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Our Grant Programs

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We are currently holding new Call for Proposals pending notification from our funding source, USDA-NIFA. All NIFA Requests for Applications are under review. You can check back for updates or subscribe to our mailing list to be notified when our Calls are released.

Navigating Drought

Drought is an ever-present threat to Western agricultural producers. For Western agriculture to continue to thrive, farmers and ranchers will have to adapt to water-availability challenges – and Western SARE will be a critical partner in seeking effective solutions. This photo essay highlights just a sample of the innovative water-related research projects Western SARE has supported.

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Grantee Spotlight

We are excited to highlight the important outreach and educational materials produced by our grantees. While conducting their research on the economic and nitrogen benefits of fava beans as both a cash and cover crop, the project leaders at California State University- Chico also created a cookbook of globally inspired fava bean recipes. Project number SW19-902

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Recent Publications

Read the latest issue of our magazine Simply Sustainable and download recent reports highlighting successful and innovative funded projects.

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Listen to Latest Episode

Fresh Growth: Approaches to a More Sustainable Future from Western Ag Practitioners introduces you to farmers and ranchers from around the western United States who are finding innovative sustainable practices that enrich the natural resources we all care about. These successful multi-generational operations experiment with new ideas and are making it pay. Listen in as they tell their story and provide advice for young or beginning farmers.

SARE Outreach Featured Resources

SARE Outreach regularly releases new printed and multi-media educational resources, such as controlling weeds without herbicides; managing soil life; effective marketing; tackling crucial social issues; and more. Bookmark and visit their resources page often.

Stories from the West

Cherries

Boosting Beneficial Insects in Oregon’s Cherry Orchards

Eighty percent of Oregon’s cherries are produced in the Mid-Columbia Basin. Typically, when new orchards are planted, farmers leave the ground under the trees bare or plant grass. Farmers also regularly apply chemicals to control insect pests such as spotted wing drosophila, thrips, and leafhoppers, among others. However, planting mixed cover crops that include flowering […]

About Western SARE

Western SARE provides competitive grants and educational opportunities in Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Federated States of Micronesia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Northern Marianas Islands, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

Farmers are very interested now, and the ag professionals who have gone through the training are educating farmers in the practice.

Dr. Gadi V.P. Reddy, Montana
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