Carbon Farm Plan Coordinator

Work Location: This position is based out of New York

Background

New York Fibershed is a bioregional textile community building a sustainable, inclusive “Soil-to-Soil” fiber system. We connect regional fiber producers, brands, manufacturers, and consumers to advance regenerative agriculture, cooperative economics, and climate beneficial textile production across New York State.

Position Overview

New York Fibershed is seeking a Carbon Farm Plan Coordinator in NYS dedicated to the successful planning, design, and implementation of conservation projects on the small to mid-scale NYS farms that we partner with for yarn and textile development through our partner projects with New York Textile Lab and the Carbon Farm Network.

The Carbon Farm Planner will play a vital role in advancing efforts to meet greenhouse gas emission reductions and carbon sequestration targets by accelerating agricultural producer adoption of conservation practices. This will be achieved through developing Carbon Farm Plans (CFPs) that identify all opportunities for carbon capture and storage on the farm, providing technical assistance for implementation of practices identified in the plan, assisting with project monitoring, coordinating planning teams of local partner organizations and agencies.

This is a two-year full time position with statewide travel required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct direct outreach to producers regarding the project and propose eligible participants per jointly determined criteria
• Work with project partners to enroll selected producers.
• Ensure that all enrolled producers remain eligible and compliant with program requirements for the full duration of the project period
• Support at least 15 producers in enrolling in NRCS Conservation Practices in accordance with NRCS specifications and standards
• Complete all required NRCS documentation, environmental evaluations, and verification activities

Funding

• Search for additional grants available to New York Fibershed for funding more farmers’ Carbon Farm Plans
• Assist farms in identifying and accessing other funding streams and incentive payments where possible to support CSA practice adoption

Technical Assistance for Producers

• Conduct on-site farm visits, as necessary, to support enrollment, verification, or compliance requirements
• Work closely with participating farms, carry out necessary studies and data-gathering, and write at least 4 new Carbon Farm Plans (CFP) for participating farms per year.
• Assist participating farms in planning to implement Carbon Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices identified in their Carbon Farm Plans.
• Recommend producer incentive payments for CSA practice implementation.
• Provide information needed to evaluate these recommendations to the project’s incentive review and decision-making panel
• Enroll a minimum of fifteen wool producers into the project, representing at least 1,900 enrolled acres and 1,500 head of sheep

Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV)

• Measure and monitor estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) benefit of implemented CSA practices using the COMET-Planner tool, COMET-Farm, USDA Entity Scale Methods, and/or soil tests

Reporting

• Collect data and prepare quarterly project reports towards outcomes and goals, such as implementation acres, practices implemented, quantifiable GHG benefits, and farm productivity
• Collect and maintain all required producer information necessary for completion of the USDA Detailed Project Reporting Workbook, including:
• Cumulative greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits including carbon stocks; CO2 CH4, N2O, other environmental benefits; and offsets and insets produced and sold.
• Greenhouse gas monitoring, reporting methods, and verification (MMRV) methods along with the cost of these methods.
• Detailed information about each participating farm, including producer name, farm , address, start date, underserved status, total area, total crop and livestock areas, livestock numbers and types, organic certification status, producer motivation, how they heard about the project, and funding sources and incentives they have received.
• Detailed information about each field enrolled in the project, including field , location,…