Do you have an idea for an outreach product or educational resource that could help farmers or ranchers improve their profitability, environmental stewardship or quality of life? Maybe a suggestion for filling an information gap that is preventing the adoption of sustainable agriculture practices? If so, we want to hear from you!
SARE Outreach is seeking recommendations for information products that we can develop to extend practical, research-based innovations to improve the sustainability of American agriculture. Please submit your ideas using the link below by June 15th.
SARE’s outreach resources should advance SARE-funded research or projects and help farmers solve their most pressing challenges. Based on a strong interest in the following topics by recent SARE grantees, we encourage ideas in these categories:
- Farm Business Management: Practices that expand domestic farm markets, especially those that include value-added processing, e-commerce, or development of facilities or new enterprises.
- Crop Production: Water use strategies that relieve farming systems from stress like drought or flooding. Topics can also include efficient irrigation, precision technologies, or general conservation management.
- Pest Management: Integrated techniques to manage pests using low-input, full-system approaches in crops.
- Aquaculture: Marine or freshwater production of fish, shellfish or aquatic plants for food or other commercial purposes.
Submissions from these priority areas are preferred, but publishing ideas on other sustainable agriculture topics are welcome. Please submit any ideas that meet our broader criteria below. (Visit https://projects.sare.org to browse other topics funded by SARE.)
Proposed products should:
- Support SARE’s mission to advance practical innovations that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life
- Extend SARE-funded research or projects
- Address a critical gap in the information needs of farmers, ranchers and/or the educators who serve them
- Illustrate principles of sustainable management that can be adapted for widespread practice
Previous SARE Outreach products have included manuals, bulletins, fact sheets and videos demonstrating sustainable practices at work.
Non-English Language Publishing Projects: We welcome submissions for projects that seek to develop educational materials in a language other than English. The target audience must be U.S. farmers, ranchers and/or educators that serve them. Due to our limited linguistic and cultural capacities, we recommend that any submission includes a bilingual partner (individual or organization) who is prepared to collaborate on developing and distributing the proposed materials. Submissions must be in English to be considered.
Note: This is not a competitive grants program. Submissions will be prioritized and selected by the SARE Outreach Steering Committee based on their alignment with SARE Outreach’s criteria and capacities. Submissions are intended to assess information needs and opportunities only, and do not constitute a request for funding. Submitting a project idea does not guarantee its selection. Ideas may be modified by SARE Outreach staff or its steering committee. While SARE Outreach often collaborates with the submitters of selected projects during development, we do not guarantee involvement in all cases. Competitive grant opportunities are offered regularly by the four SARE regional programs and may be better suited for project requests that involve direct participation. Information about regional SARE grants can be found at www.sare.org/grants.