CDFA's Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation recently announced the allocation of more than $1.1 million in grants for demonstration projects within its Healthy Soils Program (HSP).
The demonstration grants support on-farm projects aimed at collecting data, showcasing conservation management practices, and establishing a platform to encourage widespread adoption of soil health practices across the state.
Each grant recipient is tasked with engaging a minimum of 80 individual California farmers or ranchers through outreach events during the grant term. These events may attract farm and ranch owners and their employees, including certified crop advisers (CCAs), pest control advisers (PCAs), and other essential farm advisers. The recipients will then offer guidance on successfully implementing the demonstrated practices and discuss the benefits and effectiveness of these practices.
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The program funds two separate types of grants: Type A projects will showcase the implementation of conservation management practices outlined in the HSP. These projects will measure greenhouse gas emissions in the field, collect soil health data, and perform analyses on the cost/benefits associated with adopting the proposed practice(s) as well as anticipated barriers.
Type B projects — which account for all eight of the awards this year — will focus on demonstrating the implementation of HSP conservation management practices, with an emphasis on collecting soil health data, conducting analyses on the costs and benefits of adopting the proposed practice and identifying anticipated barriers.
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