Cooperative Agreement NR249104XXXXC052

This $750,000 federal project grant awarded by the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (CFDA 10.311) will fund a collaborative effort led by the North Coast Growers Association (NCGA) and its partners to support beginning farmers and ranchers in California's Humboldt and Del Norte counties. The project will create a new 15-month Climate Resilient Farmer Training Program and provide...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) provides $1,775,414 to the Fall River Resource Conservation District in McArthur, California. The funding supports linking small private landowners in Northern California to carbon markets and implementing climate adaptation and wildfire resilience practices on their lands. The 3-year project, running from January...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Conservation Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.924) aims to promote conservation planning in California, with a primary focus on expanding participation in the Conservation Stewardship Program primarily in the California Central Valley. The award recipient, the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD), a non-profit organization, will...

This project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, totaling $649,955, will examine ways to enhance the impact of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) on climate change mitigation through synergizing CRP and potential carbon credit payments for carbon dioxide sequestration. Specifically, the awardee Auburn University will first quantify changes in greenhouse gas...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants (SPECA) program provides $150,000 to the Lost Sierra Food Project to bridge and coordinate two existing agricultural education programs in Plumas County, California. The initiative seeks to: (1) increase and enhance teaching and coordination capacities for the...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD), doing business as C A R C D, under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant is intended to support climate mitigation, forest resilience practices, and engagement of underserved forest landowners in emerging environmental markets. Key services to be delivered include cost-sharing for forestry...

This $300,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the USDA National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) supports the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition in expanding technical assistance for grazing conservation, sustainable management of existing grazing acreage, and a collaborative approach that brings together diverse stakeholders in California. The project aims to promote sustainable agriculture practices and help private...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,249,631.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a multi-output machine learning modeling framework for a hybridized perennial cover crop system. The project aims to mitigate climate change by removing barriers for farmers to adopt permanent cover crops, which can increase soil carbon sequestration and make the food supply chain more resilient....

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) provides $318,606.00 to the California Resource Conservation And Development Council Association, Inc. to implement a pilot program to enhance the retention of interns and workforce participants in priority underserved locations. The funding will be used to execute portions of a plan developed under a previous award...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $299,894 Cooperative Agreement to the Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District in California. The funding will be used to expand the North Coast Soil Hub and Carbon Farming Network in order to provide climate-smart grazing lands technical assistance. This project aims to address the need for grazing lands technical assistance rooted in climate-smart agriculture principles. The award period runs from August...