Healthy Soils Program
**NEW** HSP Incentives Program now accepting applications through September 19, 2017 5:00 p.m. PDT.
**NEW** HSP Demonstration Projects now accepting applications through September 19, 2017 5:00 p.m. PDT.
CDFA appropriated $7.5 million in FY 2016-17 to develop and administer a new incentive and demonstration program on the CA Healthy Soils Initiative from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The objective of this new Healthy Soils Program is to build soil carbon and reduce agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Timeline for the 2017 Healthy Soils Program
| Item | Dates* |
|---|---|
| Public/stakeholder meetings and program development (including GHG Quantification Methodology) | November 2016 – July 2017 |
| Request for Grant Applications released | August 8, 2017 |
| Applications/Grant Proposals due | September 19, 2017, 5:00 p.m. PDT |
| Proposal evaluation periods | September – December 2017 |
| Grant awardees announced | December 2017 |
| Project implementation begins | January 2018 |
| *Subject to change | |
