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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM OUR PARTNER,

VC CoLAB ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN FIRE
As the Mountain Fire continues to impact Ventura County, we want to help you access the resources and support needed to protect your operations, workers, and property. Our hearts are with all those affected, and we stand ready to help in any way possible.

In partnership with Farm Bureau Ventura County, the Ag Commissioner’s Office, UCCE, VCRCD, USDA-FSA, Thomas Fire survivors, and others, VC CoLAB is co-hosting a series of webinars for the agricultural community.

These sessions will provide important updates, provide a platform to ask questions, and create opportunities for collaboration and mutual support as we work together to recover and rebuild. Dates and sign-up information are provided below.

Mountain Fire Ag Recovery Webinar Series

Mountain Fire Ag Recovery Webinar Series:

 

Mountain Fire Ag Recovery Webinar 1: Immediate Considerations

Wednesday November 13th 10am

Tentative Agenda:

  • Ag Commissioner Update and Reporting Damages
  • Thomas Fire victims share what they have learned
  • Q&A

 

Mountain Fire Ag Recovery Webinar 2: Recovery Resources

Monday November 18th at 10am

Tentative Agenda:

  • Ag Commissioner Update and Reporting Damages
  • USDA- Farm Service Agency
  • Ventura County Resource Conservation District
  • Q&A

 

Mountain Fire Ag Recovery Webinar 3: Ag Community Check In (Agenda TBD)

Friday December 6th at 10am

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Wildfire, Emergency Alert, and Evacuation Information:

 

Recovery Information:

 

  • Ventura County Health Care Agency Crisis Hotline: (866) 998-2243

Resources for Farmers, Ranchers, and Growers:

  • Ventura County Agricultural Commissioner: Ag Passes & other Info

805-933-2926; Ag.commissioner@ventura.org

 

  • USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) Disaster Assistance. For more information on these programs, contact the Santa Barbara/Ventura County USDA Service Center at (805)928-9269 Ext. 2
  • 2024 Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) – provides financial assistance to producers of non-insurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory, or prevented planting occur due to natural disasters including excessive wind and qualifying drought (includes native grass for grazing).
  • 2024 Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)- An owner or contract grower must file a notice of loss within 30 calendar days of when the loss of livestock is first apparent. LIP offers payments to eligible producers for livestock death losses in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather.
  • 2024 Tree Assistance Program-Report your tree/bush/vine losses within 90 Days of the disaster or disease. TAP provides assistance to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers for qualifying tree, shrub and vine losses due to natural disasters including fire.
  • Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) – provides emergency relief for losses due to feed or water shortages, disease, adverse weather, or other conditions, which are not adequately addressed by other disaster programs. Notice of Loss and application deadline is Jan 30th after the program year in which the loss occurred.
  • Emergency Loan Program – available to producers with agriculture operations located in a county under a primary or contiguous Presidential or Secretarial disaster designation. These low interest loans help producers recover from production and physical losses.
  • Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) – provides emergency funding for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate land severely damaged by natural disasters; includes fence loss.

 
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About the Ventura County Taxpayers Association (VCTA)

Formed in 1954, The Ventura County Taxpayers Association is a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization dedicated to a non-partisan, fact-finding mission, emphasizing issues that affect Ventura County. We inform taxpayers, promote the wise use of public funds, oppose waste, advise public officials regarding issues of concern to taxpayers and recommend positions that will best serve the taxpayers’ interests. Our number one goal is to promote the wise use of public money and to oppose waste.

Ventura County Taxpayers Association

PO Box 3878

Ventura, CA 93006

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