Quivira Coalition’s Soil to Supper Project will support producers to get more meat other livestock products into regional supply chains while reducing waste, increasing soil health, and building climate resilience.

REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION

• Have Farm Service Agency (FSA) record established (i.e. farm, tract, and field number documented with FSA).
  If you do not have established farm records but meet all the other criteria and identify as a USDA-defined Socially Disadvantaged Producer, we can support you to establish records with the Farm Service Agency. Want to learn more? Learn what an FSA # is and how to get one.
• Obtain a Subsidiary Print Report for the current year from your local FSA office
  
• Certify that they are not a foreign person or entity
• Have forms AD-2047 and AD-1026 on file with the FSA to certify highly erodible land conservation (HEL) and wetland conservation (WC) compliance.
• Have authority or permission to make land management decisions over the term of the project.
  

  {For guidance on how to get the FSA farm, tract, and field numbers, as well as on forms AD-2047 and AD-1026, and the Subsidiary Print, see these instructions.}

• Have meat or other livestock product ready to sell into a market within one year of acceptance in the program
• Be willing to add compost and/or biochar to up to 10 acres of unirrigated rangeland
• Be willing to host a workshop (on-ranch or virtual options available) to share aspects of this project with others in the community
• Share information on operation activities related to greenhouse gas emission and sequestration, including allowing baseline and one year monitoring of soil organic carbon in the pasture with compost/biochar addition with the USDA
• The operation is within the yellow boundaries of the map to the left.
• For best consideration, please submit your application by June 1, October 1, or February 1 annually.