2009 Report Summary
Wisconsin reported having 3 farmer/rancher writing workshops, one workshop presentation and an exhibit at a field day. Partners included UW Extension, Northeast Wisconsin Tech College, NRCS, 1 NGO, 3 UW specialty teams and the WI Association Ag Educators. There were 4 initiatives for 2009, which had participation from 58 extension educators, 86 NRCS, 21 Other University, 16 State/Federal/Tribal Agency, 2 NGO, and 20 other including vo ag teachers. Outcomes were reported for 6 activities with educators answering 23 client questions, 1 individual consultation, 31 developed new contacts, 31 incorporated into programming, 8 delivered new programming, 6 used in newsletters or other media and 10 other including developed test plots, and added resource. One mini-grant ($1,564) and 39 travel scholarships ($11,225) were awarded to educators.
2010 Plan of Work Summary
The State Coordinator will meet with new ANR Extension agents, so outreach and promotion of SARE grant programs, have farmer/rancher grant writing workshops and have the Wisconsin SARE display at conferences and events. Wisconsin will have 4 initiatives in 2010: (1) Scaling Up Local Good Food Systems regional training, (2) Cover Crops, (3) Extending Sustainable Ag Knowledge and Practice, and (4) Energy and Sustainable Agriculture. Wisconsin is coordinating and hosting the Scaling Up Local Food regional training in September 2010. They are requesting $48,000 over the state coordinator budget to pay for expenses related to the training. All the other state programs are requesting $4,000 less so NCR PDP is able to budget for the training. Wisconsin will have webinars, and workshops related to their initiatives. They will also make funds available for 3 or more $1,000 mini-grants ($3,000) and $10,400 for travel scholarships.
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Wisconsin State Coordinator, Diane Mayerfeld
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ctr for Integrated Ag Systems
1535 Observatory Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608.262.8188
Fax: 608.265.3020
Email: dbmayerfeld@wisc.edu |
Diane Mayerfeld coordinates sustainable agriculture professional development opportunities and works on sustainable agriculture curriculum development for high school students. Diane has worked on sustainable agriculture issues since 1996, first in Iowa and for the last 5 years in Wisconsin. Before that she worked on natural area preservation and groundwater protection policy. She has a master's degree in Forestry.
SARE Grants in Wisconsin
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. See below for a grant portfolio summary and detailed grants list for Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Competitive Grant Portfolio Summary (pdf)
The portfolio summary for each state includes one project highlight, a breakdown of funding by SARE project type, and the total funding for the state since 1988. This is a colorful 2-pager in PDF format that can be printed and distributed.
Competitive Grants List (pdf)
The grants list describes each grant in the state by title, project leader and funding level.
For further information about any grant in the list, go to http://www.sare.org/projects/ and search by the project number or title.
Wisconsin Agencies, Organizations, and Programs
Churches Center for Land and People
http://www.op.org/cclp/default.htm
Cooperative Development Services
http://www.cdsus.coop/
Grassworks, Inc.
http://www.grassworks.org/
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
http://www.michaelfieldsaginst.org/
Midwest
Organic and Sustainable Education Service
http://www.mosesorganic.org
Natural Resources Conservation Service
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
Organic Valley
http://www.organicvalley.coop/
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer
Protection
http://datcp.state.wi.us/index.jsp
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/
Wisconsin Natural Food Associates
http://www.wisconsinnaturalfoods.org/
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Agricultural
and Natural Resources Extension
www.uwex.edu/ces/ag/
Babcock
Institute for International Dairy Research
babcock.cals.wisc.edu/
Center for Cooperatives
www.wisc.edu/uwcc/
Center for
Dairy Profitability
cdp.wisc.edu/
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
www.cias.wisc.edu
College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences
www.cals.wisc.edu/
Department of Agronomy
agronomy.wisc.edu/
Department of Soil Science
www.soils.wisc.edu/soils/index.htm
FH King Students of Sustainable Agriculture
fhking.rso.wisc.edu
Integrated Pest Management
Program
ipcm.wisc.edu/
Land Tenure
Center
www.ies.wisc.edu/ltc/
Program on Agricultural
Technology Studies
www.pats.wisc.edu
Steenbock Memorial Library
steenbock.library.wisc.edu/
UW-Extension
Emerging Agricultural Markets Team
www.uwex.edu/ces/agmarkets/
University of
Wisconsin-Extension
www.uwex.edu/
University
of Wisconsin - River Falls
www.uwrf.edu/college-of-agriculture/
Wisconsin Center for Dairy
Research
www.cdr.wisc.edu/
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