Thirty-two projects taking place in the Northeast region will receive a total $779,758 in funding through the 2024 Northeast SARE Farmer Grant program. SARE's Project Database is publicly accessible, which means you can follow along with these sustainable agriculture projects taking place in your community.
Connecticut
FNE24-085 - Nutrient Replacement Strategies for Hydroponics
William and Nathaniel Heiden, Levo International, Inc. - $29,084
FNE24-099 - Flail Mowing as a Viable No-till Method of Transitioning from Overwintered Cover Crops to Summer Planted Cucurbits
Janna Siller, Adamah - $7,500
Maine
FNE24-074 - Testing a Novel Zip-line/Curtain Netting Exclusion System for Protection of Perennial Berries from Birds/Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD)
Anson Biller, Full Fork Farm - $29,922
FNE24-082 - Co-Culture of Green Sea Urchins and American Oysters
Lauren Gray, Cranberry Oysters - $27,000
FNE24-083 - A Closer Look to Guide Farm Use of Tree/Shrub Silages: Per-Species & Ensilement Analyses for Safe, Nutritious Rationing, plus Replicable Trial Results
Shana Hanson, 3 Streams Farm - $29,725
FNE24-093 - Innovative Incorporation of Green Sea Urchins on Seaweed Farms: Optimizing Uni Yields and Flavor Profiles for Harvest and Sale
Sarah Redmond, Springtide Seaweed, LLC - $30,000
Maryland
FNE24-090 - Maryland Land Ownership: Oral Histories Project
Nia Nyamweya, Beauty Blooms LLC - $18,700
FNE24-104 - Using a High Tunnel to Increase Fig Tree Yield in Maryland and Conserving Local Fig Germplasm
Miaochan Zhi, Cuimei Xu, Thousand Springs Orchard $29,945
Massachusetts
FNE24-077 - Forest Mushroom Production On Ready-to-Fruit Blocks
Willie Crosby, Fungi Ally - $29,288
FNE24-078 - Harmony in the Soil: Uncovering Principles for the Design of Self-Sustaining Beneficial Agricultural Ecosystems
Lisa Evans, We Grow Microgreens, LLC - $29,727
FNE24-079 - Empowering Youth to Cultivate Sustainable Small-Scale Farms in Low-Income Housing Developments
Rachel French, Open Farms Retreat - $29,801
FNE24-094 - Is Wintering Locally Adapted Queen Bees in Bulk in Climate Controlled Storage a Viable Climate Change Adaptation for Northeast Beekeepers?
Angela Roell, They Keep Bees (Formerly Yard Birds Farm & Apiary) - $30,000
FNE24-097 - Determining Optimal Tumbling Schedule to Shape Petite Oysters in Highly Productive Waters and Access New Markets
Noah Scheffer, Little Minnow Oyster Company - $29,865
New Hampshire
FNE24-075 - Winter-Kill Cover-Cropping for Erosion Control in Mechanically-Cultivated Organic Garlic
Max Blindow, Benedikt Dairy - $6,218
New Jersey
FNE24-072 - Combating Extreme Climate Events in High Tunnel Raspberry Production While Analyzing Methods for Organic Weed Control
Rebekah Alstede Modery, Alstede Farms LLC - $30,000
FNE24-087 - Evaluating Local Cut Flowers for the December Holidays: Horticultural Best Practices, Marketability, and Profitability
Rebecca Kutzer-Rice, Moonshot Farm, LLC $29,825
FNE24-091 - Potential Influence of Phytoplankton Communities on the Growth of Farmed M. mercenaria in Southern New Jersey: A Pilot Study
Dale Parsons, Colleen Ebert, Parsons Seafood and Mariculture - $24,759
FNE24-092 - Farming To Improve Health, Increase Education and Promote Food Access Among Underserved Farmers, Students, and Adults Near Food Desert, Camden, NJ.
Cyara Phillips, Muhammad Khan, Tuba Farm Foundation - $15,011
FNE24-096 - Ginger Production in the Northeast: Increasing Profitability and Success with Intercropping in Variable Growing Environments
Alex Sawatzky, Rutgers University - $20,907
New York
FNE24-071 - The Economic & Soil Health Implications of Transitioning to No-Till on an Organic Mixed Vegetable Farm
Carlos Aguilera, West Haven Farm - $29,751
FNE24-081 - Grain and Vegetable Production in a Rotationally-Grazed, Pasture-Dominant Ley System: Implications for Soil Health, Soil Microbiome, and Forage
Elijah Goodwin, Stone Barns Center - $30,000
FNE24-098 - Assessing Health, Efficiency and Profitability of Growing and Finishing Beef x Dairy Cattle on a New York Feedlot/Farm
Jason Schenck, Minturn Farms - $24,176
FNE24-100 - Sorghum and Soil Health: Evaluating a Climate-Smart Crop and a Field Monitoring Tool Kit by a Small Farm Network in the Hudson Valley
Brooke Singer, White Feather Farm - $29,998
FNE24-102 - Improving Apis mellifera Breeding Quality by Swarm Impulse Manipulation
Shelley Stuart, HoneyApple Hill - $8,468
Pennsylvania
FNE24-073 - Building a Resilient Local Fiber Flax Seed Source to Support Pennsylvania's Re-Emerging Flax to Linen Industry
Emma de Long, Heidi Barr, Kneehigh Farm - $28,994
FNE24-080 - Climate-Smart Agriculture and Cold Storage Practices: Exploring Sustainable Solutions for Honey Bee Conservation
Mark Gingrich, Gingrich Apiaries, LLC - $29,475
FNE24-084 - Evaluating the Efficacy of Contour-Based Silvopasture Plantings with Grassed Terraces for Water Retention
Dylan Heagy, Still Wagon Farm - $19,275
FNE24-101 - Could the Addition of Bleach to Sugar Syrup for the Prevention of Black Mold be Remunerative for Beekeepers in the Northeast U.S.?
Adam Strickland, Strickland Honey Farms LLC - $5,838
Rhode Island
FNE24-095 - Effect of Row Spacing on Garlic Yield, Quality and Net Returns
Aaron Rome, Rome Specialties, Inc. (DBA: "Saunderstown Garlic Farm") - $7,559
Vermont
FNE24-086 - Inoculated Deep Litter System for Cold Climates
Richard Klein, Klein Family LLC - $29,010
FNE24-089 - Selective Harvesting of Male and Female Fiber Hemp Plants and Water Retting Experiments for the Production of High-Quality, Long-Line Hemp Bast Fiber
Andrea Myklebust, Mountain Heart Farm - $29,938
West Virginia
FNE24-103 - Reeling for Results: Biochar & Fish Hydrolysate Netting Crop Growth
Christian Williams, West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition - $29,999