www.sare.org resources clean-energy-farming Clean Energy Farming Across the country, as energy prices climb, farmers are turning more and more to clean energy practices. From energy-saving light bulbs to solar panels to fuels grown and processed on...
www.sare.org resources dairy-your-way Dairy Your Way This publication was created to provide information that will help producers explore the many choices available for today’s dairy farms. This book is not intended to be a how-to dairy...
www.sare.org resources rangeland-management-strategies Rangeland Management Strategies Features innovative SARE-funded research on creating and sustaining a healthy range. Throughout, researchers and ranchers share goals and successes in winter and multi-species grazing, managing forage and other vegetation and protecting...
www.sare.org resources how-to-direct-market-your-beef How to Direct Market Your Beef How to Direct Market Your Beef portrays how one couple used its family’s ranch to launch a profitable, grass-based beef operation focused on direct market sales. From slaughtering to packaging, through labeling...
www.sare.org resources 12-aprils-grazing-dairy-program 12 Aprils Grazing Dairy Program Tom Trantham's Twelve Aprils grazing program has been part of three Southern Region SARE projects. Tom has influenced scores of experienced and beginning dairy farmers through presentations at conferences and...
www.sare.org resources diversifying-cropping-systems Diversifying Cropping Systems Today's crop farmers, with their prices global and their costs local, are ensnared in an ever-tightening profit squeeze. Many of them have begun seeking alternative crops that command higher prices...
www.sare.org resources profitable-pork Profitable Pork Farmers who want to successfully produce pork on a small scale can preserve their independence in the face of the consolidating hog industry. Profitable Pork: Alternative Strategies for Hog Producers...
www.sare.org resources estrategias-economico-ambientales-en-la-crianza-de-cerdos Estrategias Economico-Ambientales en la Crianza de Cerdos Granjeros que quieren producir puercos con éxito en pequeña escala pueden preservar su independencia de cara a la industria de puercos en proceso de consolidación. Estrategias Económico-Ambientales en la Crianza de...
northcentral.sare.org resources sustainable-agriculture-resources-and-programs-for-k-12-youth Sustainable Agriculture Resources and Programs for K-12 Youth This 38-page guide to sustainable agriculture-oriented educational opportunities for schoolchildren features more than 75 programs and curricula nationwide. Updated in 2022, the guide includes direct links, program contact information, and...
northcentral.sare.org resources camelina-seed-to-oil-video Camelina: Seed to Oil Video This short documentary follows the story of the Batalden-Smith family, a three generation Minnesota family who grow and locally press organic Camelina Oil. In 2010, the Batalden-Smith family received an...
northcentral.sare.org resources women-caring-for-the-land-improving-conservation-outreach-to-female-non-operator-farmland-owners-curriculum-manual Women Caring for the Land: Improving Conservation Outreach to Female Non-Operator Farmland Owners Curriculum Manual The percentage of women who are sole landowners is rising. Many women express strong conservation values in meetings and surveys but are often unsure of how to turn those values...
northcentral.sare.org resources poultry-your-way Poultry Your Way Poultry Your Way is for anyone interested in commercially raising, processing, and marketing poultry. It is designed to help you consider alternatives, and to help you make decisions about which...
northeast.sare.org resources backpack-sprayers-for-small-scale-farms Backpack Sprayers for Small-Scale Farms Modified backpack sprayers offer simple design, inexpensive pricing, professional nozzle technology, accuracy, and easy, safe filling and cleaning. This makes them an efficient, ideal choice for small, organic, or urban...
northeast.sare.org resources assessing-the-economic-impacts-of-regional-food-hubs-the-case-of-regional-access Assessing the Economic Impacts of Regional Food Hubs: the Case of Regional Access In the past five years, there has been a proliferation in the number and recognition of ‘food hubs’ across the United States, as well as a substantial increase in foundation...
northeast.sare.org resources farmers-market-managers-training-manual Farmers Market Managers Training Manual Recent growth in the number of farmers market startups across New York State and the rest of the country has community and economic benefit, but new markets experience only a...
southern.sare.org resources common-ground-podcast Common Ground Newsletter & Podcast Common Ground, our Newsletter & Podcast is sent via email monthly. The newsletter includes grant announcements, listings of funded projects, success stories, SARE resources and more. Sustainable agriculture stories from...
southern.sare.org resources farm-to-fork-in-north-carolina Farm to Fork in North Carolina The Farm to Fork guide is a product of a year-long initiative in North Carolina that started a conversation between over 1,000 groups in the state about how to create...
southern.sare.org resources sustainable-food-systems-for-georgias-agrarian-future Sustainable Food Systems for Georgia’s Agrarian Future In Georgia, demand for local, sustainable food exceeds the supply, but a lack of infrastructure limits the development of a local, sustainable food system. Through a Southern SARE planning grant,...
southern.sare.org resources mount-pleasant-local-food-and-farm-assessment Mount Pleasant Local Food and Farm Assessment Download the Mount Pleasant Local Food and Farm Assessment. The Town of Mount Pleasant Planning and Development Department and Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) collaborated to assess the needs and opportunities...
southern.sare.org resources private-landowners-guide-to-forest-certification-in-the-south Private Landowners Guide to Forest Certification in the South Forest certification focuses on the process by which forests are regenerated, managed, and harvested in a sustainable system to protect soil, air, water, biodiversity, and other forest benefits. "Private Landowners'...