Livestock & Land Grants Available to Improve Drainage on Livestock Properties
The Loma Prieta and San Benito Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs) are offering $175,000 in grants to local livestock owners in southern Santa Clara and San Benito Counties located within the Pajaro River Watershed. Funds from the Livestock and Land Program can help pay for improvements to livestock and horse properties for managing drainage, erosion, storm water runoff and manure. More information here or contact Dina Iden at 408-847-4171.
Healthy Soils Program Incentives Grant Workshop – Monday, March 26th in Salinas
8:30 (in English); 10:00 (in Spanish); 744 La Guardia St. Bldg A. The Resource Conservation District of Monterey County is holding a workshop for farmers and ranchers in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Clara counties to assist in submitting grant applications to CDFA’s Healthy Soils Program (HSP). Incentives grants up to $50,000 are available to producers to apply management practices such as compost, cover crops, hedgerows, transitioning to organic, etc. The deadline to apply is April 13th, so interested producers are encouraged to attend this workshop or contact laura.murphy@rcdmonterey.org / 831-975-7749 for more information.
