Press Release: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Service (SARE)’s New Home at USDA

Posted on October 31, 2009 by in Farming Resources, Policy, Publications // 0 Comments

Media Advisory

For Immediate Release

Contact: Sean McGovern: Phone: 614/306-6422, E-mail: outreach@sare.org

SARE’s New USDA Home

The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program has a new home at USDA, the recently launched National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). NIFA, created by the 2008 farm bill, replaces the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES).

NIFA’s goal is to elevate the status of science in agriculture with the mission of using sound research and education to address some of the world’s toughest problems through agriculture: global food security and hunger; climate change; sustainable energy; childhood obesity; food safety.

“I want USDA science to focus most of its resources on accomplishing a few, bold outcomes with great power to improve human health and protect our environment,” says USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Read the NIFA launch press release or view the launch video for more information.

SARE is proud to be part of NIFA and will continue to support cutting edge research and education projects advancing sustainable innovations to the whole of American agriculture.

Distributed by SARE Outreach for the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program and supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) USDA. SARE’s mission is to advance – to the whole of American agriculture – innovations that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life by investing in groundbreaking research and education. SARE Outreach operates under cooperative agreements with the University of Maryland and the University of Vermont to develop and disseminate information about sustainable agriculture. Visit www.sare.org for more information.