The USDA Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS)
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is open for sign-up until Sept.
30. CSP rewards farmers and ranchers for their existing conservation
practices and for putting in place additional new conservation
practices and enhancements over a five year period. Successful
applicants could receive up to $200,000 in benefits. The NRCS hopes to
enroll over 12 million acres in the program this year. With its
emphasis on rewarding high levels of soil, water, and other resource
stewardship, the CSP is a "natural" for organic and sustainable
farmers who already conserve and protect resources in many ways.
The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition's long-awaited
"Farmers' Guide to the New Conservation Stewardship Program" is now
available.

The guide is available here:

http://sustainableagriculture.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/CSP_FarmersGuide_final_September_2009.pdf

--
Dr. Teri Hamlin
North Region Agriculture Education
Georgia Department of Education
204C Four Towers University of Georgia
Athens, Ga 30602
706-542-3679 / 706-540-0032
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