The following is an excerpt from a recent blogpost. Read the full article here. I was lucky this past week to sit down with Brooke Pippi, an agricultural engineer with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to talk about the EQIP Program and how it can help farmers in the U.S. with their...

Read this first! As agricultural consultants in California, irrigation consulting during the growing season is our bread and butter. A lot of times, especially in vineyards with lighter soils where I recommend short and frequent irrigations, I know my desired schedule amounts to a tall order. Not...

This month, Congress (barely) passed the Inflation Reduction Act, known colloquially as "The Climate Bill." This bill puts an unprecedented $369 billion towards reducing carbon emissions and investing in domestic energy production and manufacturing. A big slice of this is ear-marked for...

February 16th: Pinot Noir is already bursting at this Russian River Vineyard It's been a little toasty for February. It looks like we're off to an early start this season...again...and with that a particularly dangerous frost season. If you haven't noticed, it's still pretty hard to get stuff....

If there is a project in your mind and you need a spark to get started, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is available to grant financial assistance. There are opportunities for qualified applicants of federal funding for vineyard projects that demonstrate a conservation benefit...