Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program accepting applications

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Author: Sustain Ontario

Posted: August 14, 2024

Categories: Funding Opportunities / GoodFoodBites

The Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program intake is open for cost-share funding applications!

As part of the Ontario Agricultural Sustainability Initiative, the Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program (RALP), provides funding to support Ontario farmers in making their agricultural lands more productive and resilient. The Program provides funding to support projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon.

Funding supports two activity levels for each project category. Projects focus on:

Natural Grassland Establishment: $1,000 or $3,000 per acre
Perennial Biomass Crops: $500 or $1,000 per acre
Perennial Warm Season Pastures: $500 or $1,000 per acre
Reduced Tillage: $30 or $50 per acre
Tree and Shrub Planting: $1,000 or $3,000 per acre
Water Retention Features: $6,000 or $10,000 per acre
Wetlands: $15,000 or $25,000 per acre

The Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program is delivered by the Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA).

Applicants must:

Have a verified, 4th Edition Environmental Farm Plan;
Be willing to enter into a signed Land Use Agreement with OSCIA, committing the farm business to maintaining the proposed practice on the acres being applied for, for a set timeline; and,
Be in compliance with all requirements of the law and must remain in compliance for the duration of the project.

Learn more and find the program guide on the OSCIA website here.