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State Grants Summary

The grants summary  includes a project highlight, a breakdown of funding by SARE project type, the total funding for the state since 1988 and state grant recipients.

North Central SARE’s network of state coordinators–housed at each land grant university throughout the region–conduct train-the-trainer programs and share information about our grant programs and other sustainable agriculture resources in their respective states.

State Contacts

Dan Downing

Dan Downing

State Coordinator
University of Missouri Extension
downingd@missouri.edu
(573) 882-0085
Bio
Dan Downing is a Missouri SARE Co-Coordinator and has more than 28 years of service with the University of Missouri Extension. 17 years of that time have been spent serving in a statewide position with The University of Missouri Extension Water Quality Program.
Touria Eaton

Touria Eaton

State Extension Specialist
Lincoln University
eatont@lincolnu.edu
(573) 681-5174
Bio
Touria Eaton is a Missouri SARE Co-Coordinator, Assistant Professor of Horticulture, and the State Horticulture Specialist at Lincoln University in Missouri. The focus of her research and extension work is sustainable production of horticultural crops.

SARE IN MISSOURI

Since 1988, SARE has awarded numerous grants in every state and Island Protectorate. Aimed at advancing sustainable innovations, these grants add up to an impressive portfolio of sustainable agriculture efforts across the nation.

Fellows at Wye Mountain Berries
SARE Fellows participant Patrick Byers, University of Missouri Extension, takes a closer look at blackberries at Wye Mountain Flowers and Berries.

MISSOURI Impacts

$5.5
million
in funding since 1988
275 projects
funded since 1988

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Education and Training

Latino Producers Explore Sustainable Practices in Missouri

When Eleazar Gonzalez was a child, raising crops and making cheese on his family’s small farm in Mexico, he often pondered the career he would pursue. At the age of fifteen, he received a scholarship that allowed him to study high school agriculture and eventually pursue a bachelor’s degree in agronomy. This pivotal time allowed Gonzalez to start working with programs that […]