2004 Recipients

GENERAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE GRANTS 1. Incorporating a Rainwater Collection and Gravity-Fed Watering System into a Wildflower and Herb Raised-Bed Market Garden Production System Cindy Becker P.O. Box 229 Montreal, MO 65591 2. Use of Solar Power for Temperature Control and Watering Systems in High Tunnels Bryan Boeckmann P.O. Box 131 Westphalia, MO 65085 3. Improving Self-Sufficiency and Sustainability by Reducing Dependence on Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides while Improving the Soil Jim and Linda Comley 30 Soda Creek Road Buffalo, MO 65622 4. Evaluating Poultry Litter as a Source of Fertility and a Tool to Increase Plant Species Diversity in Both Cool and Warm Season Grasses in a Managed Grazing System Tom Craft RR 4, Box 713 Butler, MO 64730 5. Researching and Testing the Direct Marketing of Locally Produced Goat Milk and Milk Products (mainly cheeses) Renae and Steve Farnsworth Route 1, Box 31 Downing, MO 63536 6. Producing Naturalized Queen Honeybees from Mite Resistant Stock Grant F. C. Gillard 3721 N. High Street Jackson, MO 63755 7. Reclamation of Forest By-Products into Nutritional Soils Using Fungi Tim Hite 396 Cedar Hills Road Ozark, MO 65721 8. Use of Strip Cropping, Poultry Litter and Overseeding Ryegrass to Increase Productivity and Sustainability of a Diversified Crop/Livestock Farm in West Central Missouri Gary Ogg 37512 Highway 10 Richmond, MO 64085 9. Aquaculture System Management in Reestablished Wetlands Jason Pobst 321 Nancy Drive Sikeston, MO 63801 10. Evaluate New Market Opportunities for Domestic Fiber Products, Including Wool, Mohair and Alpaca Fibers Lyn Simuns 9245 SE Hwy PP Collins, MO 64738 11. Growing & Harvesting Shrimp in Missouri Paul Smith 695 Bennett Street Lebanon, MO 65536 ALTERNATES 1st Alternate Assessing the Viability of Low Cost, Easily Assembled, Portable PVC Pens for Pastured Poultry Mike Knoll 6351 E. Bass Lane Columbia, MO 65201 2nd Alternate Creating Aquaculture for Specialty Cut Flowers through Renovation of Historic Pond Site Kerry M. Clark 772 SE 450 Road Clinton, MO 64735 3rd Alternate The Modern Diversified Small Farm: Marketing Horses & Dogs Instead of Cattle & Hogs Micah Briscoe, Briscoes Buckskins, LLC 28441 Harbor Ave. Jamesport, MO 64648 AGROFORESTRY SPONSORED GRANTS 12. Agroforestry/Forestry Deer-Proof Fence R. Scott Brundage 22231 Bluff Blvd. Columbia, MO 65201 13. Improving Farm Productivity by Combining the Silvopasture Strategies of a Traditional Pecan Plantation with Pasture Raised Heritage Breed Turkeys and Poultry in the Alleyways between Pecan Trees Tom Fuhrman 2408 County Road # 2250 Moberly, MO 65270 14. Windbreak for Livestock Protection: Demonstration for Low Maintenance and Rapid Establishment Robert Karr 9646 Lawrence 2210 Monett, MO 65708 JEFFERSON INSTITUTE SPONSORED GRANTS 15. Good Fences…Good Neighbors, Using Living Fences as Buffer Zones for an Organic Farming System Meriwether Farms, LLC/ Mary Ann Kohl 16240 Pike 114 Louisiana, MO 63353 16. Erosion Control Through the Use of Cover Crops and a More Diversified Crop Rotation Bryan Von Holten Route 3, Box 75A Cole Camp, MO 65325

Questions? Comments? Please contact Joan Benjamin at: Joan.Benjamin@mda.mo.gov