Cave City, Scottsville businesses to receive grants for agricultural projects

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Two local businesses, one in Cave City and one in Scottsville, are benefitting from grant funding to support each of their projects.

According to a release by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Legacy Dairy LLC of Cave City is set to receive $100,000 to fund a refrigerated truck and liftgate, while $10,434.85 will go to Flourishing Herbs in Scottsville for processing tables, a dehumidifier, a filling machine, a freezer dryer, scales and a labeling machine.

“Creating greater protection for our food supply chains provides an increased level of confidence in the food and products we grow and sale in Kentucky,” Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell said. “These proactive steps are just one way we protect what we eat and create better lives for Kentuckians and beyond.”

Shell announced Friday that over $2 million in grants was awarded to 27 Kentucky agricultural businesses to support resilience in the supply chain and strengthen local and regional food systems.

The most recently awarded Kentucky grants were all equipment-only grants.

The overall recent recipients include the following, according to the release:

• Wise Bird Cider Co., Lexington — $100,000 for in-line, tunnel pasteurization system
• Circle G. Farms, Danville — $100,000 for equipment to aid in grain cleaning, stone mill, sifter, scale and bagger, and vacuum elevator
• Haney’s Appledale Farm LLC, Nancy — $100,000 for apple peeler, commercial fruit pie oven and large refrigerator
• Cecil Farm Produce LLC, Owensboro — $100,000 for refrigerated truck
• Maple Crest Farm, Manchester — $100,000 for egg washer and grader and refrigerated truck
• Lowe’s Produce, Murray — $100,000 for commercial refrigeration units and a watermelon sort/grade/packing line
• Tardigrade Alliance, Frenchburg — $100,000 for cold storage, wash/pack line, and refrigerated van
• Legacy Dairy LLC, Cave City — $100,000 for refrigerated truck and liftgate
• Mulberry Orchard LLC, Shelbyville — $99,700 for bin tipper, conveyor and washing line, and electronic sorter
• CANE (Community Agricultural Nutritional Enterprises) Inc, Letcher County — $98,508.50 for freeze and refrigerator, cup packing machine, and trailer
• My Harrodsburg Honey, Harrodsburg — $98,439 for honey extractor, freezer, barrels and bottling tank
• Elmwood Stock Farms, Georgetown — $95,461.81 for walk-in refrigerator, conveyor washer, and salad/vegetable dryer
• Cornett Enterprises LLC, London — $93,996 for refrigerated box truck and trailer and macro-bins
• Obenchain Farms, Hawesville — $93,587.05 for walk-in freezers
• Allen Farms Produce, Monticello — $92,599.16 for cooler, pallet jack, vegetable washer, freezer and refrigeration merchandiser
• Local’s Food Hub, Frankfort — $91,574.27 for an oven, 30-gallon kettle and a blast chiller/freezer
• Evans Orchard and Cider Mill, Georgetown — $87,939.11 for fruit and produce wash and walk-in freezer installation
• Barr Farms Organic Produce, Rhodelia — $82,622.20 for conveyor, maple evaporator, refrigerated trailer and container unit
• Sustainable Harvest Farm LLC, London — $79,880 for refrigerated box truck and trailer
• On Tapp Dairy, LLC, Springfield, — $75,337 for cream, butter and ice cream equipment
• Penn’s Country Hams, Campbellsville — $37,569.25 for uncapping machine, extractor, filter, wax separator and bottling equipment
• Salad Days Farm LLC, Versailles — $30,692.30 for dicer, dehydrator, freezers, and blast chillers
• Kentucky Maple Sugarwoods Farm LLC, Olaton — $27,820.63 for evaporator, bottlers, tank and pump, ice cream machine, water pump and osmosis system
• River Bend Farm, Clark County — $25,705.20 for refrigerated van
• Scarbro Farm, Grayson– $24,995 for a cooler trailer and a portable generator
• Pink Elephant Farm, Smithfield — $22,394.68 for equipment for value added production (butter churn, dehydrators, food processors)
• Flourishing Herbs, Scottsville — $10,434.85 for processing tables, dehumidifier, filling machine, freeze dryer, scales, and labeling machine.