ADFP Trust Fund Cycle VIII Awarded Grants

Statewide General Appropriations Conservation Easement Awards

Name of ProjectGranteeAcresGrant Amount
Pope Farm EasementAssociation for the Preservation of the Eno River75$75,000  
Williams Farm EasementThe Land Trust for Central North Carolina220$175,000  
Elmore Farm EasementCatawba Lands Conservancy134$106,700  
Butts Farm EasementDuplin County78$81,327  
Stephens Farm EasementAlamance County75$112,713  
Houser Farm EasementLincoln Soil and Water Conservation District120$405,438  
 Totals702$956,178

TVA Perpetual Easements

Name of ProjectGranteeAcresGrant Amount
Glance Cove Farm EasementHaywood Soil and Water Conservation District116$317,013  
Nesbitt Farm EasementBuncombe Soil and Water Conservation District43$100,000  
 Totals159$417,013

Military Perpetual Easements

Name of ProjectGranteeAcresGrant Amount
Hawkes Farm EasementThe Nature Conservancy42$97,950  
Weyerhaeuser Parker EasementThe Nature Conservancy2,070$817,550  
McDonald Farm EasementThe Nature Conservancy109$84,500  
 Totals2,179$902,050

Statewide Development Projects

Name of ProjectGranteeGrant Amount
Canola Livestock Meal, Cooking Oil, and Biofuels StudyJohnston County Economic Development$35,000  
Improving Soil Health - Cover CropsNC Foundation for Soil and Water Conservation$46,500  
Improving Soil Health - Mobile Soils ClassroomNC Foundation for Soil and Water Conservation$20,000  
Conservation Equipment Rental ProgramDurham Soil and Water Conservation District$22,000  
Economic Impact Study of Agricultural Development Value Added SoybeansLois G. Britt Agribusiness Center at the University of Mount Olive$81,581  
Caldwell County Farm EquipmentCaldwell County Cooperative Extension$10,000  
 Total$215,081

TVA Development Projects

Name of ProjectGranteeGrant Amount
WNC High Tunnel Education, Production, and Marketing InitiativeSouthwestern NC Resource Conservation and Development Council$24,000  
Grazing Strategy for Underutilized LandMountains Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council$46,500  
 Total$70,500

Statewide Agricultural Plans 

Name of ProjectGranteeGrant Amount
Farmland Protection Plans for Five Counties, Cost of Community Services Studies for Two CountiesLois G. Britt Agribusiness Center at the University of Mount Olive$98,000  
Davie County Farmland Protection PlanDavie County$12,000  
 Total$110,000