Texas Climate Smart Initiative Info Session

The Texas Center for Local Food (TCLF) is collaborating with the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, Council for Healthy Food Systems, and Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance to host an online info session about the Texas Climate Smart Initiative.

Texas Climate Smart Initiative Info Session – November 19, 2024 – 6:30 – 8:00 PM CST

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsc-GhrzMqHdZl-a1REdvKi_uScqgUPK8y

The Texas Climate Smart Initiative (TCSI) is a new 5-year program run primarily by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board along with Texas A&M AgriLife and Texas universities. The program has a total of $38.8 million to help producers implement climate-smart practices including cover cropping, silvopasture, irrigation, tree establishment, and much more.

If you are:

• Actively farming or ranching at least 1 acre in Texas,
• Interested in starting or expanding climate-smart practices on your land, and
• In need of funding to implement regenerative land management,

Then please join us in learning about this new program that can help pay for regenerative practices!

We’ll discuss TCSI’s goals, producer eligibility requirements, how the overall process works, and how this project has been designed to benefit smaller producers. We’ll also highlight 2-3 Texas producers who are currently enrolled in the program to learn more about their experience and motivations for participating. There will be plenty of time for Q&A, so please bring your questions.

P.S. You need a farm number to receive funding from the Texas Climate Smart Initiative. Check out the recording from our first USDA program webinar to learn more: https://www.txfed.org/courses/fsa-farm-numbers-what-why-and-how