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<br />Establishment of Foundation Broodstock
<br />for Flounder Farming in North Carolina
<br />Grantee North Carolina State University
<br />Amount $150,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant
<br />is to apply breeding and culture
<br />techniques developed over eight years to
<br />establish a demonstration facility for
<br />improving broodstock quality and
<br />commercial production of flounder.
<br />Servicing Eastern Region, Northeast Partnership,
<br />Piedmont Triad and RTR Partnership
<br />Marketing, Production and Educational
<br />Program Development for the Expansion
<br />of the Franklin County Goat Producers
<br />Cooperative
<br />Grantee North Carolina State University
<br />Amount $200,000
<br />Project The purpose of this project is to expand
<br />meat goat markets and to continue
<br />research on improving the quality of
<br />meat goats and production techniques.
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />Distance Diagnosis of Pest and Plant
<br />Disease Problems
<br />Grantee North Carolina State University
<br />Amount $209,050
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to equip 14 county extension centers
<br />with professional quality compound and
<br />dissecting microscopes, supplies, a
<br />computer and imaging equipment where
<br />specimens can be brought for proper
<br />imaging and digital submission to NC
<br />State University faculty. The purpose of
<br />the centers will be to provide immediate
<br />access to university experts for plant
<br />problems and disease diagnosis and make
<br />available locally trained professionals who
<br />are able to use lab tools to analyze and
<br />diagnose plant and pest problems.
<br />Servicing Harnett, Robeson, Cabarrus, Person,
<br />Clay, Henderson, Madison, Edgecombe,
<br />Wayne, Pitt, Duplin, Beaufort, Chowan
<br />and Forsyth Counties
<br />The NC Specialty Crops Program- -
<br />Keeping North Carolina Agriculture
<br />Profitable Through Innovative New Crop
<br />Research and Marketing —Year 2
<br />Grantee North Carolina State University
<br />Amount $280,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />provide a second year of funding to
<br />continue statewide expansion of the
<br />Specialty Crops Program, broaden the
<br />scope of crops, products and enterprises
<br />studied and developed, and increase
<br />educational outreach efforts.
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />Revitalizing Farms and Communities
<br />through Nigh Value Organic Production:
<br />Demonstration, Education and Marketing
<br />Grantee North Carolina State University Center
<br />for Environmental Farm
<br />Amount $70,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to support the second year of work
<br />aimed at assisting NC farmers with the
<br />transition to high value organic
<br />production through education,
<br />demonstration and marketing activities.
<br />Direct support will be given to farmers
<br />whp'seek to initiate a community
<br />supported agriculture marketing
<br />program. In addition, the project will
<br />begin developing an institutional food -
<br />buying program targeting universities,
<br />hospitals and nursing homes,
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />Sweet Potato Business Enhancement
<br />Program —A Long Term Initiative
<br />to Expand the Sales and Consumption
<br />of North Carolina Sweet Potatoes
<br />Grantee North Carolina Sweet Potato
<br />Commission Foundation, Inc.
<br />Amount $300,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to devise and implement a comprehensive
<br />strategy to measurably and sustainably
<br />increase the demand for and consumption
<br />of NC sweet potatoes.
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />TGANC Communication and Education
<br />Improvement Initiative
<br />Grantee North Carolina Tobacco Foundation
<br />Amount $34,500
<br />Project Funds from this Golden LEAF.grant
<br />will be used to assist TGANC with
<br />developing, improving, increasing and
<br />strengthening communication and
<br />educational services to over 10,000
<br />tobacco farm families statewide.
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />Agri -Bio Training in Scotland County
<br />(Project Pisces)
<br />Grantee North Carolina's Southeast
<br />Commission
<br />Amount $46,666
<br />Project This Golden LEAF grant will support the
<br />location of an agri- biotech company in
<br />Scotland County as a poultry- vaccine
<br />production facility. Training provided by
<br />the NC Community College System under
<br />this project will cultivate workforce skills
<br />that will help attract additional agri -bio
<br />ventures to Scotland County. Funds will
<br />train workers in specialized areas including
<br />product development, safety, quality
<br />management and process engineering.
<br />Servicing Scotland, Robeson, Hoke, Sampson,
<br />Cumberland, Bladen and Columbus
<br />Counties
<br />Risk Management Training and Market
<br />Development for Limited Resource Farmers
<br />Grantee Operation Spring Plant, Inc.
<br />Amount $150,000
<br />Project Funds from this Golden LEAF grant will
<br />be used to assist Operation Spring Plant
<br />in operating the Risk Management and
<br />Market Development project as part of
<br />its Rural Business Development
<br />Cooperative Program. The program will
<br />provide training to limited resource
<br />farmers in sustainable agricultural
<br />production techniques, farm planning
<br />and market development.
<br />Servicing Martin, Hyde, Washington, Pitt, Duplin,
<br />Edgecombe, Warren, Vance, Person,
<br />Granville, Franklin, Sampson, Beaufort
<br />and Halifax Counties
<br />Wilson County Outreach and Workforce
<br />Preparedness Program
<br />Grantee Opportunities Industrialization Center
<br />of Wilson, Inc.
<br />Amount $130,000
<br />Project This Golden LEAF grant will assist OIC to
<br />recruit and train displaced tobacco
<br />workers for jobs at Cox Target Media. The
<br />program will prepare participants for 150
<br />job openings over the next two years at
<br />Cox Media in the following areas:
<br />printing press operators, material
<br />handlers, machine operators, mail sorters,
<br />lift truck operators and clerical personnel.
<br />Servicing Wilson County
<br />Pamlico County SEEED Project (Sustainable
<br />Employment through Environmental and
<br />Economic Development)
<br />Grantee Pamlico Community College
<br />Amount $48,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to support Pamlico Community College
<br />in training local businesses to market,
<br />manufacture, install and maintain
<br />affordable, environmentally friendly and
<br />permittabie wastewater treatment
<br />systems in eastern NC. The project will
<br />utilize proven technology (ReCip),
<br />created by TVA, which treats wastewater
<br />sufficiently to allow permitting where a
<br />septic system cannot be used.
<br />Servicing Pamlico County
<br />GOLDENLfEAF 2002 Annual Report 19
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