MI Climate Smart Farm Interest Form

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Interested in participating in and supporting the development of the Michigan Climate Smart Farm Verification Project? There are lots of ways to get involved. Sign up here. We will be in touch about next steps.

Farms can participate multiple ways with this project. Please check all that you are interested in:

Farms can participate during an investigative/exploratory phase, which would require a significant amount of data sharing with the project team. Farms receive a sizeable stipend for this participation over the course of a minimum of 18 months.

Farms can participate during a pilot phase where farms would work at becoming “climate smart” verified and try out new practices they haven’t used before and receive cost-share dollars. This phase will likely launch in 2025 and continue through 2028.

Farms can voluntarily participate in virtual interviews and focus groups to help develop marketing strategies for “climate smart” etc. commodities. Opportunities to participate will be ongoing between 2024-2028

Farm Name *

Your Name *

What is the best email address to reach you at? *

What is the best phone number to reach you at? *

In which Michigan county(ies) is your farm located?

Lenawee

Monroe

Washtenaw

Wayne

Other:

How many years have you been farming, and how many of those years were on your current land?

Does your farm operation produce any of the following commodities/crops? Check all that apply. Early phases may focus on specific commodities/crops. Later phases will be more inclusive.
*

Beef

Apples

Leafy Greens

Tomatoes

Flowers

Cultivated trees, woody crops, or maple syrup

Field crops - corn, soybeans, small grains

Nursery, greenhouse, crops grown under glass

Other Vegetables, Potatoes, Melons

Other Fruits, Nuts, Berries

Other Livestock

Other:

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How many acres are utilized by your farm operation to produce each of the commodities/crops you listed above?

Please check all of the following practices you currently use during the production of the commodities/crops you listed above

Soil health and conservation (ex. cover crops, reduced or no tillage, mulching, composting, wind breaks, stripcropping, nutrient management, soil carbon amendment)

Farm infrastructure (ex. energy efficient and/or emission reduced equipment/facilities, field borders, fences, watering facilities, wildlife habitat management)

Livestock management (ex. prescribed grazing, feed management, silvopasture, pasture plantings)

Tree/shrub management (ex. alley cropping, hedgerow planting, forest planting/management, wind/shelter breaks).

Water management (ex. contour farming, contour buffer strips, filter strips, riparian buffer, riparian cover, vegetative buffer, wetland management)

Other:

Please check additional practices you are interested in, regardless of whether you currently use said practices:

Soil health and conservation (ex. cover crops, reduced or no tillage, mulching, composting, wind breaks, stripcropping, nutrient management, soil carbon amendment)

Farm infrastructure (ex. energy efficient and/or emission reduce equipment/facilities, field borders, fences, watering facilities, wildlife habitat management)

Livestock management (ex. prescribed grazing, feed management, silvopasture, pasture plantings)

Tree/shrub management (ex. alley cropping, hedgerow planting, forest planting/management, wind/shelter breaks).

Water management (ex. contour farming, contour buffer strips, filter strips, riparian buffer, riparian cover, vegetative buffer, wetland management)

Other:

Has your farm ever participated in a multi-year soil sampling protocol?

Yes

Maybe

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Has any part of your farm ever been certified organic?

Yes

Maybe

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Has any part of your farm ever been MAEAP verified?

Yes

Maybe

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Using USDA definitions, are you as a producer considered at least one of the following: small; underserved; or under resourced? *

Small family farms as defined by USDA are those with a gross cash farm income of less than $350,000.
Underserved producers generally include beginning farmers, socially disadvantaged farmers, veteran farmers, and limited resource farmers; women farmers and producers growing specialty crops are generally also included in these categories.
Here is more detail on "underserved": https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/getting-assistance/underserved-farmers-ranchers
Here is a self determination tool for "under resourced" : https://lrftool.sc.egov.usda.gov/DeterminationTool.aspx?fyYear=2024

Yes

Maybe

Other:

Please feel free to share anything you would like us to know about your farming operations.

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