Urban Ag & Community Initiative

In 2021, the Placer Resource Conservation District was awarded an urban agriculture conservation grant through a partnership with the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to expand its services beyond large-scale operations to small-scale, more urban, clients with a particular focus on improving food security.

Placer RCD was one of 20 conservation districts across 14 states to receive funding in 2021. NACD and NRCS established the Urban Agriculture Conservation Grant Initiative in 2016 to help conservation districts and their partners provide much-needed technical assistance for community-oriented agricultural projects in both urban and rural contexts. 

This grant seeded Placer RCD to develop the capacity and ability to provide free backyard and community agriculture technical assistance to people who want to start or improve their own backyard and balcony vegetable garden, community gardens, and urban farms. In addition, the initiative helps develop projects to improve fresh food accessibility and build new organizational partnerships.

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Placer RCD staff, Brian Pimentel, tests irrigation pressure at the Armed Forces Community Garden as part of the Backyard and Community Ag Program.
Placer RCD staff, Brian Pimentel, assists community gardeners at th eArmed Forces Community Garden in Auburn, California.
Placer RCD staff, Brian Pimentel, giving a presentation at the Senior Garden, a community garden in Auburn, California, on soil health, as part of the Placer RCD’s Backyard and Community Ag Program.
The Backyard and Community Ag Program at the PRCD visits the Maidu Village Apartments Community Garden in Roseville, California.
The Backyard and Community Ag Program at the PRCD visits the Maidu Village Apartments Community Garden in Roseville, California.

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