Butte County Farm Bureau CDFA Healthy Soils Program Incentive Grant
Butte County Farm Bureau has been awarded a $5M grant to support Butte, Glenn, and Tehama county farmers who implement conservation agricultural practices that help build healthy soils. CRARS is helping applicants to apply, answer questions, and provide technical assistance.
Awards of up to $100,000 are being granted to implement on-farm soil health practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and store carbon in soil, trees, and shrubs. Free technical support is available to help farmers implement eligible practices.
Eligible practices include:
- Mulch
- Multispecies cover crops
- Range planting
- Compost Filter strips
- Reduced tillage (conservation tillage)
- Windbreaks
Socially disadvantaged and small farm applicants will be given priority.
Workshop/Webinar: Learn About the Process of Applying
Come to the CRARS sponsored Q&A Coffee Hour every Thursday 12:00-12:45 for any questions or concerns related to your Butte County Farm Bureau Healthy Soils Application and/or Project Design.
Click here to watch the Project Design Tutorial, "Conservation Planning and Development tool: Replan”
Request free one on one technical assistance for your project.
Use this form to give specifics about your farm or ranch. A CRARS Technical Assistance Provider will get in touch via your preferred method of contact.
If you’d prefer to reach out to a technical assistance provider directly by email instead, please use the following contacts: Ted Gailey(opens in new window) or Zion Brigham(opens in new window).
Need assistance in Spanish?
Contact Lindsey Hethcote(opens in new window).
For more information about the grant in general, call 530-533-1473 or write to info@buttefarmbureau.com , or Butte County Farm Bureau at 1148 Richvale Highway, Richvale CA 95974.
