Farmer Grant Program from Northeast SARE

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Taylor in Farmer, Farming Resources, Funding // 0 Comments

Northeast SARE Farmer Grant Program – Up to $15,000 Available Per Project – Apply by November 27th, 2018

A lot can be done with $15,000. Take it from Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm. She and her team were able to use a previous $15,000 SARE Farmer Grant to explore barriers facing the ability for farmers to sell to low-income consumers without sacrificing profit and create the new resource: Sowing the Seeds of Justice Food Manual.

You can apply for the same grant and make an impact.

Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) Farmer Grant Program is now open. These grants are worth up to $15,000 and are intended for farm business owners and managers who would like to explore new sustainable production and marketing practices, often through an experiment, trial, or on-farm demonstration. Proposals should be innovative, show potential for improved sustainability, and the results should be useful to other farmers. Funded projects will be announced in late February 2019, and projects may begin in the spring. Application materials, including detailed instructions and supporting documents, are posted on the Northeast SARE website at www.northeastsare.org/FarmerGrant.

Important Details

Farmer Grant projects must be conducted in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia or Washington, D.C. Awards are capped at $15,000 and projects may address the wide range of issues that affect farming in the Northeast. To search topics that SARE has previously funded, please access the national database of projects atprojects.sare.org/search-projects.

Applicants must work with a technical advisor — typically a Cooperative Extension educator, Natural Resources Conservation Service staff, nonprofit organization employee, private crop consultant, veterinarian or other service provider — who provides support and advice to the farmer applicant.

Submit your application by November 27 at the NESARE Website.

Contact northeastsare@uvm.edu or Violet Stone, NYS NESARE coordinator, at vws7@cornell.edu or 607-255-9227 with any questions.

Learn more about grants and funding options for farmers at https://www.beginningfarmers.org/funding-resources/

Find more great farming resources at https://www.beginningfarmers.org/additional-farming-resources/