Organic Vegetable Production for Limited Resource Farmers (planning grant) Gary Cline, Kentucky State University, $19,100

Economic and Environmental Effects of Compost use for Sustainable Vegetable Production, Greg Evanylo, Virginia Tech, $153,969

Systems for Sustainability of Alfalfa Production on Arid, Coastal Plain Soils Using Various Harvesting Strategies, Vincent Haby, TexasAES, $149,750

Developing Effective Methods to Assess the Impact of Community Food Security Programs on Purchase of Local Farm Produce in Three Southern Communities, (planning grant), Ellen Huntley, Florida Organic Growers, $20,000

A Sustainable Integrated Production System for Native Pecan and Beef Cattle Producers and its Effect on Ecology in Flood Prone Areas, Dean McCraw, Oklahoma State University, $210,188

Pastured Poultry and Vegetable Production, James McNitt, Southern University, LA, $89,800

Polyculture of Paddlefish with Catfish in the Southern Region, Steve Mims, Kentucky State University, $140,135

Enhancing Feasibility for Range Poultry Expansion, Steve Muntz, Heifer Project International, KY, $175,740

Integrated Crop and Sylvan Systems with Swine, Charles Talbott, North Carolina A&T University, $156,262

Ecological, Sustainable and Economic Impact of Legume-based Pasture Systems for Limited-resource, Small-ruminant farmers, University of the Virgin Islands, Elide Valencia, CES, VI, $114,810

System for Conserving and Adding Value to Manure Sources of Nutrients in Turfgrass Sod, (planning grant), Donald Vietor, Texas AES, $16,854
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Producer Grant Program 1999 Awards

Utilization of Wood Waste and Agricultural By-products in High-value Gourmet Mushroom Production, Gary Anderson, KY, $9,507

The Effects of Cover Crops on Weed and Insect Management in Blackberries, Sam Bellamy, NC, $9,935

Paper Wasp Colonization for Tent Caterpillar Control in Pecan Groves, Frank Bibin, GA, $506

The Effect of Municipal Compost on Christmas Trees, Curtis Buchanan, TN, $6,985

Internal Parasite Resistance Selection Method for Sheep, Ray Cloudt, TX, $4,844

Developing a Model for Successful Direct Marketing in Southern Communities, Trace Giornelli, Community Green Markets of North Florida, $7,020

Crop Rotation and Rotational Grazing Study, Ken Graff, TX, $9,876

Ratite Marketing Education Program, Tina Hurdt, Carolinas Emu Ranchers, NC, $7,250

The Effect of Cropland-applied Poultry Litter on Water Quality, Rick Jeans, OK, $9,556

Alternative Parasite Control Methods for Goat Producers: A Comparative Analysis, Charles Johnson, FL, $5,960

Developing an Organically Approved Soil Mix for Use in Vegetable Transplant Production, Rosalie Koenig, FL, $7,660

Breaking the Herbicide Habit: Integrating Cover Crops with Herbicide Application, Rebecca Perez-Rossello, PR, $9,960

Use of Low-value Hardwoods for Shiitake Mushroom Production, Walker Rayburn, Jr., NC, $1,929

Oriental Persimmons and PawPaws: Two Sustainable Crops for the South, Lesley Sanderson, NC, $6,534

Demonstrating the Benefits of Agroforestry Practices on Family Farms, Andre Sanfiorenzo, PR, $6,704

Alum Ammended Solids Separation and Composting of Swine Waste, Jimmy Shealy, GA $9,100

Alternative Pollinators, Roger Smith, KY, $3,475

Sustainable Winter Squash Production using Poultry Litter, Johnnie L. Stubbs, GA, $4,985

Cattle Lane Construction Alternatives that Enhance Intensive Grazing Systems, Tom Trantham, SC, $9,850

Evaluating the Cost of Row-Crop Production using Precision Farming Technologies, J. Tucker, TN, $7,816

Southern Off-Season Milk Goat Breeding Project, Tanya Waymire, National Goat Products Association,TX, $6,599

Low Cost Compost Screening, Carl Weston, NC, $2,975
 
 

Professional Development Program 1999 Grant Awards

Development of a Dairy Farm Sustainability Checksheet and Establishment of a Distance Education Program for Training CES and NRCS Personnel to Work with Dairy Farmers, Ann Wells, NCAT, $54,621

Building Capacity in Organic Agriculture: An Integrated Systems Approach to Training Agricultural Information Providers, Skip Glover, Georgia Land Stewardship Association, $115,000

Multimedia Training Resources on Sustainable Greenhouse Vegetable Production, Mary Peet, NCSU, $39,887

Achieving Rangeland Sustainability Through Total Resource Management, Wayne Hanselka, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, $157,061