Southern CA TA Providers

The following contact information is for organizations and institutions that provide technical assistance (TA) in the Southern 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.

Southern CA:  Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego Counties

Organization County(ies) serving: Languages offered besides English Phone contact: Main contact Contact Email Program
Community Partners (Riverside Food Systems Alliance) Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial Spanish (951) 452-6840 Scott Berndt berndtsplants@gmail.com HSP
Imperial County Farm Bureau Imperial Spanish (760) 352-3831 Brea Mohamed brea@icfb.net HSP & AMMP
Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County Greater San Diego County (RCD boundaries) (619) 562-0096 Martina Skjellerudsveen martina.skjellerudsveen@rcdsandiego.org HSP
Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County Greater San Diego County (RCD boundaries) (619) 562-0096 Chandra Richards chandra.richards@rcdsandiego.org HSP
Solana Center for Environmental Innovation San Diego (760) 436-7986 ext. 714 Hanna Schuler hanna.schuler@solanacenter.org HSP
UCCE Ventura County Stanislaus south through valley and San Luis Obispo south (805) 645-1462 Ben Faber bafaber@ucanr.edu HSP
UCCE Merced County Stanislaus south through valley and San Luis Obispo south (209) 525-6800 Jennifer Heguy jmheguy@ucdavis.edu HSP
UCCE Climate Smart Ag team specialist: Esther Mosase San Diego (858) 282-6737 Esther Mosase enmosase@ucanr.edu HSP & AMMP
UCCE Climate Smart Ag team specialist: Kristian Salgado Imperial (442) 265-7700 Kristian Salgado kmsalgado@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
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