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¿Qué es la Agricultura Sustentable?

Qué puede haver para que su finca o rancho sea más sustentable? No hay una respuesta simple, pero la serie de animación de 8 episodios de SARE "Qué es la...

National Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health logowww.sare.org resources environmental-impacts-of-cover-crops

Environmental Impacts of Cover Crops

Speakers in this session discussed both local and off-site impacts of using cover crops, including some of the latest information on cover crop impacts on water quality, nitrogen loss from...

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Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches and Communities

This guide lists funding opportunities offered by federal programs, and is indispensable for anyone seeking government help to foster their innovative enterprise in forestry and agriculture. Specifically, it addresses program...

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Handbook for Agroforestry Planning and Design

Agroforestry practices help landowners diversify products, markets, and farm income; improve soil and water quality; and reduce erosion, non-point source pollution and flood damage. The integrated practices of agroforestry enhance...

Training Manual covernorthcentral.sare.org resources training-manual-for-applied-agroforestry-practices

Training Manual for Applied Agroforestry Practices

Agroforestry practices help landowners diversify products, markets, and farm income; improve soil and water quality; and reduce erosion, non-point source pollution and flood damage. The integrated practices of agroforestry enhance...

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Agricultural Composting and Water Quality Fact Sheet

Composting, a controlled process for stabilization of organic matter, can turn waste into a valuable soil amendment. Creating compost from waste materials provides an opportunity to return nutrients and organic...

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Sustainable Bioenergy Course

Farmers, politicians, and investors across the U.S. are enthusiastic about the potential economic benefits and use of energy crops to revitalize the rural landscape. In association with an NCR-SARE Professional...

Women Caring for the Land: Improving Conservation Outreach to Female Non-Operator Farmland Owners Curriculum Manualnorthcentral.sare.org resources women-caring-for-the-land-improving-conservation-outreach-to-female-non-operator-farmland-owners-curriculum-manual

Women Caring for the Land: Improving Conservation Outreach to Female Non-Operator Farmland Owners Curriculum Manual

The percentage of women who are sole landowners is rising. Many women express strong conservation values in meetings and surveys, but are often unsure of how to turn those values...

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Beneficial Insect Guide

In order to improve grower knowledge of beneficial insect identification and how to support these insects with the use of flowering plots, Brett Blauuw and a team of researchers at...

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Alternative Continuous-Cover Dairy Forage System for Profitability, Flexibility and Soil Health

With small- to mid-sized Northeast dairy farmers facing increasingly challenging labor, weather and feed-cost constraints, it has become essential to have a flexible system where they can grow their own...

edible-avalon.jpgwww.sare.org resources edible-avalon-curriculum

Edible Avalon Curriculum

An NCR-SARE Youth Educator grant helped four youth educators develop the curriculum and programming to expand Edible Avalon’s summer youth programs: Summer Program for Youth (SPY) for K-8 students, and...

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Mortenson Ranch's Range Restoration Video

In 2011, the South Dakota Leopold Conservation Award program recognized South Dakota NCR-SARE grant recipient, Todd Mortenson & Family, for their sustainable ranching practices, including rotational grazing, riparian restoration, wildlife conservation, and more.  In...

Maintenance of Natural Sustainable Riparian Communities Fact Sheets Series covernorthcentral.sare.org resources maintenance-of-natural-sustainable-riparian-communities-fact-sheets-series

Maintenance of Natural Sustainable Riparian Communities Fact Sheets Series

Miranda Meehan, a graduate student from North Dakota State University, created five extension fact sheets after monitoring and reporting on the riparian ecosystem associated with the Middle Sheyenne River, a...

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Woodchip Bioreactors for Nitrate in Agricultural Drainage

Woodchip bioreactors, installed at the edge of agricultural fields, can remove 15 to 60 percent of the nitrate in tile-drained water annually. This innovative approach for protecting the water quality...

Managing-Alt-Pollinators.jpgwww.sare.org resources managing-alternative-pollinators

Managing Alternative Pollinators

Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers and Conservationists is a first-of-its-kind, step-by-step, full-color guide for rearing and managing bumble bees, mason bees, leafcutter bees and other bee species that...

guide to applying for the Conservation Stewardship Programwww.sare.org resources applying-for-the-conservation-stewardship-program-csp

Applying for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

This plain language guide from New Entry Sustainable Farming Project provides information to farmers who are interested in applying for the USDA-NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), which pays farmers to...

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What is Sustainable Agriculture?

How do you make a farm or ranch more sustainable? There is no single answer, but SARE’s 8 episode “What is Sustainable Agriculture” animation series highlights some common practices farmers...

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Youth Renewing the Countryside

Smart, young people are returning to the roots of American Agriculture—roots steeped in a tradition and culture of diversity, quality and respect for the Earth. Full of brilliant color photographs,...

Land and Power essay collectionwww.sare.org resources land-and-power

Land and Power

Land and Power: Sustainable Agriculture and African Americans features a selection of the presentations, posters, discussions, and performances that made up this extraordinary, joyous event. The authors capture the perspectives of...

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Developing Successful Organic Horticulture Farms: Practical Training for Ag Professionals

Power Point presentation series developed by the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group for ag professionals and farmers interesting in elements of organic crop production and managing organic systems. Principles of...

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