Carbon Farm Plan #9 (organic pasture-raised eggs and dairy cows)
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Project Overview
Basics
Carbon Farm Plan #9 (organic pasture-raised eggs and dairy cows)
Implementation
This family farm currently raises about 5,500 USDA-certified organic, and pasture-raised birds, on 80 acres. The farm is also home to a small herd of Jersey cows. Un-irrigated pastures, grazed by both cows and chickens, make up nearly 75% of the farm. The landowner’s goals include: keeping the farm within the family; continuing to learn and improve land management practices; integrating trees into the pasture system for shade and forage; increasing plant and wildlife diversity; enhancing the existing compost operation; maintaining and improving carbon sequestration; increasing the livestock carrying capacity; and modernizing the on-farm egg processing facility.
2015
2020
2035
2/9/2023
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
| Funders | |
| Lead Implementer | |
| Primary RCD | |
| State Assembly Voting District | |
| State Senate Voting District |
Contacts
Michelle Katuna - Marin Resource Conservation District (Marin RCD) (michelle@marinrcd.org)
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 550 - Range Planting Operation Type: Range/Pastureland | 58 acres |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 381 - Silvopasture Establishment Operation Type: Range/Pastureland | 69 acres |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 412 - Grassed Waterway Operation Type: Range/Pastureland | 0.6 acres |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 484 - Mulching Operation Type: Range/Pastureland | 80 acres |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 391 - Riparian Forest Buffer Operation Type: Range/Pastureland | 2.04 acres |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 380 - Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment Operation Type: Range/Pastureland | 8.5 acres |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 528 - Prescribed Grazing Operation Type: Range/Pastureland | 80 acres |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 590 - Nutrient Management Operation Type: Range/Pastureland | 52 acres |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 329 - Residue and Tillage Management, No Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed Operation Type: Range/Pastureland | 44 acres |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 612 - Tree/Shrub Establishment Operation Type: Range/Pastureland | 7 acres |
| GHG Reduction (Cumulative 20 yr) Expected PM only | Land Use: Farm/Ranch Type of Mitigation: Sequestered | 9,659 tons |
Reported Performance Measures
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation Practice | Operation Type | 2020 | Units |
| 422 - Hedgerow Planting | Range/Pastureland | 0.18 | acres |
| Total | 0.18 | acres | |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ft.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation Practice | Operation Type | 2020 | Units |
| 422 - Hedgerow Planting | Range/Pastureland | 1,376 | lf |
| 430 - Irrigation Pipeline | Range/Pastureland | 40 | lf |
| Total | 1,416 | lf | |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (no.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation Practice | Operation Type | 2020 | Units |
| 614 - Watering Facility (Tank) | Range/Pastureland | 1 | number |
| Total | 1 | number | |
| GHG Reduction (Annual) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting Method | Land Use | Property Ownership | Type of Mitigation | 2020 | Units |
| COMET-Planner | Ranch | Private | Sequestered | 1.48 | tons |
| Total | 1.48 | tons | |||
| People Participating in Activity | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituent Type | Primary Service Type | 2020 | Units |
| Youth | School Program | 261 | number |
| Total | 261 | number | |
| Plants Installed | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Units | |
| 249 | number | |
| Total | 249 | number |
| No accomplishments to report for: | |
| Year(s): | 2017-2019 |
|---|---|
| Explanation: | Implementation did not begin until 2020 |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landowner Cost Share (Private) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $728.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $728.00 |
| Point Blue Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed (PBCS) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $44,685.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $44,685.00 |
| Prop 1 (SCC) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $51,301.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $51,301.00 |
| Grand Total | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $96,714.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $96,714.00 |
| Note: | Point Blue STRAW contribution in 2020 is volunteer time |
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Project Themes
Project Themes
Carbon Farm Plans quantify the difference one farm can make by implementing a suite of carbon-beneficial practices that remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and into the farm's soils and plant biomass.
A Carbon Farm Plan provides a farm with a future vision and path to increase farm fertility, productivity and resiliency.
Project Details
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Notes
| 08/07/2020 3:44 PM | Michelle Katuna | 2020 youth participants are students who came and did hedgerow planting through STRAW. | ||
| 10/10/2018 11:16 AM | Lynette Niebrugge | Carbon Farm Plan #9 produces organic pasture-raised eggs and grazes dairy cows on the 80.5-Acre Farm. The farm is located in the San Antonio Watershed in Marin County, currently raises approximately 5,500 birds, and 4- 6 jersey dairy cows. The pasture-raised eggs are USDA-certified organic and sold to Bay Area independent grocers. In addition to the Farm’s free-range egg production enterprise. Un-irrigated pastures, grazed by both chickens and cows, make up nearly 75% of the farm. |
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