Agriculture and Pollinators Task Force
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Pollinator Habitat Installation Guide to Guides
This database aims to aggregate existing material to make information accessible to land managers and the public. This regionally-specific content is designed for easy navigation through a variety habitat types and specific goals across the country.
Guide to GuidesMonarch Joint Venture: Pollinator Habitat Help Desk for Private Working Lands
Free resource to support owners and managers of private working lands in planting and maintaining pollinator habitat.
Pollinator Habitat Help DeskMonarch Joint Venture: Monarchs and More Western Habitat Program (M&MWHP)
Provides free, regionally-native wildflower seed mixes, plant materials, and technical assistance for California working lands.
M&MWHPMonarch Watch: Free Milkweeds for Restoration Projects
Provides free milkweeds for large-scale (2+ acres) habitat restoration projects in the Eastern and Western breeding range of the monarch butterfly.
Monarch WatchPollinator Partnership Partner Biologists
P2’s partner biologists are available to provide a large range of assistance such as: Conducting site visits and walking your property with you to learn about the history of your land, your current agricultural operation, your future goals, and opportunities to improve habitat; Creating conservation plans with soils information, habitat maps, seed mix recommendations, and pollinator/wildlife habitat management guidance; Coordinating with you and your local NRCS office to ensure your application process goes smoothly; Providing on-the-ground support and spot checks during the site preparation, seeding, and site management phases; Providing troubleshooting assistance for any questions or concerns you have about installing and managing pollinator habitat on your property.
Partner BiologistsPollinator Partnership Consulting
We offer agricultural-specific expertise in pollinator habitat implementation, conservation, and education, including services such as: Habitat creation and enhancement: Land assessment, seed and plant mix design and sourcing, comprehensive plans for your farm, ranch, vineyard, or orchard; Pollinator education: for your staff and clients, we offer trainings, guides, toolkits, and certifications, tailored to your needs; Auditing of practices: we review organizational practices and procedures and offer practical integration of pollinator-supporting practices; and Monitoring and research: we assess pollinator value of habitat so you can show your stakeholders and clients the results of your conservation actions.
ConsultingSustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE): Pollinator-Friendly Cover Cropping for Vegetable Producers in the Upper Midwest
SARE Cover CroppingSARE: Building Soils for Better Crops
Building Soils for Better Crops is a one-of-a-kind, practical guide to ecological soil management. It provides step-by-step information on soil-improving practices as well as in-depth background—from what soil is to the importance of organic matter.
SARE: Building Soils for Better CropsSARE: Farming with Soil Life
Farming with Soil Life provides a connection between healthy soils and healthy invertebrates found in temperate agricultural soils.
SARE: Farming with Soil LifeSeed a Legacy Program
Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund provides pollinator habitat seeds and technical support for pollinator habitat creation in certain states (Midwest).
Seed a Legacy ProgramRodale Institute: Organic No-Till
Information on the no-till, organic practices.
Organic No-Till PracticesUtah Pollinator Habitat Program
Utah Department of Agriculture and Food provides pollinator habitat seed mixes for landowners in Utah.
Utah Pollinator Habitat ProgramUSDA Climate Hubs: Northwest No-Till Farming for Climate Resilience
Information on no-till practices for the Northwest US.
Northwest No-Till PracticesUSDA Climate Hubs: No-Till: From Science to Practice
Detailed information on incorporating no-till practices on-farm.
No-Till: From Science to PracticeSARE: Reaching Women in Agriculture
This guide brings together information, tips and tools to deliver effective and engaging online (and hybrid) education for farm and ranch women on topics related to farm viability, resilience and conservation.
SARE: Reaching Women in AgricultureSeeding resilience: Building knowledge and capacity through relationships among Black and Indigenous women farmers
This article reviews how programs and learning outcomes foster social sustainability by boosting individual, farm-scale, and local food resilience.
Seeding resilience: Building knowledge and capacity through relationships among Black and Indigenous women farmers