Soil Health Hub Development in Sonoma County
Project Overview
Basics
Completed
A collaboration between RCDs and partners in Mendocino, Sonoma, and Napa Counties to establish a regional soil health hub for vineyards that will promote adoption of soil health-beneficial vineyard practices such as compost application, reduced tillage, improved cover cropping, and adding hedgerows to vineyard lands. Sonoma RCD's role included assisting in development/maintenance of soil health hub website, establishing a field demonstration project, completing 2 vineyard carbon farm plans, conducting 5 soil health assessments, and hosting 3 workshops. Costs noted are for Sonoma RCD only (does not include regional partner costs).
2017
2018
2019
12/29/2022
Location
Project encompasses all of Sonoma County
Watersheds selected encompass the demonstration project and soil health assessment locations. However, all watersheds within the Sonoma RCD district boundary were covered in outreach/education events.
Organizations
| Funders | |
| Lead Implementer | |
| Partners | |
| Primary RCD | |
| State Assembly Voting District | |
| State Senate Voting District |
Contacts
Keith Abeles - Sonoma Resource Conservation District (Sonoma RCD) (kabeles@sonomarcd.org)
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Events | Event Type: Workshop | 2 |
| Planning Document | Plan Type: Carbon Farm Plan | 2 |
Reported Performance Measures
| Events | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event Type | Total | 2019 | 2018 | Units |
| Workshop | 3 | 1 | 2 | number |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 2 | number |
| Planning Document | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan Type | Total | 2019 | 2018 | Units |
| Carbon Farm Plan | 2 | 2 | N/A | number |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | number |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specialty Crop Block Grant (CDFA) | $13,643.00 | $30,609.00 | $31,050.00 | $75,302.00 |
| Grand Total | $13,643.00 | $30,609.00 | $31,050.00 | $75,302.00 |
| Note: | None provided |
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Project Themes
Project Themes
Gathering soil health data from vineyard sites to build database and develop appropriate goal values for healthy soil in Pacific North Coast region vineyards and also developing carbon farm plans to increase carbon sequestration potential on vineyard lands.
Hosted 3 workshops to educate winegrowers on multi-benefits of soil health beneficial vineyard practices and discuss pros- and cons- of adoption.
Healthy soils leads to better infiltration and water storage capacity, in turn improving streamflow and reducing flooding and runoff thereby benefiting the watershed.
Project Details
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Notes
| 06/28/2019 1:04 PM | Anya Starovoytov | Visit soilhub.org to learn more about this regional initiative |
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