Warming temperatures and increasingly variable precipitation are already impacting farm livelihoods, farmers, workers, crops, and livestock. With the Climate Resilience Assistance Grant program, we can offer resources to help you address these impacts in ways that grow your farm’s resilience now and into the future.
MFT offers flexible, one-time grants of up to $5,000 per farm to help farms in MFT’s Farm Network respond to current climate-related problems in ways that increase their resilience. These grants are intended to support farmers with changing practices, improving infrastructure, or increasing ecosystem function to strengthen their adaptability to climate change. The grants are not intended to provide emergency relief or replace lost income due to extreme weather events, but should be used to improve systems or infrastructure to increase farm resilience.
Not yet in MFT's Farm Network? Check out the Climate Adaptation Planning program, or learn how you can join the network through our other farmer programs.
Applications for the Climate Resilience Assistant Grants are now closed. Maine Farmland Trust staff will review applications in December, and will contact applying farms in mid-December. Please contact Sav Eades (seades@mainefarmlandtrust.org) with any questions or for more details.
Dates: January 18, 25 and February 8
Time: 9:30am-3:30pm
Location: The Morris Farm in Wiscasset
Dates: January 24, 31 and February 14
Time: 9:30am-3:30pm
Location: The Morris Farm in Wiscasset plus one optional pasture walk in the summer.
Pay what you can, between $25 – $500. Upon completion of the workshops and your successful participation in technical assistance, you will be awarded a $500 seed grant and receive your registration fee back.
Note: We aim to make our business programs accessible to all farmers, so the registration fee is a self-determined sliding scale. Here are some suggested parameters to guide you in determining the amount to pay for registration:
