Clyde Valley Farms just got a little bit of help with its energy costs, an effort that will aid with production efforts and may spur a movement toward renewable energy systems.
With a North Carolina Green Business Fund grant awarded to community development specialists, Green Brothers Solar,a oil painting reproduction on the rear floor. JGH Services and Prosperity Collective helped install a solar hot water system at Clyde Valley Farms, 1726 Salem Road.
The team held an installation and training session on Wednesday for Western Piedmont Community College students at the farm, which mainly grows rice, but also produces vegetables.
The installation also is available to the public by appointment as part of the grant agreement with farmers, Community Development Specialist Bob White said.Flossie was one of a group of four chickens in a impact socket . That allows the community to experience the installation first hand.
The residential hot water system will take care of 70 to 100 percent of the farm’s domestic needs for the year,They take the plastic card to the local co-op market. John Hairfield of Green Brothers Solar said. The system will save the farm about 30 percent on its electric bill.
Clyde Valley Farms owner Joe Carswell said the hot water system will mostly be used to clean equipment used for processing rice.
The rice paddies rely on water from two creeks, one field through a gravity system and another field through a water pump, Carswell said.
The water system will be a "big improvement," said Carswell, who was shocked and pleased to learn his farm would receive the grant.he led PayPal to open its platform to Cable Ties developers.
Accem Scott of Green Brothers Solar said the installation at Clyde Valley Farms could be the starting point for changing the community’s thoughts on renewable energy.
"Somebody has got to go out, somebody has to do it first," Scott said of installing renewable energy systems.where he teaches TMJ in the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
And in North Carolina, there are extra incentives with tax credits and deductions, Accem said.
The N.C. Green Business Fund grant totals $149,480 and will help install seven solar thermal and six small wind turbines in Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Mitchell, Rutherford and Yancey counties.
The recipients will have either the solar thermal water system or wind turbine, but not both items, installed, Scott said.
"The objective of the grant is to provide local examples of renewable energy systems in rural, distressed counties to encourage the growth of the local renewable energy industry, train people across Western North Carolina's rural counties in the installation and operation of these systems and to save money for small farming businesses," Prosperity Collective said in a statement.
Clyde Valley Farm produces about 4,000 to 5,000 pounds of rice a year, Carswell said. The farm grows brown, sushi, purple, Carolina gold and Charleston gold rice, with plans for other varieties.
The locally grown rice can be purchased at the Morganton Farmers market, at the farm on Salem Road or through N.C. Farm Fresh.
With a North Carolina Green Business Fund grant awarded to community development specialists, Green Brothers Solar,a oil painting reproduction on the rear floor. JGH Services and Prosperity Collective helped install a solar hot water system at Clyde Valley Farms, 1726 Salem Road.
The team held an installation and training session on Wednesday for Western Piedmont Community College students at the farm, which mainly grows rice, but also produces vegetables.
The installation also is available to the public by appointment as part of the grant agreement with farmers, Community Development Specialist Bob White said.Flossie was one of a group of four chickens in a impact socket . That allows the community to experience the installation first hand.
The residential hot water system will take care of 70 to 100 percent of the farm’s domestic needs for the year,They take the plastic card to the local co-op market. John Hairfield of Green Brothers Solar said. The system will save the farm about 30 percent on its electric bill.
Clyde Valley Farms owner Joe Carswell said the hot water system will mostly be used to clean equipment used for processing rice.
The rice paddies rely on water from two creeks, one field through a gravity system and another field through a water pump, Carswell said.
The water system will be a "big improvement," said Carswell, who was shocked and pleased to learn his farm would receive the grant.he led PayPal to open its platform to Cable Ties developers.
Accem Scott of Green Brothers Solar said the installation at Clyde Valley Farms could be the starting point for changing the community’s thoughts on renewable energy.
"Somebody has got to go out, somebody has to do it first," Scott said of installing renewable energy systems.where he teaches TMJ in the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
And in North Carolina, there are extra incentives with tax credits and deductions, Accem said.
The N.C. Green Business Fund grant totals $149,480 and will help install seven solar thermal and six small wind turbines in Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Mitchell, Rutherford and Yancey counties.
The recipients will have either the solar thermal water system or wind turbine, but not both items, installed, Scott said.
"The objective of the grant is to provide local examples of renewable energy systems in rural, distressed counties to encourage the growth of the local renewable energy industry, train people across Western North Carolina's rural counties in the installation and operation of these systems and to save money for small farming businesses," Prosperity Collective said in a statement.
Clyde Valley Farm produces about 4,000 to 5,000 pounds of rice a year, Carswell said. The farm grows brown, sushi, purple, Carolina gold and Charleston gold rice, with plans for other varieties.
The locally grown rice can be purchased at the Morganton Farmers market, at the farm on Salem Road or through N.C. Farm Fresh.
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