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Explore our grants Farming for the Local Community What is Sustainable Agriculture? SARE’s newly revised bulletin highlights practices that can improve the sustainability of any complex, integrated production and marketing system. About SARE The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program is a decentralized competitive grants and education program operating in every state and island protectorate. SARE is divided into four different regions that operate as separate entities and run grant programs for their states. North Central NC Northeast NE Southern S Western W To learn about grant opportunities, visit your regional site. Today, little information is available for hemp producers to make decisions. The farmers and respective farms involved in these projects hope to promote the growth of the industrial hemp industry in Kansas. Sarah Stephens, Kansas Hemp Consortium Read story » Visit northcentral.sare.org To learn about grant opportunities, visit your regional site. The driving goal of the graduate student research program is to invest in a new generation of scientists. Kali McPeters, Northeast SARE Grant Coordinator Read story » Visit northeast.sare.org To learn about grant opportunities, visit your regional site. Cover crops have the potential to improve the health of soils. In our part of the world, drought and wind are common and are a problem, but when it does rain, soils are just as susceptible to erosion and water issues. So keeping something on that soil is important, especially if it can serve as a dual-use-crop. Reagan Noland, San Angelo, Texas Read story » Visit southern.sare.org To learn about grant opportunities, visit your regional site. We’ve had twice the crop production on the same footprint, which is huge for both profit and land-use efficiency. Jonah Sloven, Victor, Idaho Read story » Visit western.sare.org FARMER-FOCUSED RESEARCH AND EDUCATION Since 1988, SARE’s competitive grants program has supported farmers, ranchers, researchers and educators who are improving the sustainability of U.S. agriculture. Ecological Weed Management at the Martens Farm, Penn Yan, NY $404 million in funding since 1988 8,774 projects funded since 1988 Explore funded projects FEATURED NEWS AND RESOURCES MORE NEWS | RESOURCES AND LEARNING Report from the Field SARE grantees who are finding new ways to improve the sustainability of U.S. agriculture. Learn more... Food Loss and Waste Grants Webinar Register to learn more about this funding opportunity on May 7, 2024 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. EST. Application deadline is June 28. Chestnuts in Southeastern Ohio Dive into the world of chestnuts Professional Development Applications are now being accepted for the SARE Fellows program. A Path to Farm Community A recent Cornell Small Farms project, Reconnecting with Purpose, aimed to provide farmers with additional support to cope with the hard work, unpredictability and economic stresses of modern day agriculture. Sign up for all the latest news and updates from SARE Sign Up For Our Newsletters Navigation What we do Where we work Grant programs Resources and learning SARE Projects Application and Reporting Sites National SARE North Central SARE Northeast SARE Southern SARE Western SARE Our Location College of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Maryland Symons Hall, Room 1296 7998 Regents Drive College Park, MD 20742- 5505 Contact Us Follow Us Our facebook page Our youtube page Our twitter page US Department of Agriculture This site is maintained by SARE Outreach for the SARE program and is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award No. 2021-38640-34723 . 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