{"id":143,"date":"2025-07-28T11:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/oars-blog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:09:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:09:47","slug":"california-conservation-planning-partnership-c2p2-advances-the-oars-technical-assistance-program-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/Oars-blog\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/california-conservation-planning-partnership-c2p2-advances-the-oars-technical-assistance-program-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"California Conservation Planning Partnership (C2P2) advances the OARS Technical Assistance Program Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CDFA and OARS continues its commitment to providing technical assistance to farmers and ranchers by streamlining technical assistance in California through the California Conservation Planning Partnership (C2P2) Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). Signed in 2022, this MOA brings together CDFA, the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR), and the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD) as official partners dedicated to providing services to California\u2019s farmers and ranchers. The C2P2 partners have committed to coordinate their technical assistance services for farmers, ranchers, and foresters implementing conservation and climate-smart agriculture practices on their land.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the last year, the C2P2 partnership has made great strides in advancing their mission through assembling a steering committee, supporting partner initiatives and meetings, and this year has initiated breakout working groups to dive deeper into coordinating services to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers. <strong>If you are interested in learning more about C2P2 or would like the opportunity to connect with C2P2 partners, take our short <a href=\"https:\/\/surveys.ucanr.edu\/survey.cfm?surveynumber=45880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C2P2 Interest Survey<\/a>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1015\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/oars-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2024-CARCD-State-Conference.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/Oars-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2024-CARCD-State-Conference.png 1015w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/Oars-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2024-CARCD-State-Conference-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/Oars-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2024-CARCD-State-Conference-768x574.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Sara Garcia, OARS Technical Assistance Coordinator, represents CDFA\u2019s OARS team in a C2P2 Panel Discussion at the 2024 CARCD State Conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author: Dr. Sara Garcia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CDFA &#038; 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