Provide outreach, education, and technical assistance and expertise onclimate smart agriculture and forestry (CSAF) and urban agriculture (UA)to fully implement the USDA farm bill conservation…

This cooperative agreement award from the US Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service will provide $266,270 to the University of Maine System through August 2025. Under the Conservation Reserve Program, the University will deliver outreach, education, technical assistance and expertise on climate smart agriculture and forestry as well as urban agriculture. This funding will support fully implementing USDA Farm Bill conservation programs with an emphasis on historically underserved customers in Maine. Technical assistance will focus on adopting practices that sequester carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural lands and activities. The University of Maine, as a division of the primary recipient University of Maine System, will leverage its research and expertise to increase adoption of conservation programs throughout the duration of the award period.

Provide outreach, education, and technical assistance and expertise onclimate smart agriculture and forestry (CSAF) and urban agriculture (UA)to fully implement the USDA farm bill conservation programs, with anemphasis on historically underserved customers in maine