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
Lindy Berg
Extension Agent
NDSU Extension
Bio
Lindy Berg is the agriculture and natural resources agent in Towner County for North Dakota State University Extension. Lindy is the National Chair of the Sustainable Agriculture Committee within the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA), and she is on the board of the Foundation for Agricultural and Rural Resources Management and Sustainability (FARRMS).
Jeff Gale
Extension Agent
NDSU Extension
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
Livestock Systems Specialist
North Dakota State Univerity CREC
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
$6.1
million
million
in funding since 1988
133 projects
funded since 1988
Recent Stories from North Dakota
Animal Production
North Dakota Farmers Lead the Way With Bale Grazing
In, North Dakota, siblings Erin and and Drew Gaugler are experimenting with bale grazing, or the practice of leaving hay bales in fields during the winter for livestock to graze.
