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.

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.

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.

The Young family intends to use their grant award to build a new structure that can produce and store wine more efficiently to meet the increasing demand of their customer base.