Supporting the family farm, promoting conservation, and strengthening communities through sustainable agriculture strategies.
Explore our grantsOpen Grant Call for Proposals
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2024 Graduate Student Grants
Application deadline May 10 at 12 p.m. (NOON) EST
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2025 Research and Education Grants Call for Pre-proposals
Application deadline June 7 at 12 p.m. (NOON) EST
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SARE Food Loss and Waste Training and Technical Assistance Grants
Application deadline June 28 at 5 p.m. EST
Best Practices for the Sustainable Urban Farm
Check out this new SARE bulletin that discusses the important issues to consider as you establish and manage your urban farm. The resource provides some of the best current practices that urban producers use to develop successful operations.
Learn MoreWhat is Sustainable Agriculture?
Every day, farmers and ranchers develop new, innovative strategies to produce and distribute food, fuel and fiber sustainably. The expertise of farmers, ag professionals, and others in the ag community is invaluable when coming up with sustainable solutions to agricultural challenges.
Learn MoreBreeding Squash for Disease Resistance and Eating Quality
Interested in local seed cultivation? Listen to this episode of ATTRA's Voices from the Field podcast, featuring Virginia plant breeder Edmund Frost and his SSARE breeding work with butternut squash
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Ag Professionals Receiving Training on Accessible Beekeeping through SARE Grant
Front Royal, VA – Justin Ruger, a beekeeper and founder of Accessible Beekeeping was granted a $75,589 Southern SARE Professional Development Program Grant to provide the historically underserved community of people with disabilities the knowledge and skills to participate in apiculture to increase their quality of life and independence. He uses YouTube videos and trains organizations at multiple universities and state extensions. Justin lost […]
Our Impact
The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program is a decentralized competitive grants and education program operating in every state and territory.
Using Summer Cover Crops for Organic No-till Broccoli
SSARE funding helps South Carolina farmers control weeds through better cover crop mixes.
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About Southern SARE
Southern SARE offers competitive grants and educational opportunities for producers, researchers, educators, institutions, organizations and others exploring sustainable agriculture in America's South, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
I would like to thank the SARE program for funding my project to expand the possible economic potential yaks can bring to small acreage farms and larger beef producers. This project has brought together a half dozen agricultural specialists from Morehead State University and the University of Kentucky to work on issues concerning yak husbandry. The entire project and where it is leading is exciting.