Northeast SARE Accepting Farmer Grant Applications

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Taylor in Farming Resources, Funding, Research, Sustainable Agriculture // 0 Comments

Northeast SARE is Now Accepting Farmer Grant Applications through December 5th, 2017

The Northeast Sustainable Research and Education Program (SARE) is currently accepting applications for their Farmer Grants program. Please share with folks who may be interested.

The call for applications for 2018 Farmer Grant Applications has been released by the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program. Proposals are due online by Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Funded projects will be announced in March 2018 and projects may begin in the spring.

Northeast SARE Farmer Grants 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. Reviewers look for innovation, potential for improved sustainability, and results that will be useful to other farmers.

Awards are capped at $15,000 and projects can address a wide range of issues that affect farming and the farming community in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. To search topics that SARE has previously funded, please access the national database of projects at: https://projects.sare.org/search-projects/.

Applicants must work with a technical advisor—typically a Cooperative Extension educator, NRCS staff, university research or extension specialist, private crop consultant, veterinarian, or other service provider—who serve the farmer applicant in a consulting capacity.

Application materials, including detailed instructions and supporting documents, are posted on the Northeast SARE website at www.northeastsare.org. Questions about the grants program should be directed to northeastsare@uvm.edu.

The Northeast SARE region is made up of Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Northeast SARE programs are offered to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or familial status.

Find more about loans and grants for beginning farmers and others at: https://www.beginningfarmers.org/funding-resources/