Applications are now available for grants from the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (Western SARE) program.
The grants explore ideas or approaches that will sustain Western agriculture. The grants are available in six categories: Research & Education, Professional Development, Farmer/Rancher, Ag Profession & Producer, Graduate Student and Farm Tours.
Applications can be found on the Western SARE website or by calling 435-797-2257 or emailing wsare@ext.usu.edu.
Western SARE is one of four SARE regions across the country funded through the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension System. SARE provides grants and outreach to advance sustainable innovations to the whole of American agriculture. It focuses on profit, protection of land and water and the people who depend on agriculture.
Hosted at Utah State University, Western SARE has funded nearly 1,100 grants worth $43 million since it was begun in 1988. This year, Western SARE funded 43 grants for $2.5 million.
Graphic credit: Western SARE
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I am a Juvenile Supervision Officer for the 90th Judicial District for Young and Stephens Counties, in Texas. We are looking for grant funding to buy a greenhouse and supplies to further our Juvenile Probation Garden Project. Art this time we have raised bed gardens and raise vegetables for the Senior Citizens Center. The kids on probation do all the work in the garden under the direction form local master gardeners, CHief of Probation Donna Cook and myself. Right now we have a gardenin Brfeckenridge, a garden in Graham and are starting a third in the town of Olney, Texas.
We would like to start our own seedlings and sell plants out of the greenhouse to help fund other programs like Drug Prevention, CPR and First Aid, Parenting classes and Anger Management. Most of our kids are amazed to see the seeds that grow thier favorite vegetable, go in the ground and see the stages to ripe vegetables and fruit.
Any information on grant funding available would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You, Karen Roberson JSO
Juvenile Probation
516 Fourth Street Room B4
Graham, Tx 76450