NCR-SARE grant recipient and Administrative Council member, Edgar Hicks, appeared in a special episode of Nebraska Stories, celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Homestead Act.
On May 15,1862, the Homestead Act was passed and signed into law. The act established a three-fold homestead acquisition process: filing an application, improving the land, and filing for deed of title. Any U.S. citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. Government could file an application and lay claim to 160 acres of surveyed Government land. For the next 5 years, the homesteader...
Read MoreThe story below features the Minnesota Cover Crops Decision Tool by the Midwest Cover Crop Council (MCCC), a group which consists of eight Midwestern states and one Canadian province. The project to develop the Minnesota Cover Crops Decision Tool was funded through a Minnesota NCR-SARE mini-grant in Fall 2011.
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Source: AgWeek
Cover crops are any green crops grown between cash crops. They come in many different varieties, but until recently little information was available to help growers decide which varieties to select and exactly when to plant them.
Common...
Read MoreThis feature covers the research of NCR-SARE grant recipient Frank Forcella, who is experimenting with a physical weed control technique that involves sandblasting abrasive grit on in-row weeds. To read more about Forcella's NCR-SARE Research and Education project, visit the MySARE reporting site here.
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Source: Agrinews
MORRIS, Minn. — Organic farmers want to blast one of their greatest production challenges —weeds. They may be getting that chance thanks to Frank Forcelli's latest research project.
Forcelli, weed scientist at the USDA-ARS...
Read MoreThis story features the Chicago Botanic Garden and information about their NCR-SARE Research and Education Grant. Read more information about their grant project, on the online MySARE reporting system.
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Source: Julie McCaffrey, Chicago Botanic Garden
GLENCOE, Ill. (May 7, 2012) – The Chicago Botanic Garden has done groundbreaking work as a result of a two-year grant from the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) program, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture – National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant reaches...
Read MoreThe Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) has announced its 2012 Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series, featuring free public tours of some of Ohio’s finest sustainable and organic farms. OEFFA has offered this series for the past 30 years, providing unique opportunities for Ohioans to see, taste, feel, and learn what sustainable food and fiber production is all about from the farmers themselves.
Consumers interested in local foods, farmers and market gardeners wanting to learn more and network with other farmers, aspiring and beginning farmers, and anyone interested...
Read MoreThose who are interested in learning strategies for creating dynamic local food systems to help communities establish thriving local businesses, protecting natural resources and strengthen community ties, or who have clients who wish to expand local food systems beyond farmers’ markets and community gardens can attend a two-day workshop designed specifically for community economic development professionals and extension educators. Attendees will be introduced to the latest concepts in local foods, including tours and discussions of models that connect farmers with processors,...
Read MoreTwo events are scheduled this weekend in conjunction with the Sky Dance Plant Swap in Wadena, MN.
On Friday, April 28, at 11am, as part of the the Sky Dance Plant Swap in Wadena, folks with gather at the Hardy Apples and Northern Fruits event to collect the hard-won wisdom of north central Minnesota gardeners and growers working in zone 3b, and colder, environments. Four regional growers will begin the discussion with the crowd favorite, the apples, and then expand to other fruits as the hour progresses. All attending are to join-in with their own experiences.This will create an invaluable...
Read MoreNCR-SARE will implement a new, shorter timeline for its Research & Education (R&E) Grant Program this year (2013 grant cycle). The next R&E Call for Preproposals will be issued in August 2012, with preproposals due November 10, 2012. Awards will be announced in August 2013.
The decision to reduce the interval between preproposal submissions to project awards from 15 to 9 months was made in response to survey comments from potential grant applicants. NCR-SARE R&E grant coordinator, Beth Nelson, noted that respondents were strongly in favor of the new timeline.
“Many of the...
Read MoreThe North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) Program is pleased to announce the projects recommended for funding for the each of its annual competitive grant programs. More than 110 projects were awarded a total of more than $2.7 million through NCR-SARE’s grant programs, which offer competitive grants for producers, scientists, educators, institutions, organizations, and others who are exploring sustainable agriculture in America’s Midwest.
- For the 2012 Research and Education Grant Program, NCR-SARE awarded more than $1.5 million...
The North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program is seeking a University of Minnesota student worker to assist with office and communication outreach work related to sustainable agriculture grant projects. Duties include but are not limited to: website updates, entering and gathering information from databases (Access) and spreadsheets (Excel), preparing PowerPoint presentations
Details:
- Assist with entering new information for contacts,reports, and dates in the database, and retrieve information using Microsoft Access, and updating as needed...
