Interest in government funding to help make agricultural land more resilient to weather is keener this year than last.
Forty applications were submitted for money available through the program, with 30 projects approved so far. That’s a big increase from the 17 local initiatives that benefitted from the program last year.
The program will help maintain and provide healthy soil and water, and protect wildlife habitat and biodiversity while adapting to the impacts of a changing climate.
Approved projects include increasing the use of perennials in rotation and planting nitrogen-fixing perennial crops.