Apply now! New cost share program announced for N.C. farmers
The North Carolina Value-Added Cost Share Program (NCVACS) was recently announced. The NCVACS complements the USDA Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) by offsetting the costs (by approximately 50 percent) to value-added producers for professional services and equipment purchases. Applications for the NCVACS must be submitted by September 1, 2009.
The professional services supplemented by the NCVACS in Fall 2009 and 2010 are 1) VAPG grant writing and 2) enterprise feasibility assessment and business plan development. Equipment purchases, which cannot be funded by a VAPG, will be eligible for funding through the NCVACS in Spring of 2010 and 2011. Applicants for the NCVACS must also be planning to apply for a VAPG.
NCVACS is funded by the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission and administered by N.C. Cooperative Extension and the N.C. State University Value-Added & Alternative Agriculture Program at the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis, NC.
For more information about the NCVACS or to download an application, visit www.ncvalueadded.org.
