Mary Boyer Sustainable Food and Agriculture Grants
玛丽·博耶可持续农业和粮食赠款的目的是通过韦德app官网女性农民来加强我们当地的粮食系统, 农场主, 以及计划创造可持续解决方案以扩大或增加高地农业生产的加工商.
The grant is open to female farmers, 农场主, 以及我们服务区域的生产商,包括北卡罗来纳州的阿勒格尼县, 艾弗里, 阿西娅, 考德威尔, Watauga, 威尔克斯, 米切尔, and Yancey. The Mary Boyer Sustainable Food & Agriculture Grants & Scholarships is not currently an active program. 有关非brwia助学金和奖学金机会的想法,请联系 [email protected]. 2018 Grant Recipients
2017 Grant Recipients
2016 Grant Recipients
2015 Grant Recipients
2014 Grant Recipients
2013 Grant Recipients2012 Grant RecipientsHolly Whitesides: Food Security through Grain and Seed Production
这个项目使冬青能够在种子和小粮食生产方面开拓市场. 霍莉为许多观众介绍了她的研讨会“作为农场企业的种子保存”,并且 you can view the full presentation here. 以下2012年的资助是通过我们与 Heifer 实习生ational 和 Blue Ridge Seeds of Change.
Elizabeth West & Lisa Redman: Bioshelter Construction 这笔赠款韦德app官网在西杰斐逊的林地收获山农场建立一个生物庇护所, NC. A bioshelter is a solar greenhouse managed as an indoor ecosystem. 生物庇护所的不同组成部分可能包括玻璃外壳 & timbers, plants, animals, aquaculture, microlivestock and more. 生物庇护所可提高亩产、减少害虫、提供栖息地并减少能源消耗. According to the EPA, 与传统温室相比,生物庇护所可以节省80%的能源. 这个项目依靠社区的韦德app官网和参与,因为建设完全是一个团队的努力. Learn more about Woodland Harvest Mountain Farm here. Early construction photos below. See more pictures of the construction here. Kaci Nidiffer: Hatching Poultry on Farm
这笔赠款使北卡罗来纳州艾弗里县的Trosly农场能够建造一个孵卵结构. 谷仓将作为农场所有牲畜的“苗圃”,并将使Kaci和Amos能够在农场孵化小鸡. See pictures of our visit to the farm here. Learn more about Kaci and Amos of Trosly Farm. Kaci的感言:“我甚至不记得我是什么时候开始与BRWIA合作的,但这一切都是一次很棒的经历... With the grant, we started our barn. It’s a big, huge project that still has lots of steps that have to get done but it was awesome to get that jump start with the grant; it put us ahead so much this year because in the wintertime there are so many projects to get done but not money to do them, 所以,当我们有时间去做某件事的时候,完成它是一件很棒的事情."
Amy Nelson: Multi Species Rotational Grazing and Invasive Weed Control
With this grant, 纳尔逊家庭农场购买了围栏和牲畜,并安排了集约化放牧系统. Through this project, the Farm will have the opportunity to educate consumers about grass-fed, 当地种植的产品和农民使用替代致癌化学物质来控制这种过度生长. 克里斯汀·特拉维斯:混合林荫果园被动键控灌溉
Old Season Farm in West Jefferson, NC的使命是种植具有高市场价值的多年生粮食作物,并且可以在我们地区以最小的投入可持续地种植. 为此目的,在过去的三年里,他们每年种植50棵树. 他们在建造果园时面临的一个问题是水资源管理. The weathered, 我们地区大多数山坡上排水良好的土壤通常不能为多年生作物的生长提供足够的水分或肥力, 和y are especially vulnerable in the establishment stage. “Keyline设计”是20世纪40年代在澳大利亚开发的一种全农场水管理和土壤改良系统. 基本原则是使用精心布置的被动景观特征(如洼地和池塘)来改善保水和土壤健康. With this grant, Old Season Farm has dug swales and so far they have functioned as hoped, 从大雨事件中储存额外的水,但不会溢出并损坏护堤. Old Season Farm将于2014年2月举办一个农场研讨会,报告他们的项目并分享他们的进展. The first row of Swale Photos below were taken in January, the second row were taken on a recent November visit to Old Season Farm. 2011 Grant RecipientsHolly Roark: Used funding to explore the feasibility of top bar hive beekeeping.
Lee Carlton Swift:采用创新灌溉和再利用技术的节水系统. (photos below) |
Scholarships for Agricultural Conferences
In 2011 and 2012, 我们能够与农业组织合作,并为区域可持续农业会议提供农民奖学金.
2012
With the support of the Organic Growers School and AgraQuest, 我们能够帮助Ripshin山羊乳品公司的Meredith Duke参加2012年在阿什维尔举行的有机种植者学校会议.
2011
Ann Rose和Holly Whiteshides获得了南方SAWG在查塔努加举行的2011年维持家庭农场实用工具和解决方案会议的免费注册和住宿, TN. 黛安·贝克和多琳·扬科夫斯基获得奖学金,参加2011年在阿什维尔举行的有机种植者学校会议, NC.
2012
With the support of the Organic Growers School and AgraQuest, 我们能够帮助Ripshin山羊乳品公司的Meredith Duke参加2012年在阿什维尔举行的有机种植者学校会议.
2011
Ann Rose和Holly Whiteshides获得了南方SAWG在查塔努加举行的2011年维持家庭农场实用工具和解决方案会议的免费注册和住宿, TN. 黛安·贝克和多琳·扬科夫斯基获得奖学金,参加2011年在阿什维尔举行的有机种植者学校会议, NC.