The purpose of this agreement, between the U.S. Department of agriculture, natural resources conservation service (nrcs) and the new york wine and grape foundation (recipient), is to allow the new…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $289,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912) to the New York Wine & Grape Foundation. The purpose of this 3-year grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, is to allow the Foundation to partner with the Long Island Sustainable Winegrowing Program and develop a unified statewide sustainable winegrowing certification program. The funding will be used to create tools to lower the barrier to entry for climate-smart practices in the wine industry and simplify marketing to bridge the gap between producers and consumers. This grant supports the NRCS program's goal of promoting agricultural production, forest management, and environmental quality as compatible national objectives.

The purpose of this agreement, between the U.S. Department of agriculture, natural resources conservation service (nrcs) and the new york wine and grape foundation (recipient), is to allow the new york wine and grape foundation to partner with the long island sustainable winegrowing program and form a unified state wide sustainable winegrowing certification. Through this partnership tools will be developed to lower the barrier to entry of climate smart practices and marketing will be simplified to bridge the GAP from producer to consumer.