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Healthy Soils Program (HSP)

The application for this program is currently CLOSED. This page will update with program opportunity once application opens.
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HSP in cropland

Croplands practices reduce erosion and increase the carbon sequestration potential of a field under cultivation. Cover cropping Planting a crop that will not be harvested or grazed. This can improve water holding capacity and penetration and soil fertility but it can also increase irrigation needs.
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Herbaceous cover establishment

Herbaceous cover establishment involves planting grasses that will not be harvested in order to decrease erosion. Conservation cover Planting grass on land that would not otherwise be planted or grazed (https://efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov/references/public/CA/327-std-ca-4-16.
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Woody cover establishment

Woody cover establishment involves planting trees and shrubs that will not be harvested in order to reduce erosion and increase soil carbon sequestration. Alley Cropping Planting trees or shrubs in rows and then planting the main crop in between the rows (https://efotg.sc.egov.usda.
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SWEEP in Citrus

Author: Shulamit Shroder In 2014, Bruce Kelsey in Kern County received a grant through the California Department of Food and Agricultures State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). He used the funds to set up 8-foot-wide plastic weed mats underneath his mature organic citrus trees.
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SWEEP in Almonds

Author: Shulamit Shroder In 2016, Sill Properties in Kern County received a grant from the California Department of Food and Agricultures State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). They used the funds to set up a more advanced irrigation management system.
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Spotlight on HSP: Quaker Oaks

Author: Shulamit Shroder Quaker Oaks Farm is a small nonprofit farm in Tulare County, near Visalia. About half of its 21 acres are devoted to restoring and maintaining a native wetland and riparian oak forest area.
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United 4-H

Meeting Place: Club Leader's Residence - Keene, CA Day & Time: 3rd Monday - 6:00 p.m. Community Club Leader: Nancy Oxford Contact Info: Nancy's e-mail: united4hclub@gmail.
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Irrigation Scheduling

Low Pressure Guide to Low-Flow Irrigation Scheduling Authors: Allison Rowe, UC Community Education Specialist and Ben Faber, Soils/water/subtropical crops advisor for Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties How to irrigate is probably the most common question in irrigated agriculture, even with 10,000 ye...
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