The following contact information is for organizations and institutions that provide technical assistance (TA) in the Sacramento Valley and Northern California 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.
Sacramento Valley + Northern CA: Siskiyou, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Sacramento, Shasta, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, Yuba Counties
Organization | County(ies) serving: | Languages offered besides English | Phone contact: | Main contact | Contact Email | Program |
Glenn County Resource Conservation District | Glenn | 530-934-4601 x5 | Kandi Manhart | info@glenncountyrcd.org | HSP | |
RCD Tehama County | Shasta, Tehama | (530) 727-1297 | Kevin Greer | Kevin@tehamacountyrcd.org | HSP | |
Community Alliance with Family Farmers | Yolo, Solano, Colusa, Sacramento, Monterey, Santa Cruz | (530) 756-8518 | Emily Buerer | emily@caff.org | HSP | |
California Land Stewardship Institute (CLSI) | Napa, Sonoma, Santa Clara, Mendo, Solano, Yolo, San Joaquin, Sac, Contra Costa | (707) 253-1226 x3 | Claudia Morgan | claudiam@fishfriendlyfarming.org | HSP | |
California Land Stewardship Institute (CLSI) | Napa, Sonoma, Santa Clara, Mendo, Solano, Yolo, San Joaquin, Sac, Contra Costa | (707) 253-1226 | Laurel Marcus | laurelm@fishfriendlyfarming.org | HSP | |
Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center | Northern CA | 559-646-6541 | Khaled Bali | kmbali@ucanr.edu | HSP | |
UCCE Glenn County | Northern CA | (530) 865-1156 | Betsy Karle | bmkarle@ucanr.edu | HSP | |
UCCE Climate Smart Ag team specialist: Dana Brady | Glenn | (530) 517-8187 | Dana Brady | dmbrady@ucanr.edu | HSP & AMMP | |
UCCE Climate Smart Ag team specialist: Emily Lovell | Yolo, Solano & Sacramento | (530) 405-9777 | Emily Lovell | ejlovell@ucanr.edu | HSP & AMMP | |
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 |