Britt Agribusiness Center at Mount Olive University $192,764 

Military Agricultural Development Project 

Name of Project Grantee Grant Amount
Cost of Community Services Studies Lois G. Britt Agribusiness Center at Mount Olive University $30,000 

TVA Agricultural Development Projects

Name of Project Grantee Grant Amount
No Fruit Left Behind Henderson County $60,000
Increasing WNC’s Meat Processing Capacity Jackson County $10,000
Smoky Mountain Agriculture Strategy Southwestern NC Resource Conservation and Development Council $25,000
Enhancing Agriculture Within Swain County Swain County Soil and Water Conservation District $10,200
Western North Carolina’s Mobile Soil Exhibit Swain County Soil and Water Conservation District $16,000
Preservation Through Innovative Crop Diversity University of North Carolina Asheville Foundation $7,000
Shared-Use Farm Equipment Program Watauga County Soil and Water Conservation District $25,000
Brewers Grain for WNC Farmers WNC Communities $25,000
WNC Regional Livestock Center Enhancements WNC Communities $32,500
  Total $210,700