San Diego County Climate Smart Agriculture

 The Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Program was created through a collaboration between the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR). The primary goal of the CSA team is to increase the adoption of climate-smart…

 The Healthy Soils Program, a funding opportunity through the California Department of Food and Agriculture, recently added three new conservation practices. In future incentive program solicitations, eligible farmers and ranchers will be able to apply for biochar application, prescribed indigenous…

 The Healthy Soils Program (HSP) Incentive Grant, offered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), provides funding to farmers and ranchers in California, to implement soil conservation management practices with the goal of increasing soil health and carbon sequestration, and…

Producers that have pastureland or rangeland that also have grazing livestock (Cattle, sheep, goats…) should develop good grazing management practices. Stellar grazing management allows for a pasture to be grazed in a sustainable way that will prevent damage to the pasture and provide ample nutrition to the…

The California Department of Food and Agriculture offers Healthy Soils Program demonstration project grants to fund on-farm projects that involve data collection, demonstrating various conservation management practices, and providing an opportunity for local growers to see the effectiveness of these...