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 151 - 160 of 1802 projects
Candidus, Inc
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CA, MI, VA
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2020
Candidus will implement and demonstrate an advanced greenhouse lighting control system coupled with site-specific lighting strategies, in cooperation with greenhouses in three states, with the goal of improving greenhouse energy efficiency and increasing profitability for growers.
Sustainable Northwest
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OR
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2020
This project will help Oregon producers identify and overcome barriers to ecosystem services markets, as well as attract private capital to incentivize conservation management actions. It will focus on rangeland carbon sequestration and soil health in eastern and southern Oregon.
Farmers Conservation Alliance
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OR
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2020
The goal of this project is to develop a revenue stream from co-located infrastructure that will allow irrigation districts to accelerate irrigation modernization in a manner that provides for water supply, energy conservation, and water quality benefits. The project will demonstrate the potential for co-located conduit and fiber optic lines along new irrigation pipeline projects in Oregon.
Gilliam SWCD
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OR
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2020
This project will evaluate and develop innovative methods of inventorying NRCS conservation practices on landowner properties and certifying implemented practices using unmanned aerial systems (UASs). A Technical Note document will be developed to provide NRCS officers and NRCS partners a step-by-step guide to safely and efficiently collect needed in-field information relevant to conservation practice compliance using UAS’s. The Technical Note-Manual would contain sections about UAS image acquisition, regulations that govern flight planning & flight operations, as well as image acquisition, data processing, production of orthorectified images, and certification of completed job-practices (acres treated, linear feet of fence installed, etc.).
Vermont Land Trust, Inc.
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VT
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2020
Vermont Land Trust will work together with test farms to plan and implement a four-part Soil Health Management System for each site including: no-till seeding of forage and cover crops; nutrient management via application of compost and bioavailable soil amendments; non-invasive mechanical pasture improvement; management-intensive rotational grazing of livestock. Outcomes will be evaluated against five control sites and used to produce a predictive pasture health model.
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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TX
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2020
A collaborative effort between the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Texas State University, the National Center for Appropriate Technology, and Texas producers, this project focuses on the long-term regional implementation and evaluation of cover crops and improved/reduced tillage practices in degraded, subtropical soils on arid, water-limited farms. Researchers will recruit historically underserved farmers across the region to receive technical and financial assistance to improve soil health.
North Carolina State University
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AL, AR, FL, GA, IN, IA, KS, MD, MS, MO, NE, NH, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WI
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2020
This project adds new row crop farms to an existing network of producers in an online co-learning environment integrating technology, real-time data flow (aggregation, analytics, and visualization), and decision support tools to promote the use of soil health management principles including carbon storage, nitrogen cycling, and water infiltration and storage.
University Of Hawaii Systems
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HI, AS, PR
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2020
The University of Hawaii will establish a network of on-farm Soil Health Management Systems demonstrations that are individually tailored, regionally adapted, and managed by farmers, in collaboration with participating farms in Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and three Hawaiian islands. The project emphasizes engagement with historically underserved Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Hispanic farmers and restorative efforts on degraded or abandoned agricultural lands in rural communities.
American Farmland Trust, Inc.
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CT
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2020
American Farmland Trust will stimulate the adoption of various soil health practices by involving farms in a coast-to-coast Soil Health Demonstration project demonstrating regionally appropriate soil health strategies across three regions covering seven states and six cropping systems. Through soil sampling, in-field assessment, and crop management protocols AFT will track the short-term soil, economic, and social changes occurring as farms transition to full soil health management systems.
Clemson University
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NC, SC
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2020
Clemson University will engage North and South Carolina cotton farmers, including Historically Underserved producers, to implement cover crops and conservation tillage. Participating producers will grow winter cover crops and use conservation tillage in cotton-based cropping systems to evaluate the impact on soil health in order to increase the adoption of these practices among cotton growers region-wide.