CCAL’s goal is to reduce funding barriers for land stewardship projects, build regional agriculture networks, and accelerate climate resilience on California’s Central Coast. The region supports a large amount of agriculture, and Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties are in the state’s top 10 producers. However, when it comes to receiving state and federal funding for climate-smart practices on working lands, the Central Coast is chronically underfunded. That’s why CCAL was created — to help Central Coast producers tap into funding, resources, and local communities to pursue climate-smart projects faster, easier, and more affordably.
“We have so much agriculture on the Central Coast, but funding rarely trickles into our region to support conservation land practices on farms and ranches. We want to change that.” said Bre Sliker, CEC Climate Projects Manager. “CCAL will connect producers with what they need to get a conservation project going — be it funding, technical knowledge, or partners. We hope this will remove barriers and build momentum in our region for land practices that benefit farmers, wildlife, and the climate.”
In just the first two weeks since its launch, CCAL has already received 15 sign ups, demonstrating an appetite for conservation projects on working lands and a need for this service…