Soil Health Implementation Grant
Forecasted
The Soil Health Implementation Grant supports Maine farmers in adopting, expanding, and maintaining healthy soil practices to overcome on-farm barriers and help farms adapt to a changing climate.
Funder: Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $2,000–$65,000 per recipient; funds may be used over a three-year contract term
Summary: Supports Maine farmers in overcoming on-farm barriers to adopting, improving, or maintaining healthy soil practices.
Key Information: Applicants cannot have received this grant in any of the last three funding cycles.
Description
The Soil Health Implementation Grant is offered by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry through its Maine Healthy Soils Program. It funds projects that help farmers trial, adopt, scale, or maintain healthy soil practices by addressing barriers on their farms. The broader program aims to help Maine farms adapt to a changing climate while strengthening the agricultural economy and environment.
Projects may focus on cover cropping, reduced or no-till systems, crop rotation and field resting, rotational grazing, green mulching, or drainage and irrigation changes that support soil health. The program considers both farmland conditions and a farm operation’s capacity to sustain its soil health management practices.
