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California Project Impact Sheet

The grants summary includes a project highlight, a breakdown of funding by SARE project type, the total funding for the state since 1988 and state grant recipients.

Since 1988, SARE has awarded numerous grants in every state and Island Protectorate. Aimed at advancing sustainable innovations, these grants add up to an impressive portfolio of sustainable agriculture efforts across the nation.

If you have questions about Western SARE and funding opportunities that this website doesn’t answer, you can contact your state coordinator. They can help answer questions specifically about SARE grants and your potential research and education project, but not general questions or provide answers on how to fund land purchases or capital equipment.

Learn more about the state coordinator’s role.

State Contacts

Sonja Brodt

Coordinator, Agriculture and Environment

University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program

(530) 754-8547

Jeffery Stackhouse

Livestock and Natural Resource Advisor

UCCE Livestock Advisor

(707) 445-7351

SARE IN CALIFORNIA

Sheep Grazing Vineyard — These sheep, at a vineyard in Winters, Calif., were trained to ignore grape leaves while grazing on vegetation such as weeds and cover crops. Photo courtesy University of California Extension

California Impacts

$19.7
million

in funding since 1988^*

291 projects

funded since 1988^*

* These totals reflect available data; complete information may not be available for all grant programs prior to 2016.

Featured Stories from California

Feed Management

Targeted Grazing

Wildfires throughout the West are growing more severe. Fire season starts earlier, lasts longer and claims more lives and property along the way. Grazing is one of the most effective, cost-efficient tools available to lessen fire spread and severity. And now, thanks to a recent Western SARE-supported project, grazing has become even more useful to […]