Calling All Experimenters, Tinkerers, and Innovators: SARE Has Funding for You!
Did you know the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program offers grants directly to farmers? Through it’s Farmer Rancher Grant Program, SARE funds individual or groups of farmers to test solutions to their sustainable farming challenges. For example, grants could be awarded to try out an innovative erosion control technique or pest management regime. […]
SARE Celebrates 25th Year Anniversary
This year, the USDA’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program celebrates its 25th anniversary. The program aims to promote sustainable farming by funding research into different areas of sustainable farming such as cover cropping and rotational grazing, as well as operating competitive grant programs for farmers. SARE was the first USDA program dedicated to […]
Good old-fashioned innovation in the Ithaca meat market
How do you increase farmers’ profits and consumers’ meat consumption without asking farmers or consumers to break the bank? In Ithaca, NY, Matt LeRoux, an agriculture marketing specialist at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, and Keri Bartlett of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County, set out to find answers, and the Meat Locker […]
Two Financial Assistance Programs Available from The Carrot Project
The Carrot Project is an organization that works to support small and mid-sized farmers and farm businesses by expanding financing access and helping farmers to build successful and financially sustainable businesses through financial education. Here are a couple Carrot Project programs that could benefit you, so check them out! The Carrot Project Current Programs Summary […]
Introducing Firefly Meadows of Fairfield, NE
Mike and Rita Brhel’s just over five acres might be small in size but it’s big in dreams. Firefly Meadows features a farm-fresh chicken and duck egg business, a pasture-based sheep operation, and a vegetable garden with spring, summer, and fall plantings. There are plans to add meat goats, pigeons, and an orchard. Both Mike […]