Climate-Smart Agriculture Project Timeline and Enrollment Details
USDA Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities grant program
Project Timeline and Enrollment Documents
- Complete the interest form
- Our coordinator will set up a call to discuss the program and learn more about your farm
- The coordinator will work with the farmer to explain the program details and gather information to assess the fit for both parties
- An email will be sent informing the farmer of enrollment decision
- Farmers work with the coordinator to collect the following documents:
- FSA Maps
- Subsidiary report showing compliance with AD-1026 (this is filled out with your FSA agent)
- Signed partner agreement
- Schedule an initial farm visit with coordinator
- Farmer co-creates a Climate-Smart Transition Plan (CSTP) with coordinator
- Decide what practices the farm would like to implement from a list of the following NRCS practices
- Go over Enrolled Farmer Tasks
- Implement conservation practices as stated in CSTP
- Participation and practice payments issued to farmer
- Farmer will keep track of sales data and report quarterly to coordinator using a spreadsheet like this one
- Participate in field days/training
- Farmer fills out verification forms with coordinator for each practice
- Farmer takes soil samples with coordinator annually
- CS Coordinator provides marketing assistance
- Farmer shares story and markets their Climate-Smart products!
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