Five local farms are among the 39 businesses awarded a total of $216,000 in this year’s WNC Agricultural Options grant program.
Local recipients include:
Long Family Farms and Gallery of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, which received $3,000 toward production of mushroom and medicinal extracts and oils.
Dugan Farms of the EBCI, which received $6,000 toward mechanical cultivation for sustainable weed management.
Two Trees Farm/Sustainabilities LLC in Haywood County, which received $6,000 to