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Providing Grants and Information to Improve Profitability, Stewardship and Quality of Life

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Providing Grants and Information to Improve Profitability, Stewardship and Quality of Life

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    6. Elements of Sustainability

    13. SARE Grant Opportunities Research and Education Farmer Rancher Professional Development Graduate Student On-Farm Research Sustainable Community Innovation

    14. SARE Grant Opportunities Research and Education Involve scientists, producers, and others in an interdisciplinary approach. $30,000 to $350,000

    15. SARE Grant Opportunities Farmer Rancher Enable producers to conduct on-site experiments or test marketing strategies and share the results with other producers. $500 to $18,000

    16. SARE Grant Opportunities Professional Development Spread knowledge about sustainable concepts and practices among Cooperative Extension and other agriculture professionals. $4,000 to $170,000

    17. SARE Grant Opportunities Graduate Student The objective of the Graduate Student Awards is to help support the costs of a thesis or dissertation project that addresses sustainable agriculture issues. Maximum of $10,000

    18. SARE Grant Opportunities On-Farm Research For agricultural professionals who work directly with farmers – specifically Cooperative Extension, NRCS, NGOs, and others operating in the farm community – who are interested in developing on-farm demonstration, research, or marketing projects related to sustainable agriculture. Maximum of $10,000

    19. SARE Grant Opportunities Sustainable Community Innovation Southern SARE and the Southern Rural Development Center now offer a pilot grants program that will invest in projects that strengthen both agriculture and Southern communities through explicit linkages between sustainable agriculture and community development, and improve understanding of the mutual benefits of such linkages. Maximum of $10,000

    20. SARE Research & Education Grant Sustainable Year-Round Forage System for Goat Production in the Southern USA Sandra Solaiman, Tuskegee University, Alabama Funded by Southern Region ($178,120) The Southeast’s warm, humid climate is ideal for raising the forages and browses on which goats thrive. To identify the top performers, Sandra Solaiman tested forages for weight gain and palatability.

    21. SARE Farmer/Rancher Grant Imperial Stock Ranch Heritage Lamb/Fiber Marketing Jeanne Carver, co-owner, Imperial Stock Ranch, Maupin, Ore. Funded by the Western Region ($7,000) With more than a century of sheep ranching tradition on her 30,000-acre ranch, Jeanne Carver was determined to continue raising sheep despite declining lamb and wool markets. After investigating markets, she launched new ventures, including selling lamb to high-end restaurants, wool for yarn-and-pattern kits and ready-to-wear woolen and lambskin fashions.

    22. SARE Research & Education Grant Implementing a Bio-Intensive Strategy for Caterpillar Control in Sweet Corn Ruth Hazzard, University of Massachusetts Funded by Northeast Region ($68,265) Hazzard and her research team developed new, effective biological controls to fight damaging earworms — corn oil and Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). Hazzard’s technique calls for applying Bt and corn oil to the top of each ear during the formative stage, causing earworms that crawl into the ear to suffocate.

    23. SARE Professional Development Grant Local Food to Local People: Enlarging a Regional Food System Through Nutrition Education Nancy O'Connor, Community Mercantile Education Foundation Inc, Lawrence, Kan. Funded by the North Central Region ($60,145) With healthful eating and farmer livelihoods in mind, nutritionist Nancy O’Connor forged partnerships with Extension and the nonprofit Kansas Rural Center to run cooking demonstrations that deliver an “eat local” credo to expand the market for Kansas foods.

    25. Sustainable Agriculture Network SAN is the communications and outreach arm of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program.

    26. Sustainable Agriculture Network Dedicated to the exchange of scientific and practical information on sustainable agriculture systems using a variety of printed and electronic communications tools.

    27. Resources from SAN

    28. Building a Sustainable Business

    29. Building Soils for Better Crops 2nd Edition

    30. How to Direct Market Your Beef

    31. How to Manage the Blue Orchard Bee As an Orchard Pollinator

    32. Manage Insects on Your Farm A Guide to Ecological Strategies

    33. Managing Cover Crops Profitably 2nd Edition

    34. The New American Farmer Profiles of Agricultural Innovation

    35. The New Farmers’ Market Farm-Fresh Ideas for Producers, Managers and Communities

    36. Steel in the Field A Farmer's Guide to Weed Management Tools

    37. SAN Online Informational Bulletins Diversifying Cropping Systems Exploring Sustainability in Agriculture How to Conduct Research on Your Farm or Ranch Marketing Strategies for Farmers and Ranchers Meeting the Diverse Needs of Limited-Resource Producers: An Educator's Guide Profitable Pork: Strategies for Hog Producers Profitable Poultry: Raising Birds on Pasture SARE Highlights (2003-2005) Transitioning to Organic Production A Whole-Farm Approach to Managing Pests Smart Water Use on Your Farm or Ranch

    38. Acknowledgements Special thanks to Mandy Rodrigues (Program Specialist) and Valerie Berton (Communications Specialist) of the National SARE Office for their assistance with this presentation.

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