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 501 - 510 of 1760 projects
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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VA
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2015
The purpose of this project is to develop the information and tools required to incorporate agroforestry into Virginia’s nutrient trading program, which currently depends on the retirement of marginal agricultural lands for credit generation. In December 2014, USDA, EPA and the State of Virginia celebrated a first-of-its-kind transaction when the Virginia Department of Transportation purchased phosphorous credits generated by a Virginia farmer.
Texas Tech University
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TX
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2015
The purpose of this project is to integrate basic information on pollinator-plant associations, Habitat requirements and applied conservation practices to facilitate technology transfer across the southern High Plains region and beyond.
JC Ramsdell Enviro Services, Inc (TERMINATED)
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SD
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2015
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate an innovative and more cost-effective version of a plug flow anaerobic digester constructed using geomembrane material instead of concrete.
The Pennsylvania State University
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PA
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2015
The purpose of this project is to improve equipment to mechanically remove eastern red cedar trees, establish a grass management plan to prevent red cedar from returning, access the value of the trees and of mechanical removal over alternate methods, and use the wood as a product to offset some of the producer’s expenses – creating an added-value process to benefit producers.
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc
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OK
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2015
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate and quantify the effects of summer Cover Crops on clean-till and no-till winter pastures under grazing. The project will assess the impacts of adding Cover Crops on pasture forage production and soil properties and will quantify the economics of stocker cattle production using these alternative management systems relative to current management systems.
Oklahoma Black Historical Research Project
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OK
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2015
The purpose of this project is to improve equipment to mechanically remove eastern red cedar trees, establish a grass management plan to prevent red cedar from returning, access the value of the trees and of mechanical removal over alternate methods, and use the wood as a product to offset some of the producer’s expenses – creating an added-value process to benefit producers.
Cornell University
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NY
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2015
The purpose of this project is to expand the composition and enhance the utility of the Cornell Soil Heath Test (CHST) into a Comprehensive Soil Health Test applicable on a national scale with regional usability. Project collaborators will identify and test additional regionally based indicators that will be incorporated into the existing CHST as appropriate. The utility and applicability of the new test(s) will be demonstrated through individual on-farm assessments, and results will be widely disseminated through traditional written materials, web-based products and workshops for technical professionals and producers.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc
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MD
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2015
The purpose of this project is to expand the use of management intensive grazing in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, enrolling at least 35 farmers to transition 1,400 acres of farmland to rotation grazing. CBF will quantify the nutrient and greenhouse gas benefits associated with the transition and explore opportunities for producers to participate in water quality trading and greenhouse gas markets.
World Farmers, Inc.
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MA
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2015
This innovative low literacy/language accessible project seeks to increase the conservation knowledge, production capacity, wildlife management and business skills of over 250 historically underserved immigrant and refugee beginning farmers at the Flats Mentor Farm (FMF) while protecting and enhancing the ecosystem we share with the adjacent Bolton Flats Wildlife Management Area refuge. This will be accomplished through the implementation of our Conservation Resource Enhancement Peer Mentoring System.
Nuestras Raices
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MA
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2015
The purpose of this project is to collaborate in compiling environmentally sound growing practices and develop a language and culturally-appropriate training program to support the production of Caribbean Latino specialty crops in the Northeast.