Climate Resilient Farming Program Round 8

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets 10B Airline Drive Albany, New York 12235   NEW YORK STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS Climate Resilient Farming Program – Round 8               Pursuant to the NYS Environmental Protection Fund State budget (09CR18ER), applications will be accepted through June 24, 2024, for financial assistance in the form of matching grants to fund climate change mitigation and adaptation projects that implement Agricultural Best Management Practice Systems on New York State farms.  Applications must be for one of the following: Livestock Management: Alternative Waste Management and Precision Feed Management (Track 1A); Cover and Flare Projects (Track 1B); Adaptation and Resiliency (Track 2); Healthy Soils NY – systems and BMPs that support soil health and agroforestry (Track 3A); Soil Health Systems (Track 3B); Agricultural Forest Management (Track 4).  Funds are available for projects that mitigate the impact of agriculture on climate change and enhance the on-farm adaptation and resiliency to projected climate conditions. Eligible applicants are County Soil and Water Conservation Districts who will be referred to as “Project Sponsors.” Applications may be on behalf of one farm or multiple farms.  Project sponsors may submit an unlimited number of applications. Applications must be for one of the following tracks: Livestock Management: Alternative Waste Management and Precision Feed Management (Track 1A); Cover and Flare Projects (Track 1B); Adaptation and Resiliency (Track 2); Healthy Soils NY – systems and BMPs that support soil health and agroforestry (Track 3A); Soil Health Systems (Track 3B); Agricultural Forest Management (Track 4).  Applications will be ranked within those tracks, generating six ranked lists for program approval. Proposals may be for up to an 80% cost share grant from New York State. The most successful proposals will have strong merits in (1) mitigating agriculture’s impact on climate change through reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing carbon sequestration and storage, (2) assisting farms in adapting to the effects of climate change as they are currently being felt statewide, as well as based on climate projections for New York State, (3) clearly addressing the need/opportunity, and are proposed with adequate scope of work , and (4) demonstrating local support and being cost effective. Availability of funding for this program is from State Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget, which includes an appropriation for this purpose. Federal funding has also been made available from a subaward to the Department from the US Department of Agriculture’s Climate-Smart Commodities grant for the NYS Connects: Climate Smart Farms and Forests Project.               For an application: contact Jennifer Clifford at contact@example.gov  or +1 (555) 000-0000 or visit the Department’s website at https://agriculture.ny.gov/funding-opportunities   This notice was prepared and submitted by: Jennifer Clifford             NYS Soil and Water Conservation Committee             NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets             10B Airline Drive             Albany, New York 12235 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 0% Disadvantaged Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Due date:06/24/2024 5:00 PM Applications must be submitted through SharePoint by 5:00pm on 6/24/24 Contract term: 10/01/2024-12/31/2029 County(ies): All NYS counties Business entities awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: Contract Numbers County C012545 Ontario C012546 Tompkins C012547 Chautauqua C012548 Schoharie C012549 Steuben C012550 Washington C012551 Montgomery C012552 Ontario C012553 Rensselaer C012554 Erie C012555 Washington T012556 Schenectady C012557 Essex T012558 Chautauqua C012559 Tompkins T012560 Wayne C012561 Wayne C012562 Erie C012563 Ontario C012564 Ulster C012565 Cortland C012566 Cortland C012567 Onondaga T012568 Wayne C012569 Madison C012570 Cortland C012571 Orleans C012572 Allegany C012573 Madison C012574 Cortland C012575 Oneida C012576 Madison C012577 Schoharie C012578 Yates C012579 Onondaga C012580 Orange C012581 Erie C012582 Orange C012583 Orange C012584 Cortland C012585 Onondaga C012586 Rensselaer C012587 Niagara C012588 Onondaga C012589 Chautauqua C012590 St. Lawrence C012591 Wayne C012592 Franklin C012593 Onondaga C012594 Tioga C012595 Cayuga C012596 Cortland C012597 Schoharie C012598 Madison C012599 Genesee C012600 St. Lawrence C012601 St. Lawrence C012602 Chautauqua C012603 Seneca C012604 Cayuga