The following contact information is for organizations and institutions that provide technical assistance (TA) in the Bay Area and Central Coast region. CDFA also tracks contact information for technical assistance providers for the Healthy Soils Program and Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP) on their website here.
This list contains contact information for technical assistance providers across the whole state. Many organizations provide assistance in multiple counties and regions, while some are only able to assist those in their own counties. Resource Conservation Districts (RCD) boundaries often span across county lines. Find out more about RCD district boundaries here.
Bay Area + Central Coast: Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Ventura Counties
| Organization | County(ies) serving: | Languages offered besides English | Phone contact: | Main contact | Contact Email | Program |
| Alameda County Resource Conservation District | Alameda | (925) 453-3857 | Anandi Gandhi | anandi.gandhi@acrcd.org | HSP | |
| Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District | Southern San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay-Santa Barbara County line (RCD boundaries) | (805) 772-4391 | Hallie Richard | hrichard@coastalrcd.org | HSP | |
| Contra Costa Resource Conservation District | Contra Costa | (925) 672-4577 x 4145 | Ben Weise | bweise@ccrcd.org | HSP | |
| Resource Conservation District of Monterey County | Monterey County, Santa Cruz, San Benito | 831-975-7749 | Laura Murphy | laura.murphy@rcdmonterey.org | HSP | |
| Resource Conservation District of Monterey County | Monterey County, Santa Cruz, San Benito | 831-975-7751 | Natalie Solares | natalie.solares@rcdmonterey.org | HSP | |
| Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County | Santa Cruz, Northern Monterey (RCD boundaries) | Spanish | (831) 464-2950 x11 | Sacha Lozano | slozano@rcdsantacruz.org | HSP |
| San Mateo County Resource Conservation District | San Mateo | 650-712-7765 x105 | Adria Arko | adria@sanmateorcd.org | HSP | |
| UCCE Climate Smart Ag team specialist: Valerie Perez | Santa Cruz | (831) 763-8028 | Valerie Perez | valperez@ucanr.edu | HSP & AMMP | |
| Upper Salinas – Las Tablas Resource Conservation District | Northern San Luis Obispo (RCD boundaries) | 805-536-3175 | Andy Johnson | andy@us-ltrcd.org | HSP | |
| Ventura County Resource Conservation District | Ventura | (805) 764-5132 | Jamie Whiteford | jamiewhiteford.vcrcd@gmail.com | HSP | |
| Cachuma Resource Conservation District | Santa Barbara, parts of SLO & Kern (see RCD boundaries) | (805) 868-4013 | Anna Olsen | aolsen@rcdsantabarbara.org | HSP | |
| Earth First Living | Santa Barbara, Central Valley | (805) 687-1199 | Margaret Carswell | mlcarswell@earthfirstliving.org | HSP | |
| Community Alliance with Family Farmers | Yolo, Solano, Colusa, Sacramento, Monterey, Santa Cruz | (530) 756-8518 | Emily Buerer | emily@caff.org | HSP | |
| Wild Farm Alliance | Statewide | (828) 406-9484 | Shelly Connor | shellyconnor@wildfarmalliance.org | HSP | |
| Point Reyes Bird Observatory – Point Blue Conservation Science | Statewide | 530-534-0112 | Carrie Wendt | cwendt@pointblue.org | HSP | |
| California Dairy Campaign | State-wide | 209-604-7444 | Kathy Wilkins | kagrzd@yahoo.com | AMMP | |
| Ecological Farming Association | State-wide | 831-359-5867 | Liz Milazzo | lizagmilazzo@gmail.com | HSP | |
| Ecological Farming Association | State-wide | Ellen Farmer | ellen.farmer@yahoo.com | HSP | ||
| National Center for Appropriate Technology | State-wide | Spanish, Thai, Lao | 530-792-7338 | Rex Dufour | rexd@ncat.org | HSP |
