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Apply online through FarmRaise (www.farmraise.com/bdg-stewardship) after completing CASP (and BFF for Triple Diamond). The application is currently closed.

Deadline text on the page: The OSIP application is currently closed. Please check back here and watch your email for OSIP updates!

Daniel Dekeyrel

General office (Grower Relations, Salida Membership Department)

Blue Diamond's sustainability incentive for its almond member-growers. Growers document best practices in orchard management, environmental issues, health and safety, and community investment. Double Diamond requires a California Almond Stewardship Platform (CASP) assessment shared with Blue Diamond. Triple Diamond also requires Bee Friendly Farming tier 3. Qualifying growers get an annual OSIP base payment.



- Blue Diamond Growers members (payments go by member payee number)
- Double Diamond: complete and submit the CASP assessment on almondstewardship.org with data sharing to Blue Diamond Growers as handler
- Triple Diamond: CASP plus the third tier of Bee Friendly Farming (third-party certification NOT required)

A payment that requires some percentage of matching contributions by the recipient.

Cost Share

Annual base payment by tier ($750 Double Diamond / $1,000 Triple Diamond for Crop Year 2025). The payment can be assigned to another payee on the OSIP Base Payment Assignment form. It stacks with the USDA AMP practice reimbursements.

Published amounts: OSIP Base Payment Assignment form (Crop Year 2025): "Double Diamond $750.00" / "Triple Diamond $1,000.00"

Apply through the Scholarship Program page on Blue Diamond's grower site (no application link is posted while the cycle is closed). The deadline for the 2026–2027 school year was March 31, 2026.

Deadline text on the page: Application deadline for 2026 – 2027 School Year: March 31, 2026

General office (headquarters)

A scholarship from the Blue Diamond Growers Foundation for students from California's almond-growing regions who plan to attend, or are attending, a four-year university and major in an agriculture-related field, especially plant and crop majors. Community college students transferring to a four-year program also qualify. The 2026–2027 cycle closed March 31, 2026.



- Must currently live in Almond Growing Regions of California
- Must intend to pursue college major in an Agriculture-related field, with specific emphasis on plant and crop-related majors
- Must have 3.3 GPA or higher
- Enrollment verification to a college or university offering a four-year degree will be required for disbursement of award funds
- Applicants who have applied and not previously been awarded may re-apply; open to applicants entering any year of a four-year degree program

A lump sum of money for a specific purpose that does not need to be paid back.

Grant

One-time award; funds disbursed after enrollment verification.

Published amounts: Amount not published. "This is a one-time award."

List of Blue Diamond Growers Funding Opportunities