Extension Risk Management Education : Funded Projects

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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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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 Summary This project provides training on employing agritourism as a risk... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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 Summary ... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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 Summary ... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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 Summary ... More
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... More
Farm Employer and Labor Supervisor Training Program Award Amount: $52,890 Institution: The Regents of the University of California, ANR Project Director: Ramiro Lobo (relobo@ucanr.edu) Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2024 Education Projects Summary California agricultural employers provide jobs with a wide range of... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
Improving the Economic Viability of Small Farmers in San Diego County through Agritourism Networks Award Amount: $74,733 Institution: The Regents of the University of California, ANR Project Director: Ramiro Lobo (relobo@ucanr.edu) Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2024 Education Projects Summary San Diego County has one of the highest number of... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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 Summary The AgSafe Labor Relations Under AB2183 Project is a four-faceted program... More
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... More
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... More
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.... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
Napa Valley Grapegrowers Risk Management Education: Climate Risk; Pest and Disease Risk; Biodiversity; Collaboration Award Amount: $74,999 Institution: Napa Valley Grapegrowers Project Director: Caleb Mosley (cmosley@napagrowers.org) Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2024 Education Projects Summary Climate change’s longer and hotter growing seasons are contributing to increasingly... More
Napa Valley Grapegrowers Risk Management Education: Resiliency Management Education and Collaboration. Award Amount: $49,999 Institution: Napa Valley Grapegrowers Project Director: Caleb Mosley (cmosley@napagrowers.org) Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2023 Education Projects Summary Napa winegrape producers have faced extreme price/yield variability due to drought,... More
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%... More
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... More
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: Caleb Mosley (cmosley@napagrowers.org) Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2023 Underserved Projects Summary Napa winegrape producers, representing 99% of Napa County’s agricultural production value,... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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,... More
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... More
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... More
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 Summary ... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More

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Advancing Farmworker Disaster Resilience

Agricultural Supervisor Certificate Program

Agritourism Intensive 2015; Managing the risks of agritourism for California farm and ranch diversification

Agritourism Intensive 2018: Managing the Risks of Agritourism for California Farm and Ranch Diversification

Agritourism Intensive 2020: Managing the Risks of Agritourism for California Farm and Ranch Diversification

Agritourism Intensive 2024: Managing the Risks of Agritourism for California Farm and Ranch Diversification

Agritourism Intensive: Managing the risks of agritourism as an income diversification strategy for California producers

Agritourism Intensive: Managing the risks of agritourism as an income diversification strategy in California

Assessing the experience and needs of marginalized farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Assessment of Current Training Options and Gaps for Climate Variability Risk for Farmers in California

Beginner Farmer Needs Assessment: Perceiving Constraints and Opportunities to Farming Beyond the 10 Year Mark

Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Results Oriented Financial Planning Workshops

Bilingual Food Safety Training for Southeast Asian and Latino Small-Scale Farms

Biosecurity Proficiency Project for Beginning Producers in California 4-H.

Building Beginning Farmer's Financial Record Keeping and Risk Analysis Capabilities

Building Climate Resilience via Agroecology and Learning Networks

Building Profitable Farms and Strong Financial Management

Business Tools for Tough Times

California AgLink Conference for Succession Planning

California Farmers Build Fire Resilience

California Farmers Build Fire Resilience

Creating a Market for Cleaner Cotton

Direct Marketing Strategy Workshops for Farmers

Educational Needs around Climate Resilience of Latina and Latino Farmers in California

Enabling small scale and minority growers to manage risk through cost effective high value crop production

Essential Risk Management for California's Direct Marketing Farmers

Evaluation of Online Modular Curriculum and Mentorship Training to Improve Hands-on Farm Internships.

Exploratory Project: Hoopa Reservation Farmers and Ranchers Risk Management Education

Farm and Grazing Lease Agreements: Managing Legal and Financial Risks for California Farmers and Ranchers

Farm Employer and Labor Supervisor Training Program

FARM TO TABLE: A WORKSHOP FOR PRODUCERS ON THE REGULATIONS, PROCESSING AND MARKETING OF MEAT PRODUCTS

Farmers Build Wildfire Resilience - Phase II

FARMING 101: Risk Management for Beginning Farmers

Financial and Legal Risk Management Education for Beginning and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers in the Salinas Valley

Helping Farmers Navigate the Risks and Challenges to Producing and Selling Hemp in California and Oregon

Human Resource Skill Development Workshop: How to Manage to Reduce Human and Legal Risk

Improving drought resilience for urban farms

Improving Risk Management Skills and Crop Insurance Literacy among Underserved Specialty Crop Producers in the Sierra Foothills

Improving the Economic Viability of Small Farmers in San Diego County through Agritourism Networks

Increasing Employee Retention Through Improved Compensation Structures

Introduction to Risk Mitigation through Human Resource Management: An Online Certificate Program.

Labor Considerations for Scaling Up Production: H-2A Decision Tool

Labor Relations under AB 2183

Labor, OSHA, and other Regulatory Risk Training for SE Asian Immigrants/Minorities in California

Learning to Reduce Risks when adding Targeted Grazing Services to California Sheep Operations

Legal Risk Management Planning for Beginning and Socially-Disadvantaged Farmers (LRMP)

Livestock Traceability: Assisting Ranchers in the Employment of Technologies to Improve Record Keeping, Productivity & Add Value to the Operation

Managing Environmental and Economic Risks in Groundwater Use for Underserved Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley

Managing Risk Through Improved Farm Labor Managment

Managing Risks Associated with New Enterprises

Managing Short and Long-term Risk on Foothill Farms and Ranches in Northern California

Managing the Risks of Agritourism as an Income Diversification Strategy for California Producers

Marketing Risk Management for Small & Mid-Sized Farmers in Northern California

Marketing Strategies for New Organic Farms

Mitigating Financial Risks for Latino Farmers in California

Napa Valley Grapegrowers Risk Management Education: Climate Risk; Pest and Disease Risk; Biodiversity; Collaboration

Napa Valley Grapegrowers Risk Management Education: Resiliency Management Education and Collaboration.

Napa Valley Grapegrowers Risk Management Education: Resiliency Management Education; Climate Variability; Wildfire Prevention; and Water Conservation.

Napa Valley Grapegrowers Risk Management Education: Resiliency Management Education; Climate Variability; Wildfire Response; and Marketing Strategies.

Napa Valley Grapegrowers Underserved Risk Management Education: Record Keeping; Educational Assistance; Collaboration; and Crop Insurance

Napa Valley Grapegrowers Underserved Risk Management Education: Record Keeping; Technical Assistance; and Crop Insurance.

Organic Elders and the Next Generation: Planning for Succession

Passing it On: A Farm Succession Education and Resource Collaborative for California

Planning for Profit: Business Management Training for Farmers and Ranchers in Southern Oregon

Ranch Adaptation Strategies to Remain Economically Viable Throughout Periods of Drought

Reducing Climate Change Risks for Farmers and Ranchers in the Sierra Nevada Foothills

Reducing legal and human resource risks through education for 1st-line supervisors

Risk Management in the Time of COVID-19: Beginning and Latino Small Farm Support in California

Risk Management Planning For California´s Agritourism Operators

Risk Management Seminar for California Table Grape and Tree Fruit Producers

Risk Management Tools for California Sheep Producers

Risk Management Under Climate Uncertainty: Building Resilience for Underserved Producers through Farmer-to-Farmer Led Insurance Education

Seeds of Success: Farm Financial Management Education Program

Self-directed Marketing Approaches for Small Holder farms (SMASH)

Succession and Estate Planning for Coastal California

Testing the Climate Resilience Toolkit: Appropriate Climate Change Adaptation Tools for Small-scale and Diversified Farms

Training family farmers to reduce food safety risks in post-harvest handling