New York State’s Climate Resilient Farming (CRF) Grant Program funds projects to help New York farmers reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect water quality, protect and enhance soil health, and increase on-farm resiliency. Funding is available in four tracks:
Track 1 – Livestock Management: Manure and Methane Management and Precision Feed Management
Projects will reduce methane emissions from the farm and increase the farm’s resiliency to major precipitation events.
Track 2 – Adaptation and Resiliency
Projects will help prepare agricultural producers for the impacts of a changing climate, such as flood events, drought and extreme temperature fluctuations.
Track 3 – Healthy Soils NY: Systems and Best Management Practices that Support Soil Health and Agroforestry
Projects will improve soil health on farms and enhance a farm’s resiliency to the impacts of climate change. Soil health practices can also create carbon sinks, increase water holding capacity and improve recycling of nitrogen by crops, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.
Track 4 – Agricultural Forestry Management
Projects will support forest management and tree planting on agricultural lands for carbon sequestration.
