2024 Beginning Farmer Stipends

Cecil Norris is a teacher, artist, and farmer in Shelby, North Carolina.

Michelle Joan Papillion established Royal Queen Farms as a tool for healing.

Brandi Roberts is the founder of DevaSprouts Farm in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Rooted Traditions is a cooperative farm located in Faison, NC.

Damon K. Rush of Williams Vineyard & Farm grows ~5 acres of nutritional and healthy muscadines, along with fruits and vegetables.

Joanne Spruill is a lawyer by trade who works in corporate America. Working side by side with her farmer mother, Joanne is now also a farmer.

Juan Quinonez Zepeda owns and co-manages Cebadilla Ranch in Senatobia, Mississippi, alongside his family.