Additional drought assistance from the California Department of Food and Agriculture has become available for agricultural operations. This is a result of Senate Bill 103, emergency drought legislation that provides $687 million to assist drought-stricken communities and accelerate projects to better capture, manage and use water resources. This program, the State Water Effeciency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP), allocates $10 million in competitive grant funding for financial assistance to agricultural operations for implementation of water conservation measures that result in increased water effeciency and a reduction in greehouse gas emissions.
For more information on the program, click here: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/EnvironmentalStewardship/WEEP.html
Prospective applicants may contact CDFAs Grants Office at grants@cdfa.ca.gov with general program questions.
