Farmer Grant Examples: 2010

Comparison of incorporated and non-incorporated cover cropping with an organic sunflower fuel

Grant Recipient: Samuel Yoder, Yoder’s Silver Maple Limousin Beef Farm, Kutztown PA
Grant ID Number: FNE10-702

Evaluating hot pepper varieties for yields under low tunnels and customer preferences

Grant Recipient: David Vigil, United Community Centers/East New York Farms!, Brooklyn NY
Grant ID Number: FNE10-701

Mushroom cultivation in unused farm structures

Grant Recipient: Noah Radcliff, Soggy Bottom Mushroom Farm, Canajoharie NY
Grant ID Number: FNE10-700

Evaluating suitability of open-pollinated melon varieties for intensive organic production

Grant Recipient: Alice Percy, Treble Ridge Farm, Whitefield ME
Grant ID Number: FNE10-699

Buckwheat hay: A quality feed for dairies in the Northeast?

Grant Recipient: John O’Meara, O’Meara Family Farm, New Sweden ME
Grant ID Number: FNE10-698

Production and processing of raw biomass for high-quality biofuel in the Catskill region

Grant Recipient: Bart Misiewicz, BAJUBE Farm, Meredith NY
Grant ID Number: FNE10-697

Sulfur application for weed-specific suppression

Grant Recipient: Kristen McGovern, Berry Brook Organic Blueberries, Orono ME
Grant ID Number: FNE10-696

Prototype feeder wagon for horned cattle

Grant Recipient: Bruce Maitland, Willow Knoll Farm, DeKalb NY
Grant ID Number: FNE10-695

A comparison of honeybee colony strength and survivability between nucleus- and package-started colonies

Grant Recipient: Erin MacGregor-Forbes, Overland Apiaries, Portland ME
Grant ID Number: FNE10-694

Economical climate control for extended production in high-tunnel vertical growing systems

Grant Recipient: Allen Lilly, Ryan’s Glade Farm, Oakland MD
Grant ID Number: FNE10-693

Seedless table grape variety evaluation grown on a VSP training system

Grant Recipient: John Lastowka, Lastowka’s Maple Gate Farm, Merrimack NH
Grant ID Number: FNE10-692

Better wine grape quality using combined vine training and canopy management: Phase 2

Grant Recipient: Richard Lamov, Hid-In-Pines Farm, Morrisonville NY
Grant ID Number: FNE10-691

Analysis of the cost and quality of direct-cut vacuum silage for the Northeast

Grant Recipient: Seth Kroeck, Crystal Spring Farm, Brunswick ME
Grant ID Number: FNE10-690

Development of a low-cost vertical patternator

Grant Recipient: R. Martin Keen, Landey Vineyards, Manheim PA
Grant ID Number: FNE10-689

Plant productivity rate and cost-effectiveness for different soil tillage systems

Grant Recipient: Tanya Jurcic, Windfall Farms, Montgomery NY
Grant ID Number: FNE10-688

Comparing fingerling potato cropping methods on no-till raised beds

Grant Recipient: Justin Hart, Whip Poor Will Farm, Jamaica VT
Grant ID Number: FNE10-687

Entrust vs. Pyganic insecticide in perimeter and internal trap crops in organic winter squash

Grant Recipient: Nancy Hanson, Hampshire College Farm Center, Amherst MA
Grant ID Number: FNE10-686

Turfing in renovation of cranberry bogs

Grant Recipient: Jennifer Friedrich, The Edible Yard/Fresh Meadows Farm, Plymouth MA
Grant ID Number: FNE10-685

Waste-oil-fired flame weeder

Grant Recipient: Dave Dolan, Flying Rabbit Farm, Otego NY
Grant ID Number: FNE10-684

Marketing analysis of new state-shaped maple candies

Grant Recipient: Charlie Chase, Charlie’s Sugar House, Coventry RI
Grant ID Number: FNE10-683

Big flip floats for commercial oyster aquaculture

Grant Recipient: David Chamberlain, Great Eastern Shellfish Company, Snow Hill MD
Grant ID Number: FNE10-682

Honeybee hive equipment sterilization

Grant Recipient: Craig Cella, High Valley Farms, Logantown PA
Grant ID Number: FNE10-681

Spun-bounded row cover high tunnels to produce gourmet-quality cole crops

Grant Recipient: Ken Campbell, Campbell’s Greenhouse, Saranac NY
Grant ID Number: FNE10-680

Develop a standard for kefir cheese spread and establish benchmarks for aging a raw-milk cheese spread

Grant Recipient: Rose Marie Belforti, Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery, King Ferry NY
Grant ID Number: FNE10-679

Modified use of spored oil for profitable production of mushrooms

Grant Recipient: Lawrence Beckerle, Mountaintop Quail Farms, Craigsville WV
Grant ID Number: FNE10-678

Solar and plant properties in cardboard mulch prepared no-till beds

Grant Recipient: Richard Baruc, Seeds of Solidarity Farm, Orange MA
Grant ID Number: FNE10-677

The farmer-built Savonius rotor: A low-tech approach to renewable power for farms

Grant Recipient: Erik Andrus, Boundbrook Farm and Good Companion Bakery, Vergennes VT
Grant ID Number: FNE10-676

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