Advancing Farmworker Disaster Resilience
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Rhizobia LLC
Project Director: Natalia Pinzon Jimenez (natalia@nataliapinzon.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2020 Education Projects
Summary
The threat of wide-sweeping, rapid-burning wildfires has been compounding exponentially...
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Agricultural Supervisor Certificate Program
Award Amount: $49,170
Institution: California Farm Labor Contractor Association
Project Director: Guadalupe Sandoval (lupe@calflca.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
This project addresses the legal, personnel management, and financial risks
resulting...
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Agritourism Intensive 2015; Managing the risks of agritourism for California farm and ranch diversification
Award Amount: $49,953
Institution: Small Farm Program, University of California
Project Director: Penny Leff (paleff@ucdavis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
This project uses a peer-reviewed agritourism training manual, incorporates learning...
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Agritourism Intensive 2018: Managing the Risks of Agritourism for California Farm and Ranch Diversification
Award Amount: $49,780
Institution: University of California, Davis
Project Director: Gail Feenstra (gwfeenstra@ucdavis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2018 Education Projects
Summary
This project delivers strategies for understanding, evaluating and managing the...
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Agritourism Intensive 2020: Managing the Risks of Agritourism for California Farm and Ranch Diversification
Award Amount: $49,961
Institution: University of California, Davis
Project Director: Gail Feenstra (gwfeenstra@ucdavis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2020 Education Projects
Summary
This project delivers strategies for understanding, assessing the opportunities, and...
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Agritourism Intensive 2024: Managing the Risks of Agritourism for California Farm and Ranch Diversification
Award Amount: $49,862
Institution: UC Agriculture and Natural Resources/Office of Contracts and Grants
Project Director: Rachael Callahan (rmcallahan@ucanr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2023 Education Projects
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Agritourism Intensive: Managing the risks of agritourism as an income diversification strategy for California producers
Award Amount: $45,358
Institution: UC Davis, Dept of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Project Director: Shermain Hardesty (shermain@primal.ucdavis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2013 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
This project uses a peer-reviewed agritourism training manual, incorporates learning...
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Agritourism Intensive: Managing the risks of agritourism as an income diversification strategy in California
Award Amount: $49,761
Institution: UC Davis, Dept of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Project Director: Shermain Hardesty (shermain@primal.ucdavis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2012 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
This project uses a peer-reviewed agritourism manual, incorporates learning from...
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Assessing the experience and needs of marginalized farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Award Amount: $5,000
Institution: Rhizobia, LLC
Project Director: Natalia Pinzon Jimenez (natalia@nataliapinzon.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2021 Exploratory Projects
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating and exposing vulnerability throughout the...
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Assessment of Current Training Options and Gaps for Climate Variability Risk for Farmers in California
Award Amount: $5,000
Institution: CCOF Foundation
Project Director: Jessica Parr (jparr@ccof.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2020 Exploratory Projects
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Beginner Farmer Needs Assessment: Perceiving Constraints and Opportunities to Farming Beyond the 10 Year Mark
Award Amount: $2,000
Institution: University of California Davis
Project Director: Sara Riegler (seriegler@ucdavis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2018 Exploratory Projects
Summary
This project will seek to understand the constraints experienced by...
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Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Results Oriented Financial Planning Workshops
Award Amount: $49,535
Institution: Glenn County Resource Conservation District
Project Director: Kandi Manhart (Kandi.Manhart@ca.nacdnet.net)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2011 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
This project addresses the need for business planning assistance for...
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Bilingual Food Safety Training for Southeast Asian and Latino Small-Scale Farms
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Project Director: Ruth Dahlquist-Willard (rdahlquistwillard@ucanr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This project will address the legal risk that small-scale farmers...
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Biosecurity Proficiency Project for Beginning Producers in California 4-H.
Award Amount: $49,484
Institution: Veterinary Medicine Extension University of California, Davis
Project Director: Martin Smith (mhsmith@ucdavis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2011 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
This project will address the pathogen transmission risks present in...
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Building Beginning Farmer's Financial Record Keeping and Risk Analysis Capabilities
Award Amount: $37,583
Institution: Center for Land-Based Learning
Project Director: Sri Sethuratnam (sri@landbasedlearning.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2018 Education Projects
Summary
This project will cover financial records and analysis, and cost...
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Building Climate Resilience via Agroecology and Learning Networks
Award Amount: $49,990
Institution: MESA, Inc.
Project Director: Natalia Pinzon Jimenez (natalia@nataliapinzon.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Our project will enable farmers to utilize online courses and...
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Building Profitable Farms and Strong Financial Management
Award Amount: $49,931
Institution: California FarmLink
Project Director: Nathan Weller (nathan@cafarmlink.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
The Building Profitable Farms and Strong Financial Management Project focuses...
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Business Tools for Tough Times
Award Amount: $19,471
Institution: University of California
Project Director: Karen Klonsky (klonsky@primal.ucdavis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2005 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
Tree crop producers in California’s Central Valley face challenges due...
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California AgLink Conference for Succession Planning
Award Amount: $18,300
Institution: Univ. of California Cooperative Extension
Project Director: Deb Giraud (ddgiraud@ucdavis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2006 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
The California AgLink conference will be planned for January 2007...
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California Farmers Build Fire Resilience
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Rhizobia
Project Director: Natalia Pinzon Jimenez (natalia@nataliapinzon.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The size, longevity and intensity of wildfires is rapidly increasing...
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California Farmers Build Fire Resilience
Award Amount: $5,000
Institution: Nuestra Comunidad
Project Director: Alma Bowen (nuestracomunidad707@yahoo.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2020 Exploratory Projects
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Creating a Market for Cleaner Cotton
Award Amount: $28,217
Institution: Sustainable Cotton Project
Project Director: Marcia Gibbs (marcia@sustainablecotton.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2007 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
The Sustainable Cotton Project (SCP) proposes to assist 30 cotton...
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Direct Marketing Strategy Workshops for Farmers
Award Amount: $45,000
Institution: Pacific Coast Farmers´ Market Association
Project Director: Allen Moy (allenmoy@pcfma.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2012 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
The project will develop a curriculum geared to the needs...
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Educational Needs around Climate Resilience of Latina and Latino Farmers in California
Award Amount: $2,000
Institution: Multination Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture
Project Director: Natalia Pinzon Jimenez (natalia@nataliapinzon.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2018 Exploratory Projects
Summary
This project will explore the unique educational needs of latina/latino...
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Enabling small scale and minority growers to manage risk through cost effective high value crop production
Award Amount: $25,500
Institution: University of California Cooperative Extension
Project Director: Etaferahu Takele (ettakele@ucdavis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2006 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
Small farmers in Southern California face a tremendous financial risk...
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Essential Risk Management for California's Direct Marketing Farmers
Award Amount: $28,736
Institution: Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association
Project Director: Ben Palazzolo (benpalazzolo@pcfma.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
California has the most robust and heavily-regulated farmers' market system...
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Evaluation of Online Modular Curriculum and Mentorship Training to Improve Hands-on Farm Internships.
Award Amount: $2,000
Institution: Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture
Project Director: Natalia Pinzon Jimenez (natalia@nataliapinzon.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2015 Exploratory Projects
Summary
This project will allow us to formally test and evaluate...
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Exploratory Project: Hoopa Reservation Farmers and Ranchers Risk Management Education
Award Amount: $2,000
Institution: The Regents of the University of California, on behalf of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Project Director: Deborah Giraud (ddgiraud@ucanr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Exploratory Projects
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Farm and Grazing Lease Agreements: Managing Legal and Financial Risks for California Farmers and Ranchers
Award Amount: $49,565
Institution: California FarmLink
Project Director: Reggie Knox (reggie@cafarmlink.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2014 Education Projects
Summary
California FarmLink’s project, Farm and Grazing Lease Agreements: Managing Legal...
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FARM TO TABLE: A WORKSHOP FOR PRODUCERS ON THE REGULATIONS, PROCESSING AND MARKETING OF MEAT PRODUCTS
Award Amount: $20,000
Institution: California Wool Growers Association
Project Director: Lesa Eidman (lesa@woolgrowers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2012 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
Our primary objective is to educate producers about the opportunities...
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Farmers Build Wildfire Resilience - Phase II
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Rhizobia, LLC
Project Director: Natalia Pinzon Jimenez (natalia@nataliapinzon.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
Climate change and high-intensity wildfires increasingly threaten agriculture in the...
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FARMING 101: Risk Management for Beginning Farmers
Award Amount: $49,969
Institution: Marin Organic
Project Director: Jeffrey Westman (jeffrey@marinorganic.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Marin Organic will provide marketing, financial, legal, and production risk...
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Financial and Legal Risk Management Education for Beginning and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers in the Salinas Valley
Award Amount: $48,680
Institution: Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association
Project Director: nathan harkleroad (nathan@albafarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
The project addresses the longstanding and emerging risks faced by...
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Helping Farmers Navigate the Risks and Challenges to Producing and Selling Hemp in California and Oregon
Award Amount: $49,999
Institution: National Center for Appropriate Technology
Project Director: Rex Dufour (rexd@ncat.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2020 ERME Underserved
Summary
Hemp is an agricultural commodity that became
federally legal two years...
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Human Resource Skill Development Workshop: How to Manage to Reduce Human and Legal Risk
Award Amount: $44,306
Institution: AgSafe
Project Director: Theresa Kiehn (theresa@agsafe.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2018 Education Projects
Summary
The AgSafe Human
Resource Skill Develop Workshop: How to Manage to...
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Improving drought resilience for urban farms
Award Amount: $5,000
Institution: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Project Director: Lucy Diekmann (lodiekmann@ucanr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2022 Exploratory Projects
Summary
Because of their reliance
on municipal water sources, urban farmers face...
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Improving Risk Management Skills and Crop Insurance Literacy among Underserved Specialty Crop Producers in the Sierra Foothills
Award Amount: $70,000
Institution: University of California Cooperative Extension
Project Director: Cindy Fake (cefake@ucanr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2021 Underserved Projects
Summary
Small-scale specialty crop producers in the Sierra Nevada foothills
in California...
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Increasing Employee Retention Through Improved Compensation Structures
Award Amount: $44,095
Institution: California Institute for Rural Studies
Project Director: Gail Wadsworth (gwadsworth@cirsinc.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2008 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
Incentive pay systems, including bonuses and profit-sharing, are highly correlated...
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Introduction to Risk Mitigation through Human
Resource Management: An Online Certificate
Program.
Award Amount: $42,001
Institution: AgSafe
Project Director: Theresa Kiehn (theresa@agsafe.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2020 Education Projects
Summary
The AgSafe Introduction to Risk Mitigation through Human
Resources Management: An...
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Labor Considerations for Scaling Up Production: H-2A Decision Tool
Award Amount: $49,624
Institution: AgSafe
Project Director: Theresa Kiehn (theresa@agsafe.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The
AgSafe Labor Considerations for Scaling Up Production: H-2A Decision
Tool is...
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Labor Relations under AB 2183
Award Amount: $49,778
Institution: AgSafe
Project Director: Natalie Gupton (natalie@agsafe.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2023 Education Projects
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Labor, OSHA, and other Regulatory Risk Training for SE Asian Immigrants/Minorities in California
Award Amount: $47,014
Institution: University of California Cooperative Extension
Project Director: Richard Molinar (rhmolinar@ucdavis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2005 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
This project addresses the Labor, OSHA, and other regulations that...
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Learning to Reduce Risks when adding Targeted Grazing Services to California Sheep Operations
Award Amount: $18,000
Institution: California Wool Growers Association
Project Director: Lesa Eidman (lesa@woolgrowers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2010 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
Sheep producers in California strive to be proactive and work...
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Legal Risk Management Planning for Beginning and Socially-Disadvantaged Farmers (LRMP)
Award Amount: $49,223
Institution: Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA)
Project Director: nathan harkleroad (nathan@albafarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
There is much more to farming than just growing crops....
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Livestock Traceability: Assisting Ranchers in the Employment of Technologies to Improve Record Keeping, Productivity & Add Value to the Operation
Award Amount: $48,035
Institution: California Cattlemen's Association
Project Director: Kirk Wilbur (kirk@calcattlemen.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The project seeks to educate and assist ranchers in employing...
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Managing Environmental and Economic Risks in Groundwater Use for Underserved Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Project Director: Ruth Dahlquist-Willard (rdahlquistwillard@ucanr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
This
project will address three areas of risk for underserved farmers...
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Managing Risk Through Improved Farm Labor Managment
Award Amount: $25,000
Institution: California Institute for Rural Studies
Project Director: Ron Strochlic (rstrochlic@cirsinc.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2007 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
Human resource management is an essential, yet often overlooked aspect...
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Managing Risks Associated with New Enterprises
Award Amount: $17,103
Institution: University of California
Project Director: Ramiro Lobo (relobo@ucdavis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2004 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
While many agricultural producers in the Western United States...
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Managing Short and Long-term Risk on Foothill Farms and Ranches in Northern California
Award Amount: $49,756
Institution: University of California Cooperative Extension
Project Director: Cindy Fake (cefake@ucanr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2018 Education Projects
Summary
The goal of this project is to reduce risk and...
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Managing the Risks of Agritourism as an Income Diversification Strategy for California Producers
Award Amount: $49,716
Institution: University of California Small Farm Program
Project Director: Shermain Hardesty (shermain@primal.ucdavis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2011 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
This project uses a peer-reviewed manual for agritourism training, builds...
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Marketing Risk Management for Small & Mid-Sized Farmers in Northern California
Award Amount: $46,156
Institution: Community Alliance with Family Farmers
Project Director: Robert Corshen (bob@caff.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2012 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
This project will focus on price and financial risks affecting...
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Marketing Strategies for New Organic Farms
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association
Project Director: Christopher Brown (chris@albafarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2018 Education Projects
Summary
This
project addresses marketing risks faced by beginning and socially-disadvantaged
(BSD) farmers...
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Mitigating Financial Risks for Latino Farmers in California
Award Amount: $5,000
Institution: Ecological Farming Association
Project Director: Andy Fisher (andy@eco-farm.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2021 Exploratory Projects
Summary
EcoFarm proposes to hold a day-long seminar in Spanish for...
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Napa Valley Grapegrowers Risk Management Education: Resiliency Management Education and Collaboration.
Award Amount: $49,999
Institution: Napa Valley Grapegrowers
Project Director: Sonya DeLuca (sdeluca@napagrowers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2023 Education Projects
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Napa Valley Grapegrowers Risk Management Education: Resiliency Management Education; Climate Variability; Wildfire Prevention; and Water Conservation.
Award Amount: $49,999
Institution: Napa Valley Grapegrowers
Project Director: Sonya DeLuca (sdeluca@napagrowers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
Napa winegrape production dropped 37.8% from 2019 to 2020,
declining 36%...
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Napa Valley Grapegrowers Risk Management Education: Resiliency Management Education; Climate Variability; Wildfire Response; and Marketing Strategies.
Award Amount: $49,999
Institution: Napa Valley Grapegrowers
Project Director: Sonya DeLuca (sdeluca@napagrowers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
Ten of California’s most destructive fires occurred in the last...
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Napa Valley Grapegrowers Underserved Risk Management Education: Record Keeping; Educational Assistance; Collaboration; and Crop Insurance
Award Amount: $99,999
Institution: Napa Valley Grapegrowers
Project Director: Sonya DeLuca (sdeluca@napagrowers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2023 Underserved Projects
Summary
Napa winegrape producers, representing 99% of Napa County’s
agricultural production value,...
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Napa Valley Grapegrowers Underserved Risk Management Education: Record Keeping; Technical Assistance; and Crop Insurance.
Award Amount: $99,999
Institution: Napa Valley Grapegrowers
Project Director: Sonya DeLuca (sdeluca@napagrowers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2022 Underserved Projects
Summary
Napa winegrape producers, representing 99% of Napa County’s agricultural production...
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Organic Elders and the Next Generation: Planning for Succession
Award Amount: $49,644
Institution: California FarmLink
Project Director: Reggie Knox (reggie@cafarmlink.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
With the average age of California’s 4,500 organic farmers at...
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Passing it On: A Farm Succession Education and Resource Collaborative for California
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: California FarmLink
Project Director: Nathan Weller (nathan@cafarmlink.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2020 Education Projects
Summary
This proposal expands upon FarmLink’s farm succession work across California...
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Planning for Profit: Business Management Training for Farmers and Ranchers in Southern Oregon
Award Amount: $30,000
Institution: Farm and Agriculture Collaborative Training Systems (FACTS)
Project Director: David Visher (visher@yolo.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2004 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
FACTS will deliver a ten week long (30 hours) course...
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Ranch Adaptation Strategies to Remain Economically Viable Throughout Periods of Drought
Award Amount: $48,412
Institution: California Cattlemen's Association
Project Director: Justin Oldfield (justin@calcattlemen.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
The
project will seek to educate and assist ranchers in adapting...
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Reducing Climate Change Risks for Farmers and Ranchers in the Sierra Nevada Foothills
Award Amount: $49,990
Institution: University of California Cooperative Extension
Project Director: Cindy Fake (cefake@ucanr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2020 Education Projects
Summary
Climate change has significantly increased
risks for producers in the northern...
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Reducing legal and human resource risks through education for 1st-line supervisors
Award Amount: $48,146
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Project Director: Howard Rosenberg (rosenberg@berkeley.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2007 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
Agricultural business operators in California depend heavily on nearly 1...
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Risk Management in the Time of COVID-19: Beginning and Latino Small Farm Support in California
Award Amount: $70,000
Institution: California FarmLink
Project Director: Nathan Weller (nathan@cafarmlink.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2021 Underserved Projects
Summary
This project builds on lessons learned over 20 years of...
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Risk Management Planning For California´s Agritourism Operators
Award Amount: $32,712
Institution: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis
Project Director: Desmond Jolly (d.jolly@sbcglobal.net)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2004 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
This project focuses on risk management education and planning for...
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Risk Management Seminar for California Table Grape and Tree Fruit Producers
Award Amount: $10,250
Institution: California Grape and Tree Fruit League
Project Director: Robert Neenan ( )
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2004 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
This project will entail conducting a risk management seminar for...
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Risk Management Tools for California Sheep Producers
Award Amount: $24,145
Institution: California Woolgrowers Association
Project Director: Lesa Carlton (cwga@gvn.net)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2007 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
The California Wool Growers Association will provide opportunities to sheep...
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Risk Management Under Climate Uncertainty: Building Resilience for Underserved Producers through Farmer-to-Farmer Led Insurance Education
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Rhizobia, LLC
Project Director: Natalia Pinzon Jimenez (natalia@nataliapinzon.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2021 Underserved Projects
Summary
This project builds on past programs delivering climate-risk
management education...
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Seeds of Success: Farm Financial Management Education Program
Award Amount: $49,781
Institution: California FarmLink
Project Director: Reggie Knox (reggie@cafarmlink.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2012 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
California FarmLink’s innovative Farm Financial Education Program will utilize workshops,...
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Self-directed Marketing Approaches for Small Holder farms (SMASH)
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association
Project Director: Christopher Brown (chris@albafarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The
Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) proposes to deliver
intensive, land-based...
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Succession and Estate Planning for Coastal California
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: California FarmLInk
Project Director: Steve Schwartz (steve@californiafarmlink.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2008 Competitive Grant Program
Summary
Three workshops with two days of programming each will be...
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Testing the Climate Resilience Toolkit: Appropriate Climate Change Adaptation Tools for Small-scale and Diversified Farms
Award Amount: $5,000
Institution: Rhizobia
Project Director: Natalia Pinzon Jimenez (natalia@nataliapinzon.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2020 Exploratory Projects
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Training family farmers to reduce food safety risks in post-harvest handling
Award Amount: $49,653
Institution: Community Alliance with Family Farmers
Project Director: Dave Runsten (dave@caff.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
CAFF will
conduct a series of workshops and provide one-on-one assistance...
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Training Small Scale Sierra Nevada Beginning Farmers and Ranchers to Reduce Risk and Improve Economic Viability
Award Amount: $49,851
Institution: University of California Cooperative Extension Placer & Nevada
Project Director: Cindy Fake (cefake@ucanr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
The goal of this project is to reduce risk and
improve...
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Training to Reduce Marketing and Financial Risk to Sierra Nevada Farmers and Ranchers
Award Amount: $36,000
Institution: University of California Cooperative Extension, Placer/Nevada
Project Director: Roger Ingram (rsingram@ucanr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2014 Education Projects
Summary
This project focuses on small-scale producers in Placer, Nevada, and...
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Underserved Producers Strengthened through Technical Assistance and Risk management Training (UPSTART)
Award Amount: $100,000
Institution: Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association
Project Director: nathan harkleroad (nathan@albafarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2020 ERME Underserved
Summary
The project will strengthen the
financial risk management capacity of 100...
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Understanding Cattle Markets: Assisting Ranchers with Market Shocks and Volatile Market Conditions
Award Amount: $47,077
Institution: California Cattlemen's Foundation
Project Director: Kirk Wilbur (kirk@calcattlemen.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
Cattle markets
are a complex topic that involve high risk levels...
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Wildfire Preparedness: Assisting Ranchers with Wildfire Risk Minimization, Wildfire Response, and Post-Fire Recovery
Award Amount: $49,720
Institution: California Cattlemen's Association
Project Director: Kirk Wilbur (kirk@calcattlemen.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2020 Education Projects
Summary
2018 was California’s worst fire year on record, spurred in
part...
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