NCR-SARE is hiring a Grants & Contracts Professional to help manage our regional grant programs. If you’re a detail-oriented professional who wants to support farmers and researchers, apply by June 8, 2026. https://t.co/QvUnoxnVMC
NCR-SARE is now accepting proposals for our Graduate Student Grant Program. Join us on March 5 at 10am Central for a webinar about this grant program. Register today: https://t.co/BnOfQxb7Eo
Urban Ag Mini-Conference
March 7, 2026, Lawrence, Kansas
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Daphne Miller
Daphne Miller, MD, is a practicing family physician and Professor in Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. She also serves as Leadership Faculty at the Lifelong Family Medicine Residency Program in Richmond California, where she teaches physicians-in-training about the ecological determinants of health. She serves as her clinic's lead to Richmond Rising, a $34 million, multi-partner grant designed to build a connected, climate-resilient, healthy neighborhood. She has been a regular health and science contributor to the Washington Post and has published two best-selling books about food, agriculture and health: The Jungle Effect, The Science and Wisdom of Traditional Diets and Farmacology, Total Health from the Ground Up. She lives and gardens in Berkeley California.
Registration is open and prices go up next week! Don't miss this opportunity to learn about soil health practices and their implications with human health in the urban ag and smaller acreage agricultural operations. For $75 all educational materials and lunch is included.
Register today: https://t.co/N8N747o1l4...
Fresh in Field Notes:
🐮 A MO family's regenerative journey
🌾 KS cover crops vs. resistant weeds
🥦 Tarping for veggie success
📖 New organic soil guide
🤝 Meet our new Director & learn about grant reviews!
https://t.co/o9DJM6DSLx
Join Frank Kutka this Saturday for a live webinar! He's diving deep into developing affordable seed corn for on-farm production and sales. 🌽
📅 Dec 20, 2025 | 10:00 AM CT
💻 Join via Zoom: https://t.co/JzXP7qguoC
Meeting ID: 826 1537 3824 Passcode: 4X5NvE
NCR-SARE is seeking reviewers for several grant programs. It's a rewarding experience that offers an up-close look at the grant-making process and the latest in sustainable production.
Apply to be a reviewer today!
https://t.co/ByZ25OOCse
Reminder: Our Partnership Grant program is open!
📅 Join our webinar on Oct. 8, 2025, at 2 PM CT to learn more.
👉 Register here: https://t.co/URvou5yjHb
New SARE Video: Using Data to Drive Decision Making: For Handy Kennedy of HKJ Ranch in Cobbtown, Ga., sound data management was key to generational succession on his 200-head cattle operation. https://t.co/H7YpZX78UO
Southern SARE is seeking an event planner/workshop coordinator to assist in the planning, coordination, and execution of workshops in ten states: https://t.co/WOVIOeLyAB
.@USDA announced increased funding for the new Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops program and reminds specialty crop producers to apply for marketing and food safety assistance before the applicable deadlines. https://t.co/HGjMGmk54j
Calling specialty crop producers! Starting Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, through Wednesday Jan. 8, 2025 you can apply for @USDA’s new Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program to help you expand current markets and develop new ones. https://t.co/KwQbY7OGS6
Specialty and small-scale producers can now find a local crop insurance agent who has experience selling Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) and Micro Farm policies with a new searchable directory. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://t.co/jvni9a6Ca2
View local farming news from USDA, cattle and other commodity prices, weather data, and more on the https://t.co/4HwXTBEmLN Local Dashboard. Click the link below and select your state and county to find local agriculture data and USDA resources.
https://t.co/0wXSm4M9Mu
In the only long-term grazing cover crop experiment in the Western U.S., Dr. Obour discovered that replacing a fallow treatment with a crop-livestock system improved soil health and provided a net economic benefit.https://t.co/nLEMRMIweh 🌾💰