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Healthy Soils Program Incentive Grants is sponsored by California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). These grants provide financial incentives directly to California growers and ranchers to implement conservation management practices that sequester carbon, reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases, and improve soil health. While directly for growers, universities can partner to provide technical assistance and education.
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The Healthy Soils Program Incentive Grants are part of the Healthy Soils Program (HSP), which stems from the California Healthy Soils Initiative, a collaboration of state agencies and departments that promotes the development of healthy soils on California's farmlands and ranchlands.
The Healthy Soils Program Incentive Grants provide financial incentives directly to California growers and ranchers to implement conservation management practices that sequester carbon, reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs), and improve soil health. #### What's new with Healthy Soils Program Incentive Grants?
**2/20/2025:** The 2024 Healthy Soils Incentive Program awarded and executed agreements for 155 grantees for a total of $10,030,719. 54 in funding. The solicitation period was from January 22, 2024 to February 9, 2024.
Please refer to the Healthy Soils Program Incentives full list of awarded grants. #### Technical Assistance Resources Technical assistance is provided free of cost to the HSP incentives Program applicants and grant awardees. Contact information for these providers is listed below.
* Technical Assistance Providers (TAP) — CDFA has funded organizations around the state to provide free one-on-one assistance to farmers and ranchers interested in applying for the HSP Incentives Program and to grant awardees in project implementation.
There are separate providers for each solicitation cycle: * TAP for 2021-2022 Grants * TAP for 2024 Solicitation and Grants * UC ANR Climate Smart Agriculture Community Education Specialists — CDFA has partnered with the University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources to offer Climate Smart Agriculture technical assistance to the HSP Incentives Program applicants and grant awardees to apply and implement grants.
### Healthy Soils Incentives Program Videos #### California Goat and Sheep Dairy Awarded Grant for Compost and Windbreaks Toluma Farms, a 160-acre sheep and goat dairy in Marin County, received a Healthy Soils Grant from CDFA to add in-field compost and plant 500 trees to create windbreaks. The property is part of the Marin Agricultural Land Trust and protected in perpetuity as farmland.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofit entities, University Cooperative Extensions, Federal and University Experiment Stations, city and community colleges, Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs), California Native American Tribes, and farmers and ranchers in partnership with one of the aforementioned entities are eligible to apply. Individuals are not eligible. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $200,000 per project (in past rounds). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Healthy Soils Program Incentive Grants is funded by California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in California. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.
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