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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 81 - 90 of 1802 projects

Croatan Institute     |     CO, ME, MA, MO     |     2021
This project provides a supply chain solution to conservation by tying the food products to the production attributes (price discovery). Producers are compensated for the risk/inputs for those attributes and the markets are established by consumers in the recognition and payment of defined attributes. The end product will use the app Market Square to facilitate a pilot of producer to consumer transactions to establish market values.
Juniper Environmental, LLC     |     KS, NE     |     2021
This study aims to evaluate the performance of Low Tech Process Based (LTPB)complexes in Great Plains prairie streams to promote them as viable practices in the region to improve climate resiliency by addressing the effects of extreme climate events related to water quality, depth to water table, riparian & pasture vegetation improvements, and wildlife habitat over the course of three growing seasons.
Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN)     |     IL, IA, KS, MN, NE, ND, SD, WI     |     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.
North Carolina State University     |     NC     |     2021
The project will demonstrate and evaluate the performance and economic feasibility of on-farm water capture and use for supplemental irrigation as a promising practice for: i) increasing crop production resilience to frequent and long dry periods during the crop growing season; ii) protecting water quality by reducing the amount of agricultural runoff enriched with nutrients, sediment, and other agrochemicals that reaches downstream surface water bodies; and iii) potentially mitigating flooding impacts of extreme storm events that annually hit the coastal communities in southeastern U.S. by temporarily storing runoff in the agricultural landscape.
NC Foundation for Soil and Water Conservation, Inc.     |     NC     |     2021
New technology developing low-cost passive solar waste drying systems to assist farmers with addressing issues with handling bulky, wet manures as well as to facilitate transfers of manure from areas which have heavy nutrient buildup. The project will also review the economics of the system to make a business case for the product.
The Chickasaw Nation     |     OK     |     2021
The project will apply an innovative approach using enhanced satellite imagery analysis for optimizing efforts to identify and clear invasive red cedar trees in the CN treaty territory. This proposal involves identifying land parcels that are most suitable for cedar removal through prescribed fire and the transfer of the associated methods for potential integration into the Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP).
Playa Lakes Joint Venture     |     KS, OK     |     2021
The project addresses invasive shrub encroachment on grasslands by understanding brush management beliefs and behavior. Project approach will identify barriers to adoption through a user-centered design approach, develop and test communication messages, and conduct focused outreach to increase proactive brush management behaviors to conserve grassland ecosystems.
Heartland Corporate Holdings, LLC     |     IL, IN, KS, MT, NE, NC, SC, TN, VA     |     2021
To demonstrate industrial Hemp cultivation with regenerative practices is an economically viable and scalable climate-smart rotational crop that improves soil health and sequesters carbon.
National Wildlife Federation     |     MN     |     2021
This project will develop and test a multi-faceted media campaign to build supportive social norms for soil health practices.
Maumee Watershed Alliance, Inc.     |     IN, MI, OH     |     2021
The project will demonstrate phosphorus recovery technologies (USDA QuickWash, Kendensha Multi-disc Roller Separator) at three different sites with the aim of illustrating 80% total phosphorus removal over extended demonstration periods. The WMA will also discern the market value of two resultant co-products - dewatered manure solids and Amorphous Calcium Phosphate (ACP) - to serve as a cost recovery mechanism and facilitate large scale adoption.