www.sare.org resources managing-soil-health-with-cover-crops-beyond-the-basics Managing Soil Health With Cover Crops: Beyond the Basics In this session, leading experts dive deep into the soil-related benefits of cover crops. Ray Weil (University of Maryland) discusses the physical benefits, including improved water infiltration and aggregate stability,...
www.sare.org resources cover-crop-field-tour-recap-and-debrief Cover Crop Field Tour Recap and Debrief Attendees of the Cover Crops for Soil Health workshop have a short discussion reflecting on their tour of the long-term farming systems research project at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research...
www.sare.org resources farmer-panel-on-cover-crops Farmer Panel on Cover Crops In this panel, farmers Skip Paul (Rhode Island), Jeff Frey (Pennsylvania) and Perry Lilley (Maine) share their experiences with cover crops, including their motivation for using them, successes and challenges,...
www.sare.org resources cover-crop-innovators-video-series Cover Crop Innovators Video Series Explore videos of farmers around the country who are using cover crops on their land. You can watch our entire Cover Crop Innovator series on our YouTube channel. To find...
www.sare.org resources systems-research-for-agriculture Systems Research for Agriculture Farmers today face a complicated host of environmental, social and economic pressures: protecting water and air resources, mitigating greenhouse gases, conserving biodiversity and limiting soil erosion, all while trying to...
www.sare.org resources investing-in-the-next-generation-of-agricultural-scientists Investing in the Next Generation of Agricultural Scientists The challenges that farmers and ranchers face today are growing more and more complex, and the cornerstone of the SARE program is the idea that sustainable solutions to these challenges...
www.sare.org resources cover-crops-for-soil-health-workshop Cover Crops for Soil Health Workshop This three-day professional development workshop, hosted by Northeast SARE and Delaware State University in March 2016, addressed the latest research on the benefits and successful management of cover crops in...
northcentral.sare.org resources towards-a-sustainable-agriculture-a-curriculum-for-high-school-classes Toward a Sustainable Agriculture: A Curriculum for High School Classes Toward a Sustainable Agriculture is a high school curriculum developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. This free high-school curriculum addresses agriculture's social, environmental, and economic...
northcentral.sare.org resources internship-curriculum-for-food-farmers Internship Curriculum for Food Farmers With the help of an NCR-SARE Farmer Rancher Grant, three farmers worked with interns to develop 26 educational power point modules as part of a comprehensive intern educational program. Their...
northcentral.sare.org resources sustainable-agriculture-learning-modules-for-high-school-agriculture Sustainable Agriculture Learning Modules for High School Agriculture Established with the aid of a NCR-SARE Professional Development grant, these Sustainable Agriculture Learning Modules from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln were created to offer insight into what sustainability within agriculture actually looks...