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Sustainable Farms & Fields It's conservation district election time! Click here to learn how you can vote in your CD. Conservation District Resources Sustainable Farms & Fields What is Sustainable Farms & Fields?
Sustainable Farms and Fields (SFF) is a grant program that makes it easier and more affordable for farmers and ranchers to implement climate-smart practices and projects that increase carbon sequestration and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Through SFF, farmers and ranchers may receive free services — such as on-farm consultations, climate-smart farm plans, and other technical expertise — and financial assistance to help cover the cost of eligible projects, equipment, seeds for cover crops, and other expenses.
Conservation districts; state agencies; colleges, universities, extension offices; federally recognized tribes; counties, cities, towns, and other municipalities; and special purpose districts. The funding window for FY27 is open The Sustainable Farms and Fields funding window for fiscal year 2027 opened on April 15, 2026 and will close May 15, 2026. Apply here .
View projects funded through Sustainable Farms & Fields for Fiscal Year 2026. Funding for alternative manure management projects is currently open. The next application pull will be on June 1st, 2026.
Please contact khills@scc. wa. gov for more information on funding availability and application rounds.
View the Request for Application (RFA) The Washington State Legislature created SFF in 2020. It provided seed funding for the Conservation Commission to design the program framework in partnership with the Washington State Department of Agriculture, Washington State University, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Funding awards from SFF were made starting in Fiscal Year 2023.
SFF is part of the Washington Soil Health Initiative (WaSHI). Download program fact sheets in English and Spanish . COMET Quarterly, COMET-Farm Newsletter, June 2023 | COMET-Tools in Action: Sustainable Farms and Fields (SFF) The Chronicle, June 2023 | No-Till Drill Seeding Machines Now Available to Rent at Farm Store Thanks to Lewis Conservation District Program Washington State University, Soil Health, March 2023 | We Have Liftoff!
Sustainable Farms and Fields Program Has Launched SCC Media Release, Nov 2022 | Sustainable Farms and Fields Program Funding Open for Voluntary Climate-Smart Projects WaSHI blog by Karen Hills, Sept.
2023 | Where the Magic Happens: Climate-Smart Practices Funded through Sustainable Farms and Fields Program Additional Resources & Information: Carbon Farm Planning training videos & templates Application FAQ (updated April 2026) SFF Application Questions Report form for current projects (due July 10) Sustainable Farms and Fields Technical Advisory and Review Committee (March 2026) Soil Carbon Science 101 | Oct.
6 Questions about the Sustainable Farms and Fields Program? Please contact Karen Hills.
Sustainable Farms & Fields Climate-Smart Livestock One-time funding of $30,000,000 from the Climate Investment Account was appropriated for the 2023-25 biennium to the Washington State Conservation Commission Sustainable Farms and Fields program for organic agricultural waste and greenhouse gas emissions reduction through climate-smart livestock management. View the proviso .
This one-time funding resulted in two new grant opportunities during the 2023-25 biennium. Alternative Manure Management Research and Demonstration Dairy Anaerobic Digesters has moved to the Department of Commerce (see the Report to the Legislature for more information). Alternative Manure Management Funding $2,900,000 in funding was reappropriated in the 2025-2027 biennium to support alternative manure management activities.
This funding is from the Climate Commitment Account. The funding's objective is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with manure handling systems from baseline levels at dairy and livestock farms in Washington through grants to conservation districts and other public entities for project implementation. This funding is open to conservation districts and other public entities only.
Interested producers should contact their CD, WSU Extension Office, or local climate-smart government program.
Projects must occur on livestock operations where manure is stored in anaerobic (liquid)form and may include multiple components of a manure handling system, associated upstream and downstream components needed to accommodate the change to the manure management system, including transporting manure for eventual field application. SFF’s Alternative Manure Management funding opportunity is open. The next pull of applications will be Fri.
Jun. 1 at 5:00 pm. View the Request for Application (RFA) View funded projects (2025-2027).
Applicants for SFF Alternative Manure Management are asked to use the CARB AMMP Tool modified for Washington to estimate greenhouse gas emissions reductions for their projects, where possible. SFF Program Manager, Karen Hills, walks through how to use the tool in a webinar from 2024. Please scroll to the bottom of this page to view it.
CARB AMMP Quantification Methodology CARB AMMP Tool Modified for Washington A report to the legislature from SCC providing information on projects funded through the SFF Climate-Smart Livestock Management program is now available, here . View projects funded under Sustainable Farms & Fields , SFF Climate-Smart Livestock Management Research & Demonstration, and Alternative Manure Management .
A list of funded Alternative Manure Management Projects for 2023 - 2025 is available here . This opportunity is supported with funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act. The CCA puts cap-and-invest dollars to work reducing climate pollution, creating jobs, and improving public health.
Information about the CCA is available at www. climate. wa.
gov .
Riparian Grant Program Mid-Biennium Funding Opens May 8 – Materials Now Available Apply by June 1: RPPP Limited Grant Opportunity for Holding Site Maintenance Update on Climate-Smart Livestock Management Proviso Funding Sustainable Farms and Fields Program Manager "Where the Magic Happens: Climate-Smart Practices Funded through Sustainable Farms and Fields Program" WaSHI blog by Karen Hill "COMET-Tools in Action: Sustainable Farms and Fields (SFF)," COMET Quarterly, COMET-Farm Newsletter The funding window for FY27 is open The Sustainable Farms and Fields funding window for fiscal year 2027 opened on April 15, 2026 and will close May 15, 2026.
Apply here. Application FAQ (updated April 2026) Register for the webinar on April 21, 2026. Check out these files to learn more about the SFF program.
Find videos and trainings from this program. Sustainable Farms and Fields Q&A Webinar This round of SFF funding is focused on livestock and manure management projects only. Sustainable Farms and Fields: CARB AMMP Tool Webinar Learn how to use CARB AMMP Tool modified for Washington.
Guidelines Updates Webinar - Sustainable Farms & Fields, Riparian Plant Propagation Program, and Riparian Grant Program SFF Updated Guidelines Webinar - 2025 Sustainable Farms & Fields Program Manager Karen Hills provides an overview of recent updates to the SFF program guidelines, followed by a Q&A session.
Alternative Manure Management Application Webinar Sustainable Farms & Fields Program Manager, Karen Hills, provides a walk-through of the application process for Alternative Manure Management funding. Sustainable Farms and Fields Application Webinar Learn more about the updates to the Sustainable Farms and Fields application. The application window for fiscal year 2027 is open from April 15 to May 15, 2026.
Success Stories from this Grant Program Sustainable Farms & Fields Skagit Conservation District A Hands-On Approach to Soil Health SoilCon Field Day, hosted by WaSHI and WSU’s CSANR, provides hands-on learning about soil health. This year’s event showcased a biochar kiln, funded by the Sustainable Farms and Fields program, which transforms waste wood into biochar to improve soil health and sequester carbon.
Sustainable Farms & Fields Lewis Conservation District No-till Drill Rental Making sustainable farming easier for community members Lewis Conservation District has setup no-till drill rental program using funding from the Sustainable Farms and Fields grant program
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