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<br />Development of Market for Naked Oat
<br />Variety "NC Huff- less"
<br />Grantee North Carolina Agricultural
<br />Foundation, Inc.
<br />Amount $21,250
<br />Project Funds from this Golden LEAF grant are to
<br />be used to research and demonstrate the
<br />performance of livestock when fed the
<br />oat variety NC Hull -less, in comparison to
<br />regular oats, and if findings are positive,
<br />to develop and implement a marketing
<br />plan for NC Hull -less.
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />Development and Production
<br />of Value -Added Egg Products
<br />Grantee North Carolina Agricultural
<br />Foundation, Inc.
<br />Amount $87,500
<br />Project This Golden LEAF grant will provide a
<br />second year of funding to assist with the
<br />creation of the Carolina Egg
<br />Development Corporation, a liquid egg
<br />and pre - cooked egg product processing
<br />facility.
<br />Servicing Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Warren,
<br />Franklin, Wilson, Beaufort, Robeson,
<br />Tyrrell, Duplin, Hyde, Washington and
<br />Columbus Counties
<br />Marketing and Marketing Capacity
<br />Development for Carolina Organic
<br />Growers, Inc.
<br />Grantee North Carolina Agricultural
<br />Foundation, Inc.
<br />Amount $95,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to support Carolina Organic Growers in
<br />creating and implementing a marketing
<br />program to expand wholesale and
<br />restaurant accounts in the Triangle,
<br />Charlotte, Wilmington, Asheville, Boone
<br />and Triad areas and thus increase sales
<br />for COG members by 15 percent over a
<br />two year period.
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />Entrepreneur Assistance Program
<br />for Value -Added Agricultural Commodities
<br />and Products
<br />Grantee North Carolina Agricultural
<br />Foundation, Inc.
<br />Amount $125,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to develop and extend entrepreneurial
<br />training modules that address issues in
<br />developing and marketing food
<br />products, horticultural commodities and
<br />other agricultural goods.
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />"The Golden LEAF is a key
<br />component of my efforts
<br />to brings jobs and economic
<br />opportunity to all corners
<br />of North Carolina."
<br />—Rep. Jim Black, Co- Speaker,
<br />N.C. House of Representatives
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<br />Sustainable'Agricultural Solutions
<br />Manufactured from Waste Materials
<br />Grantee North Carolina Agricultural
<br />Foundation, Inc.
<br />Amount $200,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant
<br />is to support a second year of funding
<br />for further research and product
<br />development by Novovita, Inc., of a
<br />paper -like material, manufactured from
<br />poultry wastes, to be used as crop cover,
<br />bedding and fertilizer.
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />Alternative Markets for North Carolina
<br />Grain Growers
<br />Grantee North Carolina Agricultural
<br />Foundation, Inc.
<br />Amount $300,000
<br />Project The purpose of this grant is to provide a
<br />third year of funding to the Grain
<br />Growers Cooperative in support of the
<br />following activities: soy biodiesel project,
<br />market development for natb?say beans,
<br />Small Grain Producers — research on red
<br />winter wheat, and a feasibility study for
<br />the Tidewater Soy Processors.
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />Agri - Cultural Tourism:
<br />A Proposal for Economic Development
<br />Grantee North Carolina Arts Council
<br />Amount $325,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to assist the North Carolina Arts Council,
<br />HandMade In America and Duplin
<br />County Cooperative Extension in
<br />developing and implementing a model
<br />agri - cultural and.heritage tourism model
<br />that can be replicated statewide. The
<br />project will be multi - pronged and use
<br />proven community development models
<br />to create new sustainable tourism
<br />products.
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />Biomanufacturing Workforce Development
<br />Needs and Resources Assessment
<br />Grantee North Carolina Biotechnology Center
<br />Amount $250,000
<br />Project This Golden LEAF grant will be used by
<br />the North Carolina Biotechnology Center
<br />to develop, perform and analyze a
<br />bioprocess manufacturing workforce
<br />training needs assessment; conduct an
<br />inventory of current educational resources
<br />available to meet these needs; and
<br />coordinate a strategic plan for a
<br />comprehensive statewide program of
<br />biomanufacturing workforce training.
<br />The project will result in the generation
<br />of a report combining the results of the
<br />workforce training needs assessment and
<br />the inventory of current educational
<br />resources; a strategic plan based on the
<br />data obtained in the needs assessment
<br />and inventory, and an executive summary
<br />brochure that presents the major findings
<br />from the surveys, previews the strategic
<br />plan, and emphasizes the significances of
<br />this statewide initiative to economic
<br />development in North Carolina.
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />A Demonstration Model for Workplace
<br />Preparedness in the Hospitality and
<br />Tourism Industry: A Continuation
<br />Grantee North Carolina Central University
<br />Amount $200,000
<br />Project This Golden LEAF grant will assist NC
<br />Central with a second year of funding to
<br />partner with Alamance, Vance - Granville
<br />and Wake Technical Community
<br />Colleges to deliver hospitality training to
<br />60 participants in one of three career
<br />tracks: food service management,
<br />lodging operations, and tourism and
<br />hospitality management. The target
<br />population will be displaced tobacco
<br />workers from jP Taylor and others.
<br />Servicing Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange,
<br />Person, Wake, Vance, Warren and
<br />Alamance Counties
<br />Golden LEAF Scholars Program
<br />Grantee North Carolina Community College
<br />System
<br />Amount $300,000
<br />Project This Golden LEAF grant will make
<br />available scholarships to provide job
<br />training to students attending North
<br />Carolina community colleges serving
<br />tobacco- dependent communities.
<br />Servicing Statewide
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