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Western SARE Newsletter Archives

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Special Issue: Strengthening Agriculture's Infrastructure conference report

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

Western SARE has published a full report from our Strengthening Agriculture's Infrastructure conference. The report provides an overview of the sold-out conference, the impacts of the event, and summaries from each keynote presentation, plenary and break-out session.

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Simply Sustainable - January 2013

Winter 2012 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Keynote presentations at Infrastructure Conference
  • Funded Grad Student projects
  • Project Highlight: Regional Distribution Success
  • No-till and Cover Crops Workshop
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Simply Sustainable - October 2012 Newsletter

Fall 2012 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Water: The Foundation of Agricultural Sustainability
  • Low-Water Use Crops
  • Building Healthy Regional Food Systems
  • Strengthening Agriculture's Infrastructure conference agenda
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Summer 2012 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Keynote Speakers: Strengthening Agriculture's Infrastructure conference
  • Livestock Mortality Composting
  • 2012 Funded Projects
  • SARE Fellows Program Meets in the West
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Spring 2012 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Opportunities in Agritourism
  • Reservation Farmers Market
  • News from Administrative Council Meeting
  • Update on Agriculture Infrastructure Conference
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Winter 2011 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

  • Successful Farmstay Website
  • Camelina's Potential in the High Plains
  • Upcoming Western SARE Conferences
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Fall 2011 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

  • Teaching Cattle to Eat Sagebrush
  • Funded Graduate Student Projects
  • Sustainable Ag Activities in Hawaii
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Summer 2011 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

  • Pollinator Conservation
  • Livestock Research
  • Projects Funded
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Spring 2011 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

  • Opportunities for Sustainable Agriculture
  • Growing Year-Round in New Mexico
  • Food Systems Conference
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Simply Sustainable Winter 2010

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

  • Connecting Youth with Sustainable Agriculture
  • Predicting Straw Yield on the Go
  • Effective Systems Research
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Simply Sustainable Fall 2010

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

  • PDP Coordinators Visit Logan Utah Projects
  • AC Members and Staff Learn from California Producers
  • Recommendations from Subregional Conferences Discussed at AC Meeting
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Simply Sustainable Summer 2010

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

  • SARE Fellows Learn from Producers
  • Alaska Project Profile
  • Low-till Forage Production Profile
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Simply Sustainable Spring 2010

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

  • Final Subregional Conference Held in Alaska
  • California Subregional Projects Funded
  • 2010 Funded Grants Announced 
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Simply Sustainable Winter 2009

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

  • California Subregional Conference
  • Listing of California Priorities
  • Project Profile: 4-H
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Simply Sustainable Fall 2009

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

  • Key Issues Face Western SARE
  • Organic Potato Production
  • Positive Impacts from PDP Grants
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Simply Sustainable Summer 2009

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

  • Grants Target Local Priorities
  • R&E Survey Results
  • Project Profile: BEHAVE
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Simply Sustainable Spring 2009

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

  • Funded Grants
  • Mountain/High Plains Subregional Conference
  • Pacific Northwest Subregional Conference
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Simply Sustainable Winter 2008

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

  • Hawaii Subregional Conference
  • Southwest Subregional Conference
  • Ag Standards Committee
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Fall 2008 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

Participants in subregional conferences ponder "six burning questions"

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Spring 2008 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

AC approves $2.48 million in grants

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Winter 2007 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

First subregional conference held in Guam

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Fall 2007 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

AC doubles amount for producer grants and professional + producer grants

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Summer 2007 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

News on funded grants

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Spring 2007 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

SARE to fund subregional conferences

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Winter 2006 Simply Sustainable

Type: Western SARE Newsletter

First issue of Western SARE's newsletter

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2014 Calls for Proposals

Western SARE's 2014 Calls for Proposals (CFP) have been posted and can be downloaded. Research and Education, Farmer/Rancher, Professional + Producer, Professional Development Program, Graduate Student. Please follow all directions carefully.

 

Ag Infrastructure Conference Report Released

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Western SARE has published a 28 page report from our Strengthening Agriculture's Infrastructure conference. The report provides an overview of the sold-out conference, the impacts of the event, and summaries from each keynote presentation, plenary and break-out session.

 

Conference Proceedings

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Strengthening Agriculture’s Infrastructure: Adding Value, Breaking Down Barriers, Increasing Profits
Educational and partnership-building conference with Fred Kirschenmann, Ken Meter, Theresa Marquez and others.

VIEW POSTINGS OF PRESENTATIONS, VIDEO, AUDIO AND OTHER MATERIALS.

December 3 – 5, 2012, Portland Oregon

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