Agricultural Support

The Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District empowers local farmers to feed our community more sustainably.

Agricultural Conservation Advisor Adriana Murguia assists farmers in our service area for free. Services include:

A person holds a freshly harvested beetroot with green leaves, showcasing their dirt-covered hands, indicating a gardening activity.
Farmer with harvest
  • Technical assistance: Healthy soils management
  • Transition to Organic Farming Pilot Program: The Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP) is a nation wide initiative to support transitioning and current organic producers.

Contact Adriana at Adriana.Murguia@rcrcd.org or 951-683-7691 ext 212.

Download agricultural services flyers in English and Spanish here: 

Ag Services for FarmersRecursos Gratitos para Agricultores

RCRCD has been helping local farmers conserve natural resources since it was founded in 1953, per Divison 9 of the California Public Resources Code Article 1 Policy 9001 Section A Article 4 subsection B.

Find local farms, farm stands, community gardens and more on this map:

 

The RCRCD supports local agriculture in a variety of other ways:

A woman in an orange shirt and apron smiles behind a table of fresh vegetables at a market.
Farmer at a local farmers market
  • Connecting growers to consumers by developing and distributing a "Fresh and Local Guide"
  • Developing programs for preserving local agriculture and high quality soils and farmlands
  • Developing an inventory of agricultural and urban ag lands and updating important farmland mapping
  • Supporting new farmer training with partners such as Grow Riverside, Inland Empire Food Systems Alliance, and others