Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)

Title Due Date Maximum Award Amount Description
Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP) $750,000.00

The California Department of Food and Agriculture's (CDFA) Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP) awards competitive grants to California dairy and livestock operations for technologies and specific management practices that result in long-term methane emission reductions and maximize environmental benefits. 

Financial incentives to implement non-digester practices to reduce or avoid methane emissions, including solid separation, conversion from flush to scrape manure collection and enhanced pasture-based management practices.

https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/AMMP/
Dairy Digester Research & Development Program (DDRDP) $2,000,000.00

The California Department of Food and Agriculture's (CDFA) Dairy Digester Research and Development Program (DDRDP) awards competitive grants to California dairy operations and digester developers for the implementation of dairy digesters that result in long-term methane emission reductions on California dairies and minimize or mitigate adverse environmental impacts. 

https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/ddrdp/
Healthy Soils No Due Date Given $250,000.00

The Healthy Soils Program (HSP) provides financial incentives for implementation and/or demonstration of on-farm conservation management practices that improve soil health, sequester carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The HSP has two components: the HSP Incentives Program and the HSP Demonstration Projects. The HSP Incentives Program provides financial assistance for implementation of conservation management that improve soil health, sequester carbon and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The HSP Demonstration Projects showcase California farmers and rancher's implementation of HSP practices.

https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils/