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Regenerative Agriculture – The Next Evolution of Sustainable Farming?
Looking through all the projects funded by Western SARE since 1988, you’ll find 173 with the word “sustainable” in the title, including 11 projects funded in 2019. That’s not surprising. What might be surprising is that same 31-year period, there have been only four projects with “regenerative” in their titles – and all four of […]
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Southern SARE Awards $1M Grant to Explore Regenerative Agriculture
Griffin, GA- The Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program has announced a $1,000,000 Research and Education Grant, the largest awarded since the program launched in 1988. The National Center for Appropriate Technology, the project lead, selected a systems research approach to identify practical and regionally-appropriate methods of regenerative grazing that can be implemented […]
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Ch 10. Cover Crops
Where no kind of manure is to be had, I think the cultivation of lupines will be found the readiest and best substitute. If they are sown about the middle of September in a poor soil, and then plowed in, they will answer as well as the best manure. —Columella, 1st century, Rome Cover crops […]
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Farming Strategies for Adapting to Extreme Weather
SARE partnered with PBS KVIE to produce an episode of RFD-TV's America's Heartland that highlights how farmers and ranchers across the United States are using sustainable and regenerative practices to adapt to increasingly challenging and unpredictable weather conditions. Adapting to Flooding and Drought on Hurricane Flats Farm in South Royalton, Vermont Ashley Loehr and Antoine […]
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Northeast SARE Administrative Council Approves $5.8M for 62 projects
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 […]
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Jack Erisman: NCR-SARE Hero
Jack Erisman has been a visionary Illinois farmer for more than six decades. Farming over 2,000 acres near Pana, Illinois, Jack began implementing regenerative practices as early as 1963. Long before it was common practice, he reduced tillage, incorporated long crop rotations including cover crops, managed integrated livestock systems, and ceased using synthetic insecticides and […]
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NCR-SARE's 2025 Heroes: Jack Erisman and Edgar Hicks
Jack Erisman and Edgar Hicks have been named the 2025 Heroes.
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NCR-SARE's 2024 Farmer Rancher Grants
More than $784,000 was awarded to 43 projects for this competitive grant program for farmers and ranchers.
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Meet the Fellows
Every year since 2007, this two-year educational experience in sustainable agriculture has been offered to four stellar Extension workers. Learn about past and current Fellows.
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Adapting to Extreme Rains and Drought at A-Frame Farm in Madison, Minnesota
At A-Frame Farm, resilience begins below the surface. In a new episode of America’s Heartland, produced in partnership with SARE, farmer Luke Peterson shares how his family is adapting to increasingly erratic weather through regenerative practices that focus on restoring the soil. Located on 500 acres in Madison, Minn., A-Frame Farm produces organic grains and […]