Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Four ag producers receive grants
Four Clovis-based ag producers received emergency grants from the New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association, according to an association release.
The money is part of $110,000 given to the first round of applicants for the association’s COVID-19 Local Food Supply Chain Response Fund.
Grants awarded include 56 individual producer grants and eight collaborative grants representing 23 New Mexico counties.
Curry County recipients ($1,000 each) are:
• Charles Benny Adams, Field of Dreams Market Farm, for completion of a 12-by-20 greenhouse.
• Wanda DeFoor, D4 Magic Gardens, to purchase seeds and fertilizer for a hydroponic tomato house.
• Rebecca Carlyle, Remedie Farms, for garden fencing and aquaponic farm tank installation.
• Katharine Fly, Kingdom Cattle, for land payment and cover crop seed.
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