Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 5/9/18

The grants are designed to strengthen agriculturally dependent families and communities. At a century-old farm in Stokes County, a grower plans to make chips from tomatoes that otherwise would be wasted. A couple from Kenly will build an animal barn to expand the livestock operation that’s part of their agritourism business. And a Mount Olive father-daughter team are turning an old tobacco greenhouse into a microgreens operation. These and 24 other projects were recently announced as winners of 2018 North Carolina AgVentures cost-share grants. 

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