Awardee Name
Appalachian Sustainable Development
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Strip Tilling Vegetables to Boost Soil Organic Matter, Farmland Conservation and Grower Productivity
Awardee State/Territory
Virginia
Involved States/territories
Virginia
Award Year
2013
End Date
Award Amount
$32,913.00
Project Background
This award is for Appalachian Sustainable Development to demonstrate that vegetables can be grown for wholesale markets in Southwest Virginia using strip tillage, demanding less labor, time and fuel while also improving soil quality and profitability for the grower. The primary deliverable of this project will be the report compiling the results of two years of demonstration plots comparing strip tillage to plasticulture for wholesale vegetable production. Comparisons consisting of approximately one acre of strip till versus one acre of traditional plasticulture will be conducted on at least four farms spread across Southwest Virginia (anticipated county locations: Floyd, Wythe, Scott, and Lee).
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No