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State Grants Summary

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

Grant Loomis

Extension Educator
University of Idaho Extension
Email
(208) 788-5585

Carmen Willmore

Extension Educator
University of Idaho Extension
Email
(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

$5.7
million
in funding since 1988
80 projects
funded since 1988

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