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["Amy Little" <amylittle@hvc.rr.com>]

From: nefood-request@elist.tufts.edu [mailto:nefood-request@elist.tufts.edu] 
On Behalf Of Amy Little
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 8:31 PM
To: nefood@elist.tufts.edu
Subject: [NEFOOD] CSP signup starts today!

 

The signup period for the Conservation Stewardship Program is officially OPEN 
until March 31! We need your help in getting the word out to farmers!

THE BASICS: 

*       Farmers and ranchers need to visit their local NRCS office for step 1 
in the application process BEFORE MARCH 31. This part is relatively easy 
(takes only moments in the office). Remember, CSP is competitive, and 
enrollment is limited.
*       The March 31 date also applies to RENEWALS. Folks who signed up in 
2012 need to RENEW their contracts this year if they want to stay in the 
program! An attached doc (see below) shows you how many contracts / acres are 
expiring in your state this year.
*       Thanks to our collective work protecting CSP's funding last year, 
~2,000 more farmers can sign up for the program this year - and up to 20 
million new acres can be enrolled! 
*       NRCS has also BOOSTED the minimum contract payment to $1,500 - which 
may make the program pencil out financially for smaller, high-value or 
diversified operations! (I'm looking at you, New England) It's a great year 
for those folks to take a fresh look at the opportunity.
*       As always, NSAC has prepared a blog post and Information Alert that 
go over the basics of the opportunity. The Info Alert gets into deep 
specifics for producers on the kinds of practices that CSP rewards. See below 
for more resources.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

*       Get the word out to farmers you know! You can: include a blurb in 
your newsletter, post on social media, put up (or cross-post) a blog post, 
issue a press release (template included below!!), mention the program at 
conferences/events, and/or hand out copies of resources like NSAC's Farmers' 
Guide to CSP. ANY and ALL of these are great, plus any other great ideas you 
have. If you need help, you know who to call! Which brings me to...

RESOURCES FOR YOU (and for PRODUCERS):

*       NSAC blog post from today: 
http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/csp-2016-signup/
*       NSAC CSP Information Alert for 2016: attached here and linked via 
blog post
*       NSAC Farmers' Guide to CSP: linked via blog post above
*       NSAC press release: 
http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/release-csp-sign-up-for-2016

Sarah Hackney | Grassroots Director

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

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Washington, DC 20002-5622

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Amy Little, Policy Director
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG)

home office: 845-255-0822 | cell: 845-853-3440

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Attachment: 2016 CSP signup graphic.jpg
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Attachment: Expiring-CSP-Acres-and-Contracts-2012.pdf
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Attachment: 2016 CSP Information Alert Final.pdf
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Attachment: FY16 CSP Sign-up Release_Template FINAL.docx
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Attachment: 2016 CSP sample social media posts.docx
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