The California Farmland Conservancy Program (CFCP) seeks to encourage the long-term, private stewardship of agricultural lands through the voluntary use of agricultural conservation easements. The CFCP provides grant funding for projects which use and support agricultural conservation easements for protection of agricultural lands.  As of May 2013, just under 56,000 acres of the state's best farmland have been permanently conserved with CFCP-funded easements.   

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Pista Farmlands orchard, Watsonville

• CFCP's Newest Project - 237 acres of walnuts and prunes near Winters, Yolo County 
  This project is among the 20 Agricultural Conservation Easements completed using CFCP funds since 2010. 
  Orchards, vineyards, vegetable crop lands, alfalfa, and irrigated pastures were represented among the recent completed easements. 
• Request for Grant Applications
  The updated Request for Grant Applications (RFGA), which provides detailed guidelines for application eligibility and instructions for the application process, is available in PDF format.
CFCP 2012 Model Easement 
In 2012, CFCP updated its model easement document. Grant recipients are encouraged to adopt it to the extent possible, in order to expedite the easement review process. 

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For more information about the CFCP, contact:

California Department of Conservation
Division of Land Resource Protection
801 K Street, MS 18-01
Sacramento, California 95814

Phone: (916) 324-0850
Fax: (916) 327-3430
Email: cfcp@consrv.ca.gov

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