Climate Change Resilience Grant for Farmers
The mission of the NH Conservation Districts Climate Resilience Grant is to support and empower local farmers to build climate resilience throughout the Granite State.
To accomplish this, the NH Conservation Districts are offering cost share grants to farmers to help reduce the impact of agriculture on climate change (mitigation) through greenhouse gas emissions reduction and carbon sequestration, and through increasing the resiliency of New Hampshire Farms in a changing climate (adaptation), while meeting farm’s conservation goals and needs. Extreme weather events, frequent and prolonged droughts, and increased pest pressures are increasing challenges for NH farms.
This grant program, through the NH County Conservation Districts seeks to support farmers in meeting those challenges.
$345,661 in grant funds awarded to 49 farms across New Hampshire!
Photo Credit: Stoat Oak Farm, 2023 Grant Recipient
The NH County Conservation Districts launched this farm viability program to improve the resilience of NH farms in the face of extreme weather events and a changing climate. Direct grants to farms to invest in on-farm infrastructure, equipment, and innovative practices will support farm profitability and the long-term viability for NH’s agricultural sector.
This grant program is designed with a high level of farmer input to ensure the most pressing needs of farms will be met. The NH Conservation Districts have also worked in close partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and other conservation partners to ensure that this statewide program fills the gaps that are not being adequately met by federal funds.
Funds are available for projects that mitigate the impact of agriculture on climate change and enhance the on-farm adaptations to projected climate conditions. Preference will be given to projects that can demonstrate strong potential in mitigation and adaptation.
Applications for 2025 Are Open!
View the 2025 RFP Here: 2025 Request for Proposals (RFP)
Watch Last Year's Virtual Informational Session
Interested farmers are encouraged to watch the recording of this year’s informational session to learn more about eligibility, project types and grant requirements. Watch the recording on our YouTube channel.
Attend the Virtual Informational Session
Join us on Wednesday, December 11th from 6:00-7:00PM! Register here!
For Current Grant Awardees
To receive final reimbursement, 2023 and 2024 award recipients must fill out the 2023 or 2024 Grant Report below. Please send the completed version to rccd@rockinghamccd.org or mail to RCCD at 110 North Rd, Brentwood, NH 03608. Please reach out with any questions.
2023 Grant Recipient Final Report Materials
DUE BY: DECEMBER 1, 2024
2024 Grant Recipient Materials
2024 Grant Report [PDF]
Past Recipient’s Projects
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Bascom Road Blueberry Farm
Located in Newport, NH, a pick your own blueberry operation and vegetable farm will purchase a plastic mulch layer to keep water in the ground and prevent weeds from growing up through it, reducing herbicide use.
Learn More about Bascom Road Blueberry Farm:
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Boggy Meadow Farm
Located in Walpole, NH, producing farmstead cheeses, will install a Johnson-Su compost bioreactor, to create a fungal-rich compost to improve on-farm soil health.
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Brookfield Farm
Located in Walpole, NH, Brookfield Farm is a certified Organic dairy farm whose project plans to increase the quality and quantity of forage, improve soil health, and improve plant resilience during extreme weather conditions and drought by applying potassium to select fields.
Learn more about Brookfield Farm:
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Gentile Family Homestead
Located in Fitzwilliam, NH, Gentile Family Homestead sells pasture based beef and pork directly to the community. Their project was used to install an automatic cattle watering system, conserving water during periods of drought.
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Green Bough Farm
Located in North Haverhill, NH, offers grass fed beef and pastured eggs to the community. Their project focus was to install an automatic cattle pasture move system to increase soil water holding capacity through mob grazing practices.
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Linden Woods Farm
Located in Durham, NH, Linden Wood Farm is an equine center that grows hay and sells composted manure. Their project focus was update their drainage system to reduce and manage erosion.
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Loca Berry at Emery Farm
Located in Durham, NH, their project focus was to implement climate smart agricultural practices for resilient day-neutral strawberry production. Learn More about Loca Berry and Emery Farm:
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Meristem Flower Farm, a flower farm located in Strafford, NH, will update their drainage system to drain fields earlier in the spring and reduce soil erosion.
Photo credit: Meristem Flower Farm https://www.meristemflowerfarm.com/
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Picadilly Farm, a diversified farm in Winchester, NH, selling organically grown vegetables, will purchase a Perfecta Field Cultivator to reduce tillage, improving farm soil health and carbon capture.
Photo credit: Picadilly Farm https://www.picadillyfarm.com/
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Robinson Family Farms, located in Pittsburg, NH, providing custom beef, pork, and chicken orders, will upgrade their manure pit and barnyard corral to minimize mud, control moisture, and increase farm manure use instead of fertilizers.
Photo credit: Robinson Family Farms https://www.robinsonfamilyfarms.com/
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Tellman Hill Farm, located in Whitefield, NH, sells meat chickens and keeps a small laying flock of chickens, ducks, and geese. The farm is currently establishing a 6 acre pick-your-own orchard which will have fruit available beginning in 2024. Products will be apples, apple cider, pears, plums, sour cherries, pumpkins, and related value-added offerings. Tellman Hill Farm will enhance their irrigation water supply and distribution, providing greater security for the health and growth of trees, and in turn, producing higher quality fruit during periods of drought.
Photo Credit: Tellman Hill Farm https://www.facebook.com/tellmanhillfarm/
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Winter Street Farm, a reduced tillage four season vegetable production CSA, located in Claremont, NH, will purchase necessary infrastructure to increase their community composting program: reducing waste, fertilizer inputs, increasing soil health, and promoting carbon capture.
Photo Credit: Winter Street Farm https://www.winterstreetfarm.com/
