ADFP Trust Fund Cycle VIII Awarded Grants

Statewide General Appropriations Conservation Easement Awards

Name of Project Grantee Acres Grant Amount
Pope Farm Easement Association for the Preservation of the Eno River 75 $75,000  
Williams Farm Easement The Land Trust for Central North Carolina 220 $175,000  
Elmore Farm Easement Catawba Lands Conservancy 134 $106,700  
Butts Farm Easement Duplin County 78 $81,327  
Stephens Farm Easement Alamance County 75 $112,713  
Houser Farm Easement Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District 120 $405,438  
  Totals 702 $956,178

TVA Perpetual Easements

Name of Project Grantee Acres Grant Amount
Glance Cove Farm Easement Haywood Soil and Water Conservation District 116 $317,013  
Nesbitt Farm Easement Buncombe Soil and Water Conservation District 43 $100,000  
  Totals 159 $417,013

Military Perpetual Easements

Name of Project Grantee Acres Grant Amount
Hawkes Farm Easement The Nature Conservancy 42 $97,950  
Weyerhaeuser Parker Easement The Nature Conservancy 2,070 $817,550  
McDonald Farm Easement The Nature Conservancy 109 $84,500  
  Totals 2,179 $902,050

Statewide Development Projects

Name of Project Grantee Grant Amount
Canola Livestock Meal, Cooking Oil, and Biofuels Study Johnston County Economic Development $35,000  
Improving Soil Health - Cover Crops NC Foundation for Soil and Water Conservation $46,500  
Improving Soil Health - Mobile Soils Classroom NC Foundation for Soil and Water Conservation $20,000  
Conservation Equipment Rental Program Durham Soil and Water Conservation District $22,000  
Economic Impact Study of Agricultural Development Value Added Soybeans Lois G. Britt Agribusiness Center at the University of Mount Olive $81,581  
Caldwell County Farm Equipment Caldwell County Cooperative Extension $10,000  
  Total $215,081

TVA Development Projects

Name of Project Grantee Grant Amount
WNC High Tunnel Education, Production, and Marketing Initiative Southwestern NC Resource Conservation and Development Council $24,000  
Grazing Strategy for Underutilized Land Mountains Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council $46,500  
  Total $70,500

Statewide Agricultural Plans 

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