Center for Profitable Agriculture

Project Funding — Grants and Contracts

The Center for Profitable Agriculture (CPA) is pleased to lead and participate in a variety of market development projects for agricultural enterprises, industries and projects. The CPA has received approximately $1,125,000 in external funds for various market development projects. Summaries, highlights and resources from some of these projects are available at this site.

• Resources and Teaching for Farmers' Markets and Agritourism
     Funding Level = $29,900
  
  
• Developing Rural Business – USDA Rural Development
     Funding Level = $261,345



• Hispanic Market Development – USDA–FSMIP
     Funding Level = $21,000



• TN Beef Cattle Alliance: Enhancing Value-Added Marketing Strategies for Upper Cumberland Cattle Producers – TN Farm Bureau Federation 2004
     Funding Level = $22,500



• "Cooperative Development Emphasis – Kentucky Center for Cooperative Development and Tennessee Department of Agriculture — Phase I 2003-2004. Phase II 2005"
     Phase I Funding Level = $34,200
     Phase I Funding Level = $10,000
     Phase II Funding Level = $20,000



• RMA Enterprise Development Project – Southern SAWG 2003-2004
     Funding Level = $7,795



• Tennessee Agri-tourism Initiative: Turning Small Farms into Big Opportunities – USDA Rural Development and TDA Market Development 2003-2005.
     Phase I Funding Level = $40,000
     Phase II Funding Level = $25,000



• Evaluating Production and Market Opportunities for Tennessee's Grape and Wine Industry – TDA Specialty Crop Program 2002
     Funding Level = $10,000



• Opportunities for Growing and Marketing Specialty Lettuces in Tennessee – TDA Specialty Crop Program 2002
     Funding Level = $7,800



• "A Statewide Journey of Sustainable Success: Hands-on Training" Funding partners: SARE Professional Development Program 2002-2003
     Funding Level = $48,000 and TDA Ag Tag Grant 2002 –
     Funding Level = $10,000



• Cooperating Partner with the Jubilee Project, Inc. on the "Self-Sustaining Project" 2002-2005
     Funding Level = $10,000



• Cooperating Partner with the Appalachian Spring Cooperative "Productive Alliances Project" 2002-2003
     Funding Level = $5,000



• Memorandum of Agreement – Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, August 2002 -July 2005
     Funding Level = $410,400



• Strengthening Value-Added Enterprises and Market in Tennessee" – Ag Tag 2001
     Funding Level = $20,000



• "Developing Target Markets for Value-Added Niche Products" – FSMIP 2001
     Funding Level = $76,500



• "Analyzing and Developing Marketing Strategies for Tennessee's Value-Added Agriculture Industry" – FSMIP 1999
     Funding Level = $78,000



• "Developing Markets for Aquaculture in Tennessee" – Ag Tag 2000
     Funding Level = $20,000



• "Lincoln County Hay Marketing Pilot Program" – Ag Tag 2000



• "Evaluating Markets for Value-Added Livestock Waste in Tennessee" – Ag Tag 1999
     Funding Level = $10,000



• "Documenting Successes of Value-Added Agricultural Enterprises: A Series of Case Studies" – Ag Tag 2000
     Funding Level = $10,000



• "Agriculture Development" 1998-2005
     Funding Level = $10,000