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1996


Grant


 Research and Education Program
 Controlling Cheat and Annual Ryegrass in Small
 Grains Using Novel Crop Harvesting Technologies,
 Oklahoma State University, $208,624.

 Soil Conservation and Pest Management Impacts of
 Grass Hedges, USDA-ARS National Sedimentation
 Lab., Mississippi, $137,352.

 Improving Integrated Resource Management Skills
 ofBeefProducers, Oklahoma State University,
 $163,642.

 Sustainable Crop Management Systems for Improv-
 ing Production of Culinary Herbs in the Virgin
 Islands, University of the Virgin Islands, $143,529.

 Integrating Pastured Poultry Production into the
 Farming Systems of Limited Resource Farmers,
 Heifer Project International, Arkansas, $149,624.

 Developing Sustainable Cropping Systems for
 Seedless Watermelon and Fall Lettuce Grown in
Rotation with Green Manures, NCA&T, $182,751.

Saving the Southern Legacy: Heirloom Plants and
Local Knowledge for Profitable, Sustainable
Agriculture, University of Georgia, $152,817.

Multi-Cropping Cattle and Watermelon in the
Southern Plains, Oklahoma State University,
$54,752.

Implementation ofAlternative Agriculture Strategies
for Rural Community Sustainable Development, The
Nature Conservancy, $228,517.


Awards


 Producer Grant Program
 Sustainable Cultivation ofMedicinal Herbs as an
 Alternative to Tobacco as a Cash Crop, Tennessee, $5,004.

 Identification of Cover Crops to Enhance the Habitat of
 Specific Beneficial Insects in Sustainable Production
 Systems, North Carolina, $9,462.

 Alternatives to Chemicals in Peanut-Cotton Rotation, North
 Carolina, $9,366.

 Multiple On-Farm use ofAquatic Plants and Animals,
 North Carolina, $9,575.

 Native Warm-Season Grasses as Hay Source for a Goat
 Dairy, Texas, $9,638.

 Technical Assistance for Meat Goat Marketing, Kentucky,
 $8,900.

 Grazing Alternatives to Tall Fescue for Stocker Cattle,
 Tennessee, $9,981.

 Grasslands Matua and Grasslands Gala in the Tennessee
 Valley as Grazing Alternatives to Fescue and Ryegrass,
 Mississippi $9,900.

 Converting Poultry and Hog Housing into Aquaculture
 Facilities Emphasizing Recycled On-Farm Resources,
 North Carolina, $6,000.

 Group Strategic Alliances for Carroll County Feeder
 Calves, Kentucky, $10,000.

Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture Short Course,
Tennessee, $9,650.


 Professional Development Program
Sustainable Agricultural Marketing through Collaborative Policy Development, Delta Land and
Community, Inc., $40,900.

Sustainable Small-Scale Agricultural Development Training Project, Southern University, $25,701

Southern Gathering on Agricultural Problem Solving, University of Kentucky, $52,000.

Facilitating Farmer to Farmer Networks: An Experimental Approach, University of Florida, $80,997.


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