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 731 - 740 of 1760 projects
Center for Heirs' Property Preservation
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SC
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2013
To increase the awareness of and participation in the USDA Farm Bill Programs by historically underserved landowners to enhance their natural resources and generate income from these working rural lands for these individuals.
Thornwell Home for Children
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SC
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2013
Establish a 6 acre intensive vegetable production system at the Thornwell Home for Children farm to improve the food security at the institution, and to serve as an experimental learning venue for agriculture students from Piedmont Technical College, Laurens County High Schools and Presbyterian College, as well as for regional stakeholders interested in alternative vegetable production systems.
UC Berkeley
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CA
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2013
Farmer-initiated project that aligns with NRCS' overarching goal of stimulating long-term adoption of innovative conservation approaches. Three years ago, the project began establishing and evaluating high quality pollinator habitat on 4 small treatment farms and comparing them with 4 control farms in Brentwood, California. It has produced exceptional results: bee populations have more than tripled, important native crop pollinators like the Blue Orchard Bee have been identified visiting crop flowers, and, most importantly, partnering farmers have become deeply engaged in the project, dedicating more of their resources and offering ever-expanding areas to native bee habitat.
UNH College of Life Sciences & Agriculture
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NH
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2013
Demonstrate alternative crop rotations for dairy farmers.
UNH Cooperative Extension
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NH
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2013
Demonstrate and quantify the feasibility of heat pump technology and thermal storage to heat and cool greenhouses.
United Farmers
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SC
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2013
To provide outreach and education to the socially disadvantaged, new and beginning farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners in SC's 5th & 6th Congressional Districts through demonstrations on how to make better use of forest lands by incorporating Silvopasture sites for the purpose of beautification, to benefit their livestock, add additional row/specialty crops, all of which can offer distinct economic and environmental advantages and the probability of annual revenue that can lead to sustainability for the farmer.
University of Connecticut
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CT
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2013
The project will demonstrate the use and practicality of an automated data collection and management system to quantify and record manure applications as they happen.
University of Vermont Extension
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VT
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2013
Cover crops planted after annual crop harvest can be used to effectively conserve plant nutrients, reduce soil erosion, and improve soil health. Demonstration trials of multi-species cover crop mixes planted on different soil types at farm sites in the Champlain Valley, Vermont.
University of Vermont Extension
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VT
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2013
The vast majority of annual crops grown on farms in the Champlain Valley of Vermont are on heavy clay soils that are typically plowed in the fall after crop harvest leaving the soil exposed through the winter. This project will demonstrate on a whole-farm scale that reduced tillage and no-till cropping systems are viable options with multiple benefits.
University of Wyoming
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WY
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2013
This project utilizes an innovative approach to both educate and raise awareness in Wyoming small acreage landowners on NRCS EQIP program and to educate Wyoming natural resource professionals on the natural resource conservation needs and small acreage landowners.