Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Program

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.