USDA Climate-Smart Grant | Blue Diamond Growers
Summary
The Blue Diamond USDA Climate-Smart Grant (CSG) program is a voluntary, cost-share incentive program that provides Blue Diamond member-growers, or growers that farm on a Blue Diamond orchard, seed and plant material and direct, financial reimbursement for implementing one or more of the following practices:Application now open! Please click the following link to apply for the 2024 Blue Diamond Climate-Smart Farming grant. You will be redirected to the FarmRaise website which will require you to set up an account prior to completing the application. You will be redirected to the FarmRaise website which will require you to set up an account prior to completing the application.This program builds off of Blue Diamonds Orchard Stewardship Incentive Program (OSIP) by going one step further and delivering financial support to assist in the implementation of climate-smart stewardship practices. For Blue Diamond growers, this is an opportunity to receive their normal OSIP incentive and now also be reimbursed for implementing stewardship practices that may otherwise be cost-prohibitive.Please click on the links below to learn more:Requests for proposals are updated on an ongoing basis.