Farmers who meet the eligibility criteria can apply for their program of interest using the online enrollment platform developed by FarmRaise. Each practice will have its own application deadline, requirements, and enrollment questions.
Create Your Account: Navigate to this link and click "Sign Up" if you haven't yet created your account. If you already have an account, click "Log In."
Note that you may want to bookmark this link to easily access your dashboard later on: https://app.farmraise.com/partners/bdg
Complete Onboarding: When you set up your account, you'll complete a brief onboarding survey. When you've completed this, you'll be taken to your dashboard.
Enter Your Farm Fields: The first step is to enter your farm fields. Make sure to complete this module for any farm field you want to potentially enroll in any of the practices. You can enter up to 30 fields.
Next, complete the Farm and Field information section.
Start with the Farm Operations module.
Next, enter the Farm, Tract and Field Numbers, acres, and county for each field.
Follow with the Field Operations module.
Locate your fields on a map for each field.
Submit your CASP assessment.
Complete Your Application(s): For every practice you want to apply for, please complete the application module for that program. Make sure that you have already entered all of the fields you might want to enroll in the previous step. You will need to submit the program application module Part 1 of 2 one time per incentive. Then, you will submit the program application module Part 2 of 2 for each field you wish to enroll in. When you've entered the final field submission into application Part 2 of 2, you'll confirm in the final question that "this is the final field that I want to include in my [program incentive] Application."
Decision: The Blue Diamond Growers team will review applications after the practice deadline. They will reach out to you if they have questions about your application. Once they determine your application's status, they will notify you - via email - of your status change. The status change will also be reflected in your Dashboard (which you can view at: app.farmraise.com/bdg).
Implementation: If your application is approved, you'll move to the implementation phase. There will be more steps for you to complete during the implementation phase, and Blue Diamond Growers will be in touch with you about the expectations and deadlines for each subsequent step.
If you have any questions about the program, or you need technical support, please reference this resource.