About Us

Our Mission

The North Coast Soil Hub is an agriculturally focused network that addresses region-specific needs, successes, and challenges. Our coordinating and advising team is made up of Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs), Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Field Offices, University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisers & Researchers, Santa Rosa Junior College educators, the Carbon Cycle Institute, industry organizations and associations, and most importantly North Coast agriculturists!

We are dedicated to the application of agroecological principles to advance regenerative agriculture in California’s North Coast region.

To meet the demand for knowledge about how to build and maintain healthy soils, the North Coast Soil Hub is a network that includes: farmer-to-farmer workshops, long-term experimental demonstrations, technical services, educational resources, and this website as an information sharing platform.

Coordinators

The North Coast Soil Hub is coordinated by a group of Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs). RCDs are local government agencies founded after the 1930’s Dust Bowl to assist farmers and ranchers with soil and water conservation. To read more about RCDs, please visit: https://carcd.org/

Gold Ridge RCD

2776 Sullivan Road

Sebastopol, CA 95472

Call: (707) 823-5244

www.goldridgercd.org

Humboldt County RCD

5630 South Broadway

Eureka, CA 95503

Call: (707) 442-6058

www.humboldtrcd.org

Lake County RCD

889 Lakeport Blvd

Lakeport, CA 95453

Call: (707) 263-4180

www.lakercd.org

Marin RCD

80 4th Street, Suite 202

Point Reyes Station, CA 94956

Call: (415) 663-1170

www.marinrcd.org

Mendocino County RCD

410 Jones Street, Suite C-3

Ukiah, CA 95482

Call: (707) 462-3664

www.mcrcd.org

Napa County RCD

1303 Jefferson Street, Suite 500B

Napa, CA 94559

Call: (707) 252-4188 (x100)

www.naparcd.org

Sonoma RCD

1221 Farmers Lane, Suite F

Santa Rosa, CA 95405

Call: (707) 569-1448

www.sonomarcd.org

Our Goals

Support producers directly

Directly support producers in making decisions that promote soil health and diverse agroecosystems, improve agricultural production, and sequester carbon, in a way that is rooted in the unique needs and challenges of the region.

Learn and inspire

Provide educational resources and opportunities for peer-to-peer learning for producers and ag professionals to share and learn together.

Expand knowledge

Improve understanding of how soil health practices can be successfully implemented in the region through applied research and innovation.

Uplift climate-friendly agriculture as a solution

Advance regional carbon farming efforts to support the role of agriculture as part of the solution to climate change.

Serve our communities

Serve and represent our communities in a way that uplifts and values diverse perspectives, backgrounds, needs, knowledge systems, and visions for the future.

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