National – The Administrative Council of the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program recently approved $5.8 million in funding to support 62 projects to conduct applied research, farmer education and farm advisor training to strengthen sustainable agriculture throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
Northeast SARE offers six different grant programs for farmers, educators, service providers, researchers throughout our region, with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Projects were awarded through the research and education, research for novel approaches in sustainable agriculture, professional development, and farmer grant programs. Recipients of the partnership and graduate student research grant programs, currently accepting applications, will be voted on at the Administrative Council meeting in July.
To view the recipients, click here.
