PROGRAMS :: Farmscaping for Conservation and On-Farm Benefits

Our current projects:

• VEGETATION PLANTING AND BIODIVERSITY OUTREACH PROJECT. A CAFF partnership with the Wild Farm Alliance made possible through a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The goals of the project are to improve the quality of water flowing into the Monterey Bay by increasing vegetation conservation plantings on twenty farms on the Central Coast, and to educate and raise the consciousness of farmers and agricultural professionals about biodiversity achieved through cultural practices used in production agriculture.
• DEMONSTRATING COMPATABILITY OF WATER QUALITY AND FOOD SAFETY THROUGH RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENTATION. A CAFF partnership with the Central Coast Agricultural Water Quality Coalition, made possible by a grant from the State Water Resources Control Board. The project is the result of a unique collaboration of water quality and food safety experts who will implement a series of research field trials and demonstrations that will assess the capability of these practices to both improve water quality and reduce the risk of bacterial and pathogen contamination.
• WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT THROUGH CONSERVATION PLANTING IN THE PAJARO WATERSHED. Funded by the Bella Vista Foundation. CAFF is conducting restoration and habitat plantings on five farms in the Upper Pajaro River watershed on the Central Coast of California, collaborating in the study and design of project plantings with Central Coast Wilds nursery.
• ON-SITE IMPLEMENTATION OF VEGETATIVE CONSERVATION PLANTINGS FOR AGRICULTURAL WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN NORTH MONTEREY COUNTY. A CAFF collaboration with the Central Coast Agricultural Water Quality Coalition to plant cover crops, riparian buffer strips, hedgerows, and grassed waterways on at least 10 farms in North Monterey County. Funded by the State Water Resources Control Board.

Past Projects

SWRCB - Vegetative Conservation Practices for Water Quality & Habitat Diversity on Pajaro Valley Farms

Partners

Wild Farm Alliance
Central Coast Agricultural Water Quality Coalition
Resource Conservation District of Monterey County
Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz

Thank you to our Funders

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Bella Vista Foundation
State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)