Download the entire list as a free PDF here: Potential Financing for Pollinator Habitat on NC Farms.
Note to farmers: These websites are for financing options that MIGHT cover creation of pollinator habitat on your farm in North Carolina. Quotations were taken from the financing source website’s description of eligible projects. Please let me know if you discover that any of these financing options DO NOT cover pollinator habitat creation so I can remove them from this list (athena.rayne.2015@gmail.com). Information in parentheses are the agencies that administer or control the financing options. Financing options that include a note of “(check service area)” have a restricted service area. Good luck!
Grants for Financing Pollinator Habitat on NC Farms
- Forest Legacy Program (USDA Forest Service) – “restrict development, limit uses that impact the conservation values, and require compliance with a management plan to protect soil, water, biological diversity, recreation, timber…”
- NC AgVentures (NC State Extension) – regionally administered, only the WNC region has a website, WNC AgOptions, “diversification and expansion,” including “land improvements”
- Southern SARE Producer Grants (USDA SARE) – “enable farmers and ranchers to test a sustainable agriculture idea using a field trial, on-farm demonstration, marketing initiative, or other technique”
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Athena Rayne Anderson 