• By Mary Jac Brennan
• Posted Thursday, November 5, 2015

NC AgVentures Grant Opportunity for Family Farms

NC AgVentures program, which is supported by the NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, will award a minimum of 22 grants to agriculturally dependent farm families in the following counties: Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, Rockingham, Yadkin, Guilford, Martin, Wilson, Pitt, Edgecombe, Nash, Sampson, Lenoir, Duplin, Wayne, Greene, Johnston counties.

The application deadline is January 6, 2016.

An application workshop is planned for producers interested in learning more about the grant award and application process. For more information contact Mark Tucker or Mary Jac Brennan at 336-703-2850.

Forsyth County:

• NC Cooperative Extension, Forsyth Center
• 1450 Fairchild Rd.
• Winston-Salem, NC 27105
• Tuesday November 17, 2015
• 6:30 pm
• Grower Meeting to Follow

Applications:

For additional information, or to obtain an application contact your local Cooperative Extension office. Applications can also be downloaded to your computer from this web address: www.ncagventures.org.