Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

01/22/2025

SARE Outreach and our national partners have made a difficult decision to temporarily suspend the SARE Fellows program. https://www.sare.org/news/sare-fellows-program-temporarily-on-hold/

01/13/2025

The Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center (SUAREC) Ethnic Vegetable Planting Guide honors the cultural traditions of such vegetables and describes how to incorporate ethnic vegetables into a garden repertoire.

The Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center (SUAREC) Ethnic Vegetable Planting Guide is intended to honor the cultural traditions of such vegetables and to teach the reader how to incorporate ethnic vegetables into their garden repertoire. Some examples include, hibiscus rosel...

11/19/2024

A two-year research trial revealed that rhizobacteria treatments reduced nitrogen inputs by 50% without reducing forage quality or yield:

A two year research trial revealed that rhizobacteria treatments reduced nitrogen inputs by 50% without reducing forage quality or yield, enabling producers to better manage nitrogen application.

11/19/2024

Today! From 2-3 p.m. EST, our series of Q&A sessions for the new Historically Underserved Farming Communities grant program continues. $3M is available for this round of funding. Proposals are due January 7 by 5 p.m. EST.

11/19/2024

North Fork Farms, located in Mazeppa, MN, encompasses 45 acres of pasture and leases an additional 35-acre hay field to support their grass-fed beef and past...

11/19/2024

Research projects can at times lead to unanticipated results!

While working to identify an alternative and sustainable source of carbon dioxide (CO2) generation for enriching plant chambers within the growing vertical farming industry as a graduate student at the University of Arizona, Justin Chung discovered the potential benefits for sustaining astronauts in long duration missions.

Learn more about mushroom cultivation, sustainable vertical farming, and their potential for the future.

https://ow.ly/ONjS50U2vKY photo by Dr. Berry Pryor

11/19/2024

Please join us for an event with Dr. Laura Martin this Saturday at Gifft Hill School during which she'll provide a valuable presentation on how to incorporate Vetiver, a tropical grass used worldwide, to improve agriculture in the Virgin Islands. See details below!

11/11/2024

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education awards $8M to 14 organizations across the nation to reduce food waste.

A total of $8 million is being provided to 14 organizations across the nation.

10/30/2024

Deadlines are approaching soon for four Western SARE grant programs: Farmer/Rancher; Professional + Producer; Professional Development; and Local Education & Demonstration. Visit https://ow.ly/Cmoj50TCvRk for specific deadlines & Calls for Proposals.

10/30/2024

10/30/2024

This Thursday evening, a group of local Ozark County kids (and any community members who would like to join them) will enjoy the sweet success of their hard work over the last two and a half months wh

10/30/2024

In this week's ATTRA Voices from the Field podcast, farmer Crystal Hampton-Davis, of Pennsylvania livestock and produce farm Davis Grown, shares that school food service workers noticed kids bringing back empty lunch trays on the days they served food from Crystal's farm.

"If they're cleaning their trays, you know that they're getting a good quality product that they like, that they're going to eat."

That's one way to measure farm-to-school success! Listen to Crystal's conversation with NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Chris Lent at https://buff.ly/3C2MTdj

📷USDA photo by Lance Cheung

10/30/2024

In Michigan, researchers and apple growers are working on a SARE project to test exclusion netting as a non-chemical thinning method. Phil Schwallier and Todd Einhorn share their research with us in this video. https://youtu.be/Dyz3o9LXXoA

10/30/2024

A recent North Central SARE Research and Education grant in Kansas demonstrated how integrating crops, livestock and cover crops could help some producers offset revenue loss and failing crops.

Integrating crops, livestock and cover crops could help some producers offset revenue loss and failing crops.

09/12/2024

A recent post-project evaluation of SARE projects found that investing in farmer knowledge and capacity as peer trainers was key to one project’s impressive impacts.

A recent post-project evaluation of SARE projects found that investing in farmer knowledge and capacity as peer trainers was key to the project’s impressive impacts.

08/28/2024

USDA Agricultural Research Service: "Diverse Crop Rotations Reduce Risk of Crop Loss Under Poor Growing Conditions" https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAARS/bulletins/3b19383

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