Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Program

The Environment Farm Plan (EFP) Program aims to provide eligible agri-food producers with access to consultants or advisors that can assist them in various aspect of their agricultural business.
  • Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC
Overview of the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Program program:

The Environment Farm Plan Program is a complementary project by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC which aims to provide or partner eligible agri-food sector producers with access to consultants to assist them in the completion of their environmental farm plans. An EFP is an on-farm agri-environmental risk assessment. Its purpose is to identify potential environmental, regenerative agriculture and climate risks within a farmer and rancher’s (Producers) operations and educate them about how these risks can be mitigated.

Benefits of the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Program program:
  • The benefits of this program will include:
  • Assist producers in completing new Environmental Farm Plans (EFPs).
  • Assist producers in renewing existing Environmental Farm Plans (EFPs).
  • Supporting producers to identify opportunities for funding through the Beneficial Management Practices program.
Eligibility criteria of the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Program program:
  • To qualify for this program, applicants must be:
  • Farm and ranch operations in BC, including First Nations agricultural operations.
  • Licensed Aquaculture producer or Federally licensed Cannabis or Hemp Producers.
  • A farm or ranch unit must be:
  • Generally encompasses all the farming or ranching activities associated with a single Federal Business Number (formally known as the GST number);
  • Encompasses all the agricultural activities usually associated with the farm unit;
  • Normally includes all contiguous farm parcels but might also include remote parcels;
  • May include land leased for a term equal to or exceeding five years;
  • May include Crown lease land but not Crown license land;
  • May include more than one agricultural enterprise; and,
  • May consist of more than one owner.
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