Agreement Number
692C3130025
Awardee Name
Cornell University
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Building a Soil Health Initiative and Cover Crops Infrastructure for Small Farms
Awardee State/Territory
New York
Involved States/territories
New York
Award Year
2013
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$75,000.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Soil
Resource Concern (Specific)
Soil Health
Organic matter depletion
Compaction
Conservation Practice(s)
Cover Crop
Project Background
To provide support to the NY NRCS Soil Health program by increasing local capacity for implementing winter cover crop plantings. To increase farmer understanding of soil health and adoption of winter cover cropping.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No