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In 2011, SARE reached the milestone of having funded more than 5,000 sustainable agriculture research and education projects, on farms and ranches large and small, from Florida to Alaska to Guam. This edition chronicles some of the program’s recent cream-of-the-crop grantees and their work.

An award-winning collection of 12 profiles illustrating how SARE-funded producers, researchers and educators are collaborating to advance sustainable innovations to the whole of American agriculture.

This special 20th anniversary edition chronicles 20 years of agricultural innovation–from SARE’s beginning in 1988 to present-day stories of farmers, ranchers, researchers and educators working across America to develop and implement sustainable marketing and production practices.

This edition includes profiles from around the country of livestock grazing systems, crop management, integrated pest management, organic farming, smart water use, community development, renewable energy production and innovative marketing.

This edition includes profiles from around the country of using rotations to improve crops, building soil health, community development, adding value, integrated pest management, organic farming, business planning and agroforestry.

This edition includes profiles from around the country of using cover crops in specialty crop production, season extension with high tunnels, livestock grazing systems, community development, manure management, crop improvement, organic farming and innovative marketing.

This edition includes profiles from around the country of integrated pest management, organic farming, livestock grazing systems, crop diversification, agroforestry, resource conservation, water quality improvement and farmer education.

This edition includes profiles from around the country of crop/livestock systems, innovative marketing strategies, integrated pest management, organic farming, local food systems and farmer education.

This edition includes profiles from around the country of water quality protection, integrated pest management, livestock grazing systems, innovative marketing strategies, crop diversification, organic farming, agroforestry and rangeland management.