Full eligibility requirements are outlined on pages 2-3 of our Grant Guidelines, but if you’re a farmer producing food for human consumption in California, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington, the chances are good you’re eligible!

Applications are currently closed, but this is the page you’ll use to apply when they reopen in the Fall of 2026.

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The application is designed to be filled out on your own. Technical assistance is, however, required on each project for validation that practices are carried out in accordance with NRCS standards.

Yes, the Restore Grant will pay for the Technical Assistance for awarded projects in addition to the grant bid.

Eligible Technical Assistance Providers include any NRCS office, any Conservation District, any Agricultural Extension Office, or any individual or organization with an established history of providing technical assistance to farms and/or ranches for conservation practices such as Point Blue Conservation. Typically Pest Control Advisors are not eligible to be Technical Assistance Providers. If you’re unsure if your Technical Assistance provider would qualify, contact us; we would be happy to assist!

We use the COMET Planner tool to model projected Carbon Sequestration. The link to the California version can be found here; applicants in all other states should use the version here. Follow steps 1-4 to input each practice you are applying for. On the right-hand side of the chart in Step 4, you’ll find a column titled “Total CO2 Equivalent,” this is the number you’ll input into your application for each practice. You’ll also hit “Download Results” and upload the PDF version of the COMET planner. Practices and acreage should be consistent in your application and your COMET planner. For a tutorial on how to fill out the COMET Planner, see here.

Applicants can cost share to make their application more competitive. Cost-sharing funds can come from various sources, such as a government grant or the applicant’s own funds. We just ask that you disclose the source of these funds in your application. For questions about matching funds from a third party, send us an email at grants@zerofoodprint.org.

For applicants who can’t apply online, we offer a PDF application that can be emailed to grants[@]zerofoodprint.org. If you are unable to fill out the application or require assistance, we are happy to receive submissions over the phone. Please leave us a message at (813) 575-3949 with your name and phone number, and state that you require assistance with the Restore application.

Yes, you may so long as you have completed the project validation from your last grant and you have not exceeded the lifetime award of $75,000.

Compost Connector is available exclusively to California farms and ranches and provides financial assistance for the procurement of compost. Read More.

Restore Grants provide awards for numerous conservation practices in CA, CO, OR, and WA. Restore Grants have a more robust application with a competitive selection process based on modeled sequestration of CO2.

Grant funds may be used for any supplies, labor, services, or equipment which are required for the completion of the practice(s) awarded. If unsure whether an expenditure is eligible to be covered by grant funds, don’t hesitate to contact us.

We only fund projects which would not have been carried out without grant funding. This is to ensure we’re making an environmental impact that is additional to the “status quo.”