Natural Resources Conservation Service

New Jersey

United States Department of Agriculture

USDA to Invest up to $225 Million through the Regional Conservation Partnership

Read more aout the program and how to apply.

RCPP is accepting new project proposals though April 13, 2022.

NRCS Encourages Sponsors to Submit Requests for Watershed Funding

NRCS is encouraging local sponsors to submit project requests for funding through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Climate-Smart Conservation Opportunities Expanded for 2022

  Expanded program opportunities include the availability of Conservation Incentive Contracts option in New Jersey and flexibility updates to CSP.

Photo of rolling hills with a farm house and three grain silos in the distance

New Year, New Dreams

Get inspired for the new year by a couple of electric engineers who traded in their suits for the simple life.

Manish and Kiran Chand enjoying their Oxford Farm.

Producing Maple, Lumber, and Heritage Sheep at Sweet Sourland Farms

In this week’s Fridays On the Farm, meet Charlize Katzenbach, owner and operator of Sweet Sourland Farms in Hopewell, New Jersey. Tucked within the Sourland Mountain region, Charlize and her wife Bru, are having "as much fun as a barrel of monkeys."