Agriculture
Programs
USDA-NRCS
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP):
The
Federally funded cost-share
USDA-NRCS Environmental Quality
Incentives Program (EQIP)
applications will be due July 2009, check for updates
If
you have a finished farm and/or forest plan and are
interested in cost sharing on conservation projects listed
in your plan please contact us for the applications.
EQIP is a voluntary, cost-share assistance program that
helps conservation practices including those aimed at
helping farmers improve irrigation efficiency; manage
nutrient run-off and/or animal waste; improve the health of
native plant communities; and reduce soil loss. In most
instances, producers who participate in the program pay for
roughly half of the costs of the conservation measures or
practices.
EQIP Quick Guide (MS Word Format)
Please feel free to contact our NRCS Certified Farm and
Forest Planner Bruce Gregory to discuss what agricultural
programs we support at 360-378-6621.
Agricultural
Resources Committee (ARC)
The San Juan Islands Conservation District provides
administrative and financial support to the Agricultural
Resources Committee (ARC) through an inter-local agreement
with San Juan County. Please feel free to call Eliza Buck
the ARC Coordinator at (360) 378 6621.
Read about the mission the ARC
(PDF 64 KB)
You can learn more about the ARC at:
www.sjcarc.org
Announcements
& News
From the Governor's Office:
Working Lands Initiative
(PDF 512 KB)
Agriculture Resources
Producer Survey Summary 2006
(PDF 90 KB)
Links to
Useful Agriculture Resources
Alternative Farming Systems
Information Center: http://afsic.nal.usda.gov
American Farmland Trust: www.farmland.org
Biodynamic Farmimg & Gardening
Association: www.biodynamics.com
Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food
Systems: www.zzyx.ucsc.edu.casfs
Center for Food Safety: www.centerforfoodsafety.org
Center for Rural Affairs: www.cfra.org
Community Alliance with Family
Farmers: www.caff.org
Community Food Security Coalition: www.foodsecurity.org
Farming & the Environment: www.farmingandtheenvironment.org
Food & Agriculture Organization of the
UN: www.fao.org
Food Security Learning Center: www.worldhungeryear.org/fslc
Holistic Management International: www.holisticmanagement.org/
Institute for Agriculture & Trade
Policy: www.iatf.org
Land Institute: www.landinstitute.org
Land Stewardship Project: www.landstewardshipproject.org
Leopold Center for Sustainable
Agriculture: www.leopold.iastate.edu
National Sustainable Agriculture Information
Service: http://attra.ncat.org
Northwest Agricultural Business
Center: www.agbizcenter.org
Organic Farming Research
Foundation: www.ofrf.org
Polyface Farms: www.polyfacefarms.com
Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland: www.skagitonians.org
Small Farm Center: www.sfc.ucdavis.edu
Sustainable Agriculture Research &
Education: www.sare.org
UC Sustainable Agriculture & Research
Program: www.sarep.ucdavis.edu
US Department of Agriculture: www.usda.gov
USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service: www.nrcs.usda.gov
Washington State Conservation Commission:
http://www.scc.wa.gov
Washington State Department of
Agriculture: http://agr.wa.gov
Wild Farm Alliance: www.wildfarmalliance.org
WSU Center for Sustaining Agriculture & Natural
Resources: http://csanr.wsu.edu
WSU Extension: www.sanjuan.wsu.edu/agriculture
