The Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program – administered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture – in partnership with the Mission Resource Conservation District (MRCD), is holding a citrus meeting at the MRCD office on April 30 at 10 a.m. for residents and growers with citrus trees on their property in the North San Diego County area to learn more about the HLB quarantine and…

Do you need compost? Zero FoodPrint currently has open enrollment for their Compost-Connector Rebate Program. Get connected to a compost facility near you and learn about possible funding and rebates that are available to offset the cost of your compost. Apply today here!

What is Carbon Farming? Synonymous with regenerative agriculture, carbon farming involves the implementation of practices that are known to improve the rate at which carbon dioxide, a primary green house gas, is removed from the atmosphere and converted to soil organic matter and plant biomass. Like regenerative agriculture, carbon farming is also focused on the revitalization of soil health and…

This program supports irrigation system evaluations to growers with one or more irrigated acres. Mission RCD provides irrigation system evaluations, water use efficiency recommendations, crop data and technical information about the types of irrigation equipment used to increase water use efficiency and crop yield on agricultural sites. These evaluations assist growers with evaluating how to achieve maximum water efficiency and to determine how to better manage the water resources available to them, and more efficiently manage irrigation requirements for productive and healthy plants.