2023 Infrastructure Grants

Tiffany Bellfield El-Amin is using her grant award to reinforce Ballew Estates Regional Farm Kitchen and Distribution with new appliances such as sinks, freezers and a generator to start serving her farm community with aggregation and more in winter 2024.

With his grant award, James Brewer plans to repair a storage building on his property as well as purchase a pea sheller and freezer so that he can provide his customers with shelled peas and keep them stored safely until the moment of sale.

Cheryl Gibson plans to use her infrastructure grant money to purchase a floral cooler to extend the shelf life of her flowers. This cooler will allow Cheryl to extend her selling season, as well as provide more varieties and larger quantities of flowers to her customer base.

With his grant funds, Todd Huewitt intends to repurpose an existing structure on his farm into a cooler and produce prep station. This will allow him to extend his selling season and reduce waste on the farm.

Ed Hunt intends to use his grant award to expand his nursery operation to supply trees and shrubs to those who want to improve wildlife mast production and beautify their land.

Gabriel Jimenez and his wife Tamita Brown intend to use their grant award to invest in new equipment and infrastructure for their pasture pork operation that will allow them to increase the number of pigs they raise and meet the increasing demand of their customers.

Chue Lee is using grant funds to construct a much-needed new building for washing and processing produce.

Breyon intends to use his grant award from FOCN to expand his family’s storage capacity so that they can more effectively market their products to local farmers markets and grocery stores and enrich their community which is located in a food desert.

Wendell Williams is purchasing a barn after his previous structure was damaged by 2018's Hurricane Michael. The barn will serve as both storage for farm equipment and a space to host a mini farmers' market for his community.