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Inside this issue of Field Notes: Discover how innovative, farmer-led projects are shaping the region! We’re featuring a South Dakota farm sharing their DIY guide to building an on-farm store, a DIY milking parlor guide, Kansas and Nebraska growers experimenting with perennial groundcovers, an online food-grade grains training for ag educators, and a St. Louis non-profit bringing farm-to-table learning to preschoolers. Plus, catch up on our latest staff transitions, meet the 2026 NCR-SARE Heroes, and much more!
Featured stories from this Issue of Field Notes
- Beyond the Farmers Market: A New Guide to Building Your Own On-Farm Store
- Food-Grade Grains 101: Online Training
- Tunnel Systems Offer Regional Strawberry Growers a Path to Resilience
- Little Sprouts Garden Toolkit for Early Childhood Educators
- Rooted Solutions: Perennial Groundcovers in Corn and Soy Systems
- A Guide to Building a DIY Portable Milking Parlor
- NCR-SARE Announces Retirement of Jean Andreasen and New Hire Kate Seager
- NCR-SARE Announces Leadership Transition for Professional Development Program: Rob Myers and Andy Larson
- NCR-SARE Regional Director Beth Nelson Retires
- NCR-SARE's 2026 Heroes: Vance Haugen and Jason Rowntree
- Join us! Review Grants with NCR-SARE
- Your Next Idea Starts Here: Farming Matters Video Series Showcases SARE Grantees
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