Project Search
Since its inception in 2004, CIG has funded hundreds of projects, boosting natural resource conservation while helping producers improve the health of their operations for the future. Use this tool to search for CIG projects based on any of the criteria listed below.
CIG projects from 2004-2009 may be missing information in the following categories: Resource Concern (specific), Conservation Practice, Production/Use.
Showing 71 - 80 of 1760 projects
Texas Tech University System Texas Tech
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TX
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2021
The goal of this project is to evaluate and demonstrate native rangeland reseeding strategies in the Texas High Plains to improve soil stability & rangeland health and productivity, with a focus on methods that improve establishment success, increase stand persistence, and reduce soil erosion.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona
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AZ
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2021
This on-farm demonstration trial will promote climate-smart and soil health agricultural practices among small-scale farmers in Arizona. The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Blankinship soil health laboratory at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and collaborating farmers will use farmer participatory research to promote climate-smart agricultural and soil health management systems.
Utah Association of Conservation Districts
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UT
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2021
Much of Utah's dryland agriculture still practices summer fallow with frequent full width tillage through the fallow period. The Utah Association of Conservation Districts will increase the adoption of soil health practices in Utah with this on-farm trail focused on diverse farming systems. The project will identify barriers to adoption and build regional collaboration focused on soil health.
Campti Field of Dreams
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LA
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2021
No-Till organic market gardens (No-Till OMG) will combine virtual training, a market garden fertility toolkit, financial incentives, and peer-to-peer mentoring with performance-based results over three years to shift the mindset of participants, creating viable organic agricultural producers that do not till.
Sustainable Northwest
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OR
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2021
This project is an electric tractor demonstration and analysis.
South Dakota State University
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SD
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2021
This project will identify the location and type of drained or otherwise lost wetlands in South Dakota to inform voluntary and incentive-based wetland restoration opportunities.
Southern University Agricultural & Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension
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LA
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2021
This project will involve three demonstration farms and will evaluate multi-species rotational grazing systems for impacts to Soil Health. The project will also utilize new technology by calibrating an NRI forage analyzer and evaluating the accuracy of the forage quality data generated by this tool for the Southeastern region of the US.
NYC Department of Sanitation
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NY
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2021
DSNY’s NYC Compost Project, working with Cornell University researchers, will study the quality of compost produced onsite at 10 community gardens and urban farms in NYC, compiling baseline data on the compost quality to determine technical assistance needed to produce higher quality compost for NYC urban growers.
Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN)
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IL, IA, KS, MN, NE, ND, SD, WI
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2021
Identify and address the conservation practice implementation barriers faced by Women Farmland Owners (WFOs); Expand the education and implementation of regenerative agriculture through WFOs.
University of California Davis
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CA
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2021
UC Davis and Fresno State will partner with growers to evaluate deep root irrigation (DRI), pressure compensated subsurface drip irrigation (PSDI), and Hybrid Pb cover crops. Directly watering the root zone via DRI and PSDI may provide opportunities to save water and address key barriers to cover crop adoption. Hybrid Pb is a new cool-season cover crop which differs from traditional cover crops in that it is perennial and dormant in the summer. On-farm trials will assess and extend biogeochemical, economic, and ecological benefits and tradeoffs for these practices as well as soil health outcomes.