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Tree and Shrub Planting — Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program (RALP) │ Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA)

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Maximum RALP funding allocation for a single project is $150,000.

Description

RALP funding supports the rejuvenation of existing or establishment of new tree and/or shrub plantings on agricultural landscapes in Ontario. Tree and shrub plantings result in more resilient agricultural landscapes with an increased ability to sequester carbon, reduce soil erosion, and provide many other ecological and water quality benefits.

Eligible Applicants

    Farm businesses that file farm business taxes in Ontario as demonstrated by:

    • A valid farm business registration number (FBRN).
        OR
    • A Religious Exemption Letter provided by the OMAFRA Appeal Tribunal (provide with application submission).
        OR
    • A Cultural Exemption Letter provided by the First Nations Agriculture Finance Ontario (FNAFO), formerly known as the Indian Agricultural Program of Ontario to First Nations farmers, verifying the farm business operates in a First Nations community (provide with application submission).
        OR
    • An income exemption from the Farm Property Class Tax Rate Program (i.e., Start-up farm businesses, Business structure change, Not a normal production year, Age/Illness/Death of a spouse) (provide with application submission).
    Applicants must:

    • Have a verified, 4th Edition Environmental Farm Plan;
    • Be willing to enter into a signed Land Use Agreement with OSCIA, committing the farm business to maintaining the proposed practice on the acres being applied for, for a set timeline as defined in the Land Use Agreement; and,
    • Be in compliance with all requirements of the law and must remain in compliance for the duration of the project.
    Applicants must be undertaking their project on eligible lands, including:

    • Privately owned farmland, including all managed lands for agricultural production (e.g., crop land, grazing, orchards, etc.), as well as wetlands, woodlots, and yard sites associated with farming operations;
    • Land rented for agricultural production from a third-party;
    • Federal, Provincial, Municipal, or Territorial Crown Land, under lease for the purpose of agricultural practices; or,
    • Indigenous lands being managed for the purpose of agricultural production.

Eligible Expenses

Funding is to support one of the following activities:

  • Rejuvenation or enhancement of the functioning of an existing windbreak, shelterbelt or riparian buffer strip to increase the density of the planting. Plantings must include the addition of at least two (2) eligible tree and/or shrub species, at recommended densities to improve function of existing feature.
  • Establishing new tree and/or shrub riparian buffers, windbreaks, shelterbelts, or block plantings. New plantings must include at least four (4) eligible species and achieve a final planting density of 700 trees and/or shrubs per acre. New block plantings are only eligible on marginal lands (Classes 4 to 7).

Eligible Activities include:

  • Tree or shrub planting, using techniques that adhere to practices recommended in your letter of support provided by a qualified technical expert.
  • Plantings adjacent to agricultural fields, farmyards, livestock, or horticultural facilities and in riparian areas.
  • Block plantings on marginal or high-risk annual crop land (Land Classifications 4 to 7).
  • Establishing weed and/or rodent control for existing tree plantings (including but not limited to mulch, wood chips, mowing, tree guards).
  • Site preparation (including but not limited to mowing or spraying).
  • Costs of third-party technical expertise to support detailed project planning, design, planting/establishment, and on-going maintenance oversight.

Deadline Date

The intake will close when the available funding has been fully allocated. Please click the link indicated below for update.

Contact

Contact Name: OSCIA

E-mail Address: s-cap@ontariosoilcrop.org

Website: https://programguides.ontariosoilcrop.org/program/tree-and-shrub-planting/

Industry:

Agriculture, Energy & Environment

Location:

Ontario

Tags:

Agri-Business, Agri-environment

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