Alameda County Carbon Farm Planning, Feasibility, and Pilot Project
Project Overview
Basics
Alameda County Carbon Farm Planning, Feasibility, and Pilot Project
Completed
The project's goal is to increase understanding, planning, and use of Carbon Farming practices that will benefit soil and water in agricultural operations by conducting a feasibility study to assess the potential for applying compost to rangelands. ACRCD will evaluate the effectiveness of carbon-beneficial practices to increase soil carbon content, general soil health, and agricultural water use through the evaluation of various conservation practices. The carbon sequestration and water use efficiency will be documented along with co-benefits from the implementation of compost application, additional riparian, wetland, vegetative conservation practices, and other carbon-beneficial practices.
2017
2019
2021
2/8/2023
Project Attributes
Census Tract Income
None
Direct Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
EnviroScreen
None
Free and Reduced Lunch
None
Indirect Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
Tribal Engagement (True/False)
None
Tribal Engagement
None
Location
Organizations
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| Lead Implementer | |
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| Primary RCD | |
| Stakeholders | |
| State Assembly Voting District | |
| State Senate Voting District |
Contacts
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 808 - Soil Carbon Amendment (example, compost application) Operation Type: Range/Pastureland | 200 acres |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (no.) | Conservation Practice: 378 - Pond Operation Type: Range/Pastureland | 4 |
| Events | Event Type: Workshop | 1 |
| Events | Event Type: Outreach/Education | 1 |
| GHG Reduction (Annual) | Accounting Method: Compost-Planner Land Use: Ranch Property Ownership: Local Type of Mitigation: Avoided Emission | 910 tons |
| Planning Document | Plan Type: Other | 1 |
| Planning Document | Plan Type: Carbon Farm Plan | 2 |
| Water Conserved | Action Performed: Water Storage Facility Site Type: Agricultural | 3 acre-ft |
| Water Conserved | Action Performed: Increased Soil Water Holding Capacity Site Type: Agricultural | 5 acre-ft |
Reported Performance Measures
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation Practice | Operation Type | Total | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Units |
| 808 - Soil Carbon Amendment (example, compost application) | Range/Pastureland | 115 | 98 | 0 | 17 | acres |
| Total | 115 | 98 | 0 | 17 | acres | |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (no.) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation Practice | Operation Type | Total | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Units |
| 378 - Pond | Range/Pastureland | 7 | 1 | N/A | 6 | number |
| Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | number | |
| Events | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event Type | Total | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Units |
| Outreach/Education | 2 | 2 | N/A | N/A | number |
| Workshop | 2 | 2 | N/A | N/A | number |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | number |
| GHG Reduction (Annual) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting Method | Land Use | Property Ownership | Type of Mitigation | Total | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Units |
| Compost-Planner | Ranch | Local | Avoided Emission | 521.7 | 444.6 | 0 | 77.1 | tons |
| Total | 521.7 | 444.6 | 0 | 77.1 | tons | |||
| Planning Document | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan Type | Total | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Units |
| Carbon Farm Plan | 2 | 2 | N/A | N/A | number |
| Other | 1 | N/A | 1 | N/A | number |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | number |
| Water Conserved | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action Performed | Site Type | Total | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Units |
| Water Storage Facility | Agricultural | 4.5 | 2.3 | N/A | 2.2 | acre-ft |
| Increased Soil Water Holding Capacity | Agricultural | 4.27 | 2.27 | N/A | 2 | acre-ft |
| Total | 8.77 | 4.57 | 0 | 4.2 | acre-ft | |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Use Efficiency Program (DWR) | $2,557.84 | $19,780.35 | $72,823.90 | $14,770.93 | $17,686.43 | $127,619.45 |
| Grand Total | $2,557.84 | $19,780.35 | $72,823.90 | $14,770.93 | $17,686.43 | $127,619.45 |
| Note: | None provided |
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Project Themes
Project Themes
Agriculture plays a key role in mitigating global warming by not only reducing carbon emissions, but by removing some level of excess CO2 in the atmosphere while improving the productivity and economic viability of farms and ranches. This project's goal is to create a Carbon Farm Plan which is a comprehensive assessment of the land‘s resources and capacity to reduce greenhouse gases developed by a technical adviser in conjunction with the landowner.
ACRCD is developing materials that will be made available to landowners to inform them of the benefits of implementing soil carbon-beneficial and GHG-reduction practices on their property and the results of this feasibility and demonstration project. A workshop will be conducted to share our results with agencies, political leaders, and the public.
ACRCD is undertaking a pilot study to implement conservation practices under a Carbon Farm Plan and demonstrate the results using established monitoring techniques to examine soil health, including water infiltration, bulk density, and soil carbon which all play a part in sustaining a healthy watershed.
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Notes
| 03/09/2022 3:48 PM | Ian Howell | Water Storage in this project's reported Performance Measures equates to water capacity increased through livestock pond restoration. |
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