Cool Farms, Healthy Park Micro Grant Application Adirondack Farm Land - Champlain Valley - Climate Smart Initiative Our region’s farms are important businesses, supporting the communities, hamlets and open space that are an integral element of the unique character, history, ecological integrity and future of the Adirondack Park. Many forces, including climate change, threaten Adirondack farms and our future. The Cool Farms, Healthy Park micro-grants of between $500 and $1,500 will be awarded for energy conservation, carbon emissions reduction, planning to help bring or help keep the next generation of farmers on to the land, and clean and environmentally healthy sustainable farming efforts. Projects should enhance the economic, human and environmental sustainability and resiliency of Adirondack farms. Date of Application: Applications due April 4, 2016. After April applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Name (Who should the check be made payable to if the grant is awarded?): Phone Number: Address (and address of Farm if different):

Name and description of Farm: Please describe your project proposal below.

Describe the need for this project. How will this project enhance the economic, human, and/or environmental sustainability and climate resiliency of your farm?

When will this proposed project begin? Requested Grant: Estimated total project cost: Please email completed application(s) to [email protected] Limit one per farm. Please put “grant application” in the subject line. Sponsored by The Adirondack Council and the Klipper fund, American Farmland Trust, Adirondack North Country Association, Essex Farm Institute, and Open Space Institute. The Adirondack Council, PO Box D-2, Elizabethtown, NY 12932. 518-873-2440