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You are invited to join an evening webinar about the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) Farmer Rancher Grant Program on Tuesday, October 17th, 7-8:30pm CDT. 

This webinar will help guide you through the process of submitting a grant proposal to NCR-SARE's Farmer Rancher grant program. Join Joan Benjamin, NCR-SARE Farmer Rancher Grant Program Coordinator, and Miranda Duschack, Small Farm Specialist at Lincoln University Cooperative Extension, to learn how to write a strong proposal and project budget and where to get help.

To Join the Webinar
 
Join the NCR-SARE Farmer Rancher Grant Program WebEx webinar online (registration is not required) by 7pm on October 17th at:
https://umn.webex.com/umn/j.phpMTID=m2cfc6a942788af4260fc7513bff7a4c8

We will be using a telephone-based conference phone line for this meeting. 

Please use this toll-free dial-in number: 1-866-865-2157
Conference phone line code: 7581918946
Once you've connected to the conference line, please mute your phone.

We strongly recommend that you install the WebEx software and test your computer and browser prior to attending the webinar because there are plugins that may need to be installed on your computer. Do that here: https://www.webex.com/test-meeting.html

Technical Problems?

Contact Haley Myers at [log in to unmask] or 573-289-6277 prior to the meeting. Alternately, WebEx technical support is available 24 hours a day to assist with setup or connection issues at 1-866-229-3239 (U.S. and Canada, toll-free).

We do intend to record the webinar.

About the NCR-SARE Farmer Rancher Grant Program

NCR-SARE Farmer Rancher Grant Program proposals are due on December 7, 2017 at 4pm CST.

NCR-SARE’s Farmer Rancher Grant Program is a competitive grants program for farmers and ranchers who want to explore sustainable solutions to problems through on-farm research, demonstration, and education projects. Proposals should show how farmers and ranchers plan to use their own innovative ideas to explore sustainable agriculture options and how they will share project results. Sustainable agriculture is good for the environment, profitable, and socially responsible. 

There are three types of competitive grants: individual grants ($7,500 maximum), team of two grants for two farmers/ranchers from separate operations who are working together ($15,000 maximum), and group grants for three or more farmers/ranchers from separate operations who are working together ($22,500 maximum). NCR-SARE expects to fund about 40 projects in the twelve-state North Central region with this call. A total of approximately $459,000 is available for this program for 2018.

NCR-SARE will be accepting online submissions for the Farmer Rancher Grant Program. More information about the online submission system can be found in the call for proposals. Interested applicants can find the call for proposals online as well as useful information for completing a proposal. You can find more information about sustainable agriculture online as well.

Each state in SARE's North Central Region has one or more State Sustainable Agriculture Coordinators who can provide information and assistance to potential grant applicants. Interested applicants can find their State Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator online.

Questions about the webinar? Contact Miranda Duschack, Small Farm Specialist, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension,
[log in to unmask] or
314-604-3403. 

Questions about the NCR-SARE Farmer Rancher Program? Contact Joan Benjamin, NCR-SARE Farmer Rancher Grant Program Coordinator, 
[log in to unmask] or
573-681-5545.

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