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Interested Applicants must submit a complete application packet to the District via the mail, email, fax, or web portal options below:
Mail: 1990 East Gettysburg Avenue Fresno, CA 93726-0244 
Fax: (559) 230-6112 
Email: grants@valleyair.org 
Web Portal: http://valleyair.org/grants/alt-ag-burning.htm
A complete application includes: 
- Completed and signed Application (below)
- IRS Form W-9
- Confirmation of crop/acreage and location of orchard/vineyard removal site
    - i.e. site map, google map, assessor’s map
- Dated and itemized quote from service provider(s) for the planned activities
    - The quote must provide an itemized breakdown, including specific information and associated costs with pruning/wire/support removal (vineyards), pushing/piling, chipping/shredding, spreading, soil incorporation (ripping/discing), hauling (beneficial re-use), move-in fees, and any additional costs.
- Documentation of estimated costs by participating grower, if additional costs are beyond those on the quote(s) for contracted services. 

The Ag Burn Alternatives Grant Program provides incentives to chip or shred agricultural material from orchard/vineyard removals as an alternative to the open burning of the agricultural materials. In addition, the Program provides incentives for the purchase of new agricultural wood-chipping equipment to chip orchard and vineyard removals located&#x2004;within the San Joaquin Valley.

The orchard/vineyard removal option provides incentives to commercial agricultural operations located within Valley Air District boundaries to chip or shred agricultural material from orchard/vineyard removals. The material must be used for soil incorporation or land application on grower property or off-site on other agricultural land. Chipped material may also be for other off-site beneficial re-use as an alternative to the open burning of the agricultural materials.



The Ag Burn Alternatives Grant Program provides incentives to chip or shred agricultural material from orchard/vineyard removals as an alternative to the open burning of the agricultural materials. In addition, the Program provides incentives for the purchase of new agricultural wood-chipping equipment to chip orchard and vineyard removals located within the San Joaquin Valley.
The orchard/vineyard removal option provides incentives to commercial agricultural operations located within Valley Air District boundaries to chip or shred agricultural material from orchard/vineyard removals. The material must be used for soil incorporation or land application on grower property or off-site on other agricultural land. Chipped material may also be for other off-site beneficial re-use as an alternative to the open burning of the agricultural materials.

- Eligible crop types include orchard and vineyard removals
- Only commercial agricultural operations are eligible to apply
- The agricultural material must be for soil incorporation or land application on grower property or District approved off-site beneficial re-use
- Grower must certify the continued agricultural use of property from which the orchards was removed
- Grower must be located within the San Joa

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

Grant

Tree Nuts

Nut Trees

Fruit Trees

Wine

Almonds

Avocados

Carob

Cashew

Chestnuts

Coffee

Hazelnuts

Jojoba

Macadamia Nuts

Noni

Olives

Pecans

Persimmons

Pine Nuts

Pistachios

Quinces

Walnuts

Specialty Crops

Nursery Trees

Grapes

Nursery Crops

Fruits

Waste & Manure Management

Conservation

Waste & Compost

Nutrient Management

Incentive is provided in a range of $300 - $1,300 per acre depending on the type of orchard and planned use of the resulting material.
Additional incentive of $400/acre is provided for each incentive category to agricultural operations with less than 100 total acres within the San Joaquin Valley

List of San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Funding Opportunities