[Aqua-ohio] NCR-SARE 2022 Farmer Rancher Grant Call for Proposals

[Wright, Nicole]

Hi All,
See below for the call for proposals from North Central Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education for their Farmer Rancher Grant opportunity. Ideas initiated and submitted by producers can be funded up to $15,000, or groups of producers up to $30,000 and proposals are due by December 2, 2021. Feel free to reach out to Matt Smith with OSU Extension (smith.11460 at osu.edu<mailto:smith.11460 at osu.edu>) or I (Nicole Wright with Ohio Sea Grant, wright.1128 at osu.edu<mailto:wright.1128 at osu.edu>) to talk through ideas.

You can find grants that were previously funded, including aquaculture, here<https://projects.sare.org/search-projects/> and if you're not familiar with SARE check out their website<https://northcentral.sare.org/> generally to see the variety of resources they offer.

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NCR-SARE Announces 2022 Farmer Rancher Grant Call for Proposals

The 2022 North Central Region - Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (NCR-SARE) Farmer Rancher Grant Call for Proposals is now open.

Farmers and ranchers in the North Central region are invited to submit grant proposals to explore sustainable agriculture solutions to problems on the farm or ranch. Sustainable agriculture is good for the environment, profitable, and socially responsible. 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.

Farmer Rancher grants are for ideas initiated by farmers and ranchers and are offered as individual grants ($15,000 maximum) or team grants for two or more farmers/ranchers who are working together ($30,000 maximum). NCR-SARE expects to fund about 40 projects in the twelve-state North Central Region with this call. A total of approximately $720,000 is available for this program.

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 at https://northcentral.sare.org/grants/apply-for-a-grant/farmer-rancher-grant/. You can find more information about sustainable agriculture at http://www.sare.org/.

Proposals are due on December 2, 2021, at 4 p.m. CST.

Applicants with questions can contact Joan Benjamin, Associate Regional Coordinator and Farmer Rancher Grant Program Coordinator, at benjaminj at lincolnu.edu<mailto:benjaminj at lincolnu.edu> or 573-681-5545. Applicants should also contact Joan Benjamin if they need a hard copy or an email version of the call for proposals. We revise our calls for proposals each year, which means it is crucial to use the most recent call for proposals.

Each state in SARE's North Central region has one or more SARE State Coordinators who can provide information and assistance to potential grant applicants. Interested applicants can find their State Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator online at https://northcentral.sare.org/state-programs/state-coordinators/.



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With support from two NCR-SARE Farmer Rancher grants, siblings Erin and Drew Gaugler are exploring and documenting the impact of bale grazing on their North Dakota farm<https://northcentral.sare.org/news/bale-grazing-to-build-soil-health/>. Outreach activities like their "mailbox tour" are helping the siblings share their findings with neighboring producers.

"Folks in the local area have asked us several questions about what we are doing with the bales, and they wonder how it works," said Erin. "Drew and I have noticed that a handful of those same people have begun to implement bale grazing on their own operation."

The Gauglers were guests on the Soil Sense podcast, talking about their bale grazing project and experience with NCR-SARE. Listen here<https://anchor.fm/soilsense/episodes/Bale-Grazing-with-Erin-and-Drew-Gaugler-en7atc>.


[The Ohio State University]
Nicole Wright
Aquaculture Extension Educator and LEARN Coordinator
Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory School of Environment and Natural Resources
Area 100 Research Center, 1314 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212
wright.1128 at osu.edu<mailto:wright.1128 at osu.edu> / ohioseagrant.osu.edu<http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/>
Pronouns: she/her/hers

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