NCR-SARE is pleased to announce the projects recommended for funding for the 2023 Partnership Grant Program.
For the 2023 Partnership Grant Program, NCR-SARE awarded almost $1,000,000 to 21 projects. NCR-SARE’s Partnership Grant Program is intended to foster cooperation between agriculture professionals and small groups of farmers and ranchers to catalyze on-farm research, demonstration, and education activities related to sustainable agriculture. Those selected to receive funding included (in order alphabetically by state):
Cindy Goodner with Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, IA was awarded $45,238 for the project, “Rematriation Partnership: Orchard Establishment and Care.” Julia McGuire in West Des Moines, IA was awarded $29,741 for the project, “Beekeeper Learning Circles.”
Juliann Salinas with Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN) in Ames, IA was awarded $50,000 for the project, “Harvesting Our Potential: Mentoring New Sustainable Farmers.”
Randall Vos with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Knoxville, IA was awarded $48,166 for the project, “Adaptive Pruning of Cold-Hardy Commercial Wine Grape Cultivars.”
Amir Sadeghpour with Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Carbondale, IL was awarded $49,350 for the project, “Increasing Rye Cover Crop Adoption Through Novel, Practical, and Farmer-Driven Management Practices.”
Therese Zimmerman with Good Shepherd Montessori School in South Bend, IN was awarded $38,192 for the project, “Food, Farming and Sustainability: A Whole Systems Approach for Farm-to-School Education for the Future of Food Security.”
Alicia Ellingsworth with The Farm School at Gibbs Road in Kansas City, KS was awarded $49,401 for the project, “Water Catchment to Sustain Food Production in the Midst of Climate Crisis.”
James DeDecker with Michigan State University AgBioResearch and Extension in Chatham, MI was awarded $49,391 for the project, “The Seed to Kitchen Collaborative: Identifying Improved Vegetable Varieties for Organic Direct-Market Growers.”
Meghan Milbrath with Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI was awarded $48,416 for the project, “Income Through Conservation: Training Farmers to Produce Plant Materials for Specialist Butterflies.”
Rachel Armstrong with Farm Commons in Duluth, MN was awarded $45,757 for the project, “Circles of Resilience, by and for Farmers.”
Melissa Carlson with the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council in Red Lake Falls, MN was awarded $49,846 for the project, “On-Farm Testing of Johnson-Su Compost Extract as a Biological Inoculant in Wheat and Soybeans.”
Mark Gutierrez with the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition in Moose Lake, MN was awarded $48,002 for the project, “Feasibility of Organic Strip-till with Cover Crops.”
Mohan Acharya with Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO was awarded $49,896 for the project, “Fencing in Silvopasture for Sheep and Goat Production Across Missouri.”
Katie Houck with Urban Harvest STL in St. Louis, MO was awarded $48,690 for the project, “Seeds of Change: Building Capacity among New Urban Growers with Educational Seed Grants.”
Jessica D’Ambrosio with the Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice in Yellow Springs, OH was awarded $50,000 for the project, “Regenerative Farming Policy Fellowship Program.”
Phillip Alberti with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI was awarded $49,339 for the project, “The Cultivar Check Program: Utilizing the Midwestern Hemp Database (MHD) and Grower-Cooperators to Assess Variety Performance of High Cannabinoid Hemp.”
Sarah Janes Ugoretz with FairShare CSA Coalition in Madison, WI was awarded $49,970 for the project, “Keeping Vegetable Farmers Growing Through One-on-One Professional Peer Coaching.”
Anne Pfeiffer with the University of Wisconsin - Madison Extension in Madison, WI was awarded $49,707 for the project, “Weeding Workshops: Building weed Management Skills and Networks with Diverse Farmers.”
John Strauser with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI was awarded $47,733 for the project, “Agricultural Transformations in the Red Cedar Learning Hub.”
James Stute with Stute Farms in East Troy, WI was awarded $49,892 for the project, “Finding the Sweet Spot: Rye Termination Timing to Balance Weed Suppression and Yield Reduction in Green Planted No-Till Soybean.”
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