Texas Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
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Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE)

Since 1988, the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program has helped advance farming systems that are profitable, environmentally sound and good for communities through a nationwide research and education grants program. The program is part of USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, is managed in partnership with regional land grant hosts, and funds projects and conducts outreach designed to improve agricultural systems.

John Smith

To advance such knowledge nationwide, SARE administers a competitive grants program first funded by Congress in 1988. Grants are offered through four regions -- North Central, Northeast, South and West -- under the direction of councils that include farmers and ranchers along with representatives from universities, government, agribusiness and nonprofit organizations.

The diversity in membership of the regional administrative councils reflects SARE's commitment to serve the whole spectrum of the agricultural community. SARE's broad representation remains largely unique in federal grant funding for agriculture.

CONTACT:   John W. Smith, SARE Model State Program Assistant




Texas SARE is a partnership between Texas AgriLife Extension Service and Prairie View A&M University, and is advised by a committee including sustainable agricultural producers.


link to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension           link to Texas A&M Soil and Crop Sciences          link to Prarie View A&M College of Agriculture and Human Sciences


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