CCFWR specifically provides assistance through a cooperative agreement to municipalities, counties, local governments, or city planners to develop and test strategies for planning and implementation that will 1) generate compost; 2) increase access to compost for agricultural producers; 3) reduce reliance on, and limit the use of, fertilizer; 4) improve soil quality; 5) encourage waste management and permaculture business development; 6) increase rainwater absorption; 7) reduce municipal food waste; and 8) divert food waste from landfills.

This cooperative agreement program supports and/or creates model state activities that lead to measurable environmental or public health results in communities disproportionately burdened by environmental harms and risks.

Projects will improve local food access and collaborate with partner organizations and may support infrastructure needs; emerging technologies; educational endeavors; and urban farming policy development.

The curriculum examines public lands management and history with an emphasis on inequities and injustices. It is intended as a tool to foster understanding, dialogue, and action around building a more equitable, just conservation movement and public lands system.