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By Jaryn Vecchio

Important Funding

Feds & Manitoba providing $1.9M for sustainable farming projects

Aug 1, 2023 | 8:00 AM

The federal government and the Manitoba government are partnering to support sustainable farming in the province.

The two are combining to provide $1.9 million through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) to fund 54 projects.

“As good stewards of the land, Manitoba producers are prepared to embrace new, proactive on-farm projects that help mitigate the effects of climate change,” said Lawrence MacAulay, Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.

There are two types of projects which can receive funding: watershed resilience and carbon sequestration and grassland resilience.

The watershed resilience stream will provide funding to watershed districts to collaborate with farmers to implement projects on agroforestry, grasslands and grazing management, natural upland area enhancement and rejuvenation, riparian area enhancement, water retention and runoff management, and wetland restoration and enhancement.

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Selected projects will receive up to $100,000 with the idea being for them to be completed within 18 months.

The carbon sequestration and grassland resilience stream will provide funding to community pastures, Agricultural Crown Land forage leaseholders, Indigenous farmers and communities, and farmers outside of watershed district boundaries that plan on increasing the productivity of grasslands that support the livestock industry in Manitoba.

Chosen projects will receive up to $15,000, covering 75 per cent of the total costs. Funding for the watershed resilience projects will cover 100 per cent of the costs.

“Manitoba farmers know the success of their business depends on good stewardship of the land. This work is not just beneficial to the farmers; it contributes to the environmental and economic benefit to all Manitobans,” said Derek Johnson, Manitoba’s Minister of Agriculture.

More information can be found on the Manitoba government’s website.

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