Energy, Mines, and Resources
Agriculture
Environmental and Food Safe Farm Plan Beneficial Management Practices
This plan provides support to implement initiatives aimed at stewardship of the environment and the safety of our foods. The public demands high-quality food that is produced in a clean environment. As in other industries, agricultural production practices are under scrutiny and the public is having a greater say in how the agriculture industry produces food.
The primary purpose of the Environmental and Food Safe Farm Plan is to assist producers in assessing environmental and food-related risks on their farms. The plan involves the completion of a workbook which is then reviewed by a planning advisor. Please contact the Agriculture Branch for a copy of the workbook.
Eligible activities
Once an Environmental and Food Safe Farm Plan has been completed and approved, funding is available to implement eligible on-farm Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs).
Eligible applicants
Individuals who have a completed and approved plan.
Eligible funding
Cost sharing of projects is at 50%.
| Beneficial Management Practices - Food safety practices | Maximum |
| Purchasing upright freezers for quick freezing meats | $4,000 |
| Purchasing stainless steel platforms for food processing | $4,000 |
| Providing water treatment for crop washing and irrigation of crops that are eaten raw | $10,000 |
| Instituting other practices that will benefit farm operation and contribute to program objectives | $5,000 |
| Beneficial Management Practices - Environmental practices | Maximum |
| Storing and handling fertilizers, pesticides and petroleum products | $20,000 |
| Protecting and drilling water wells | $5,000 |
| Installing remote watering systems, including pasture pipelines, pumps and power systems | $5,000 |
| Establishing windbreaks and buffers | $5,000 |
| Installing cross fence to maintain pasture integrity | $10,000 |
| Purchasing crop protection measures, such as fencing, netting, alarms and repellants | $15,000 |
| Building power lines to pump sites, remote watering stations, dugouts and well heads | $5,000 |
| Improving pump intakes | $5,000 |
| Controlling invasive species through chemical, biological, mechanical and cultural means | $10,000 |
| Making efficiency upgrades, such as electric pumps, low pressure nozzles and fuel efficiency upgrades | $10,000 |
| Constructing and maintaining dugouts | $5,000 |
| Providing livestock watering systems | $5,000 |
| Constructing water storage systems | $5,000 |
| Developing water sources | $5,000 |
| Instituting other practices that will benefit farm operations and contribute to program objectives | $5,000 |
Growing Forward Contact:
Energy, Mines and Resources
Agriculture Branch
Phone: 867.667.5838
Fax: 867.393.6222
Email: agriculture@gov.yk.ca
Visit us on the 3rd floor, Room 320, of the Elijah Smith Building at 300 Main Street in Whitehorse, Yukon.