Idaho

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

Grant Loomis

Extension Educator

University of Idaho Extension

(208) 788-5585

Carmen Willmore

Extension Educator

University of Idaho Extension

(208) 886-2406

SARE IN IDAHO

Five American Indians on horseback in a snowy rangeland — On the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, which spans northern Nevada and southern Idaho, horse and cattle ranching is vital to the local economy. It was one of the main reservations surveyed for People of the Land, a curriculum designed to help USDA officials improve American Indians’ access to USDA services.

IDAHO Impacts

$6.7
million

in funding since 1988^*

91 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 Idaho

Potatoes

Idaho Student Researchers Work to Eradicate Pale Cyst Nematode

When the pale cyst nematode, Globodera pallida, was discovered in southeastern Idaho in 2006, potato exports in Idaho and the United States were severely impacted. The nematode, which can devastate a potato crop, is a quarantine pest regulated by U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The Idaho infestation is found within […]