www.sare.org resources youth-renewing-the-countryside Youth Renewing the Countryside Smart, young people are returning to the roots of American Agriculture-- roots steeped in a tradition and culture of diversity, quality and respect for the Earth. Full of brilliant color photographs,...
www.sare.org resources growing-new-markets-for-specialty-crops Growing New Markets for Specialty Crops This episode of Voices from the Field is part of a series co-produced by ATTRA and SARE that explores the different ways farmers are working to create new local markets...
www.sare.org resources best-practices-for-the-sustainable-urban-farm Best Practices for the Sustainable Urban Farm Abu Talib is the director of the Taqwa Community Farm, which he helped establish on a vacant lot in his Bronx neighborhood in 1992. Photo by Preston Keres, USDA For...
www.sare.org resources choosing-the-right-tools-for-your-farm Choosing the Right Tools For Your Farm A manual created by Ain Chike and Georgia Organics outlines hand tools, small engines, their utility descriptions and where to source them for growers in the Southeast. It allows readers...
www.sare.org resources concepts-and-research-based-guidelines-for-forage-livestock-systems-in-the-southeast-region Concepts and Research-Based Guidelines for Forage-Livestock Systems in the Southeast Region This guide provides concepts and research-based information on animal, environment, forage and soil topics for Extension educators and producers in the Southeast. Forage production proves to be a major challenge...
www.sare.org resources guide-to-honey-bee-queen-banking Guide to Honey Bee Queen Banking This guide will walk you through the step-by-step process of establishing and maintaining a queen bank. The guide starts with the basics and walks the reader through each step to...
www.sare.org resources farm-education-for-the-deaf-community-introduction-american-sign-language Farm Education for the Deaf Community—Introduction (American Sign Language) In this video, Monu introduces the video series created to provide farm education to the deaf community. The series is available in both in American Sign Language and Nepali Sign...
www.sare.org resources beyond-fresh-a-food-processing-guide-for-texas-farmers Beyond Fresh: a Food Processing Guide for Texas Farmers A decision-making guide to planning, creating and marketing value-added food products made from sustainably-grown fruits and vegetables, written from a "farmer-first" perspective. As farmers face competition from meal-in-a-box companies, this...
www.sare.org resources grazing-networks-for-livestock-producers Grazing Networks for Livestock Producers Grazing networks promote a mutual self-help approach to learning that is based on shared local experience and that provides several benefits to participants. This publication offers suggestions for finding or...
www.sare.org resources what-is-sustainable-agriculture What is Sustainable Agriculture? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iloAQmroRK0&list=PLWlltQ6Oy0zpgxVhd2vZqTDvVXpPhSVd0 Episode 1 of our video series What is Sustainable Agriculture? takes a look at the whole farm approach to sustainability and illustrates how cover crops, conservation tillage, ecological pest...
www.sare.org resources leaders-in-sustainable-agriculture Leaders in Sustainable Agriculture Featured on America's Heartland SARE partnered with PBS KVIE to produce an episode of RFD-TV's America's Heartland that features four farmers describing their commitment to sustainability, how they plan to meet farming challenges of...
www.sare.org resources farming-with-soil-life Farming with Soil Life This handbook, created by The Xerces Society, dives into soil biology. It provides a connection between healthy soils and healthy invertebrates found in temperate agricultural soils. Farming with Soil Life...
southern.sare.org resources pest-exclusion-systems-for-pest-management-in-vegetable-production-across-the-southeast Pest Exclusion Systems for Pest Management in Vegetable Production Across the Southeast Introduction In the Southeast, pests are a significant limiting factor in successful vegetable production, both in open fields and in high tunnels. Heat and humidity, close crop planting, and the...
www.sare.org resources social-sustainability-in-agriculture Resilient Farmers, Ranchers and Communities: Social Sustainability in Agriculture When Nfamara Badjie, Dawn Hoyte and other family members started Ever-Growing Family Farm in Upstate New York in 2014, they had an improbable vision: that they could grow rice well...
www.sare.org resources manage-weeds-on-your-farm-video-series Manage Weeds on Your Farm Video Series Learn more with the book Manage Weeds on Your Farm. In this series, experienced farmers from around the country talk about how they have found success controlling weeds by following...
www.sare.org resources transitioning-to-organic-production Transitioning to Organic Production Farmers and ranchers decide to pursue organic certification for many personal, financial and environmental reasons. This publication introduces you to the requirements of the USDA National Organic Program and outlines...
www.sare.org resources managing-stress Managing Stress Farming and ranching are stressful businesses. One key metric of a farm's sustainability is its capacity to provide a quality of life that meets one of our most basic human...
www.sare.org resources scaling-up-your-vegetable-farm-for-wholesale-markets Scaling Up Your Vegetable Farm for Wholesale Markets For direct market farmers, expanding your operation to capture local and regional wholesale markets can represent an opportunity. But such a shift brings with it many changes to how you...
www.sare.org resources cultivos-de-cobertura-para-rotaciones-de-cultivossustentables Cultivos de Cobertura para Rotaciones de Cultivos Sustentables Cultivos de Cobertura para Rotaciones de Cultivos Sustentables is an abbreviated, Spanish language translation of SARE's Cover Crops for Sustainable Crop Rotations topic brief. It is also available in English...
southern.sare.org resources common-ground-podcast Common Ground Podcast Welcome to Common Ground from the University of Georgia's Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program. Sustainable agriculture stories from the Southern USA, introducing farmers, ranchers, and those who support...