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
Jeff Gale
Extension Agent
North Dakota State University
Bio
Jeff Gale grew up on a crop-livestock farm in Kansas. After completing graduate studies, he taught agronomy to university students in China for 15 years while serving with a non-governmental organization, and then came to NDSU Extension. His professional interests include soil health, organic agriculture, local food production, and farm succession.
Karl Hoppe
Extension Livestock Systems Specialist
North Dakota State University
Bio
Karl Hoppe is a North Dakota State SARE Co-Coordinator, a sheep producer, and the Area Extension Specialist for Livestock Systems at the North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center where he has been teaching nutrition and management for beef cows and feedlot cattle for more than 20 years to North Dakota cattle producers.
SARE IN NORTH DAKOTA
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.
NORTH dakota Impacts
$6.9
million
million
in funding since 1988*
142 projects
funded since 1988*
* These totals reflect available data; complete information may not be available for all grant programs prior to 2016.
Recent Stories from North Dakota
Pest Management
Raising Brix to Beat the Bugs: an Organic Strategy for Grasshopper Control
North Dakota farmer Glendon Philbrick is working to increase Brix levels—the sugar content in plant sap—as a strategy for managing grasshoppers.
