{"id":20190,"date":"2025-09-17T05:28:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calcanstaging.kinsta.cloud\/?page_id=20190"},"modified":"2025-09-17T05:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:28:56","slug":"healthy-soils-program-template-2a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/healthy-soils-program-template-2a\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Soils Program (Template 2a)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Healthy Soils Program\u00a0offers producers incentives to adopt GHG-reducing soil health practices.\u00a0The program also funds on-farm demonstration projects.\u00a0Healthy soils store carbon and improve crop yields, drought and flood tolerance, and air and water quality.\u00a0CalCAN and our partners have been leading advocates for this program. It is coordinated by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Year launched<\/strong>:\u00a02017\u2028
Grants awarded to date<\/strong>:\u00a0$105.4 million\u2028
Total projects funded<\/strong>:\u00a01513\u2028
CDFA estimated greenhouse gas reductions over the lifespan of the projects<\/strong>:\u00a01.1 million estimated metric tons of CO\u2082e sequestered\u00a0\u2028
Status of grant rounds<\/strong>:\u00a0Six rounds completed.\u00a0
Find additional resources, including a\u00a0CalCAN fact sheet on the program<\/a>\u00a0and more\u00a0information from the CDFA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Healthy Soils Program Popularity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Farmer and rancher demand for the Healthy Soils Program has grown significantly in recent years, as demonstrated by the graph below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Healthy Soils Program History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In his January 2015 inaugural address, Governor Brown\u00a0announced the launch of a new Healthy Soils Initiative,\u00a0a collaboration of state agencies and departments to promote the stewardship of healthy soils. This initiative was long championed by CalCAN and our partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, the legislature passed\u00a0Senate Bill 859, which\u00a0established the Healthy Soils Program, building upon previous legislative work by CalCAN.\u00a0The bill:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Defined healthy soils as \u201csoils that enhance their continuing capacity to function as a biological system, increase soil organic matter, improve soil structure and water-and nutrient-holding capacity, and result in net long-term greenhouse gas benefits\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Assigned the Environmental Farming Act Science Advisory Panel to advise CDFA on the Healthy Soils Program and State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Almost doubles the size of the Advisory Panel from 5 to 9 members and adds members with (1) expertise in climate change and agriculture science and practice; (2) expertise in agriculture conservation planning and management; (3) farmer members, including a certified organic producer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    That same year, Governor Brown proposed the program receive $20 million from the state\u2019s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (derived from\u00a0cap-and-trade\u00a0revenue), but the state legislature \u00a0allocated only $7.5 million. The program has since received another $15 million from a combination of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and Proposition 68. CalCAN continues to advocate for this program\u2019s funding and provides input to CDFA as it implements and refines the program.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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