Farmer Grant Call for Proposals Open

Applications are due December, 9, 2025 by 5 p.m. EST

Additional Calls for Proposals Releasing

The Farmer Grant program is specifically for projects led by farmers. Northeast SARE will be calling for proposals for other grant programs in the coming months. Join our mailing list to stay up-to-date on future grant calls.

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Seva Water of Nutwood Farm is conducting a Farmer Grant project to look at perennial groundcovers in hazelnut.

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Call for 2026 Farmer Grant Proposals Now Open

Proposals due by 5 p.m. EST, Dec 9, 2025. The Northeast SARE Farmer Grant program provides funds to farmers to explore innovative concepts in sustainable agriculture conducted through experiments, surveys, prototypes, on-farm demonstrations or other research and education techniques.

OUR IMPACT

The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program is a regional competitive grants and education program operating in every U.S. state and territory.

$121
million
in funding since 1988*
2,790 projects
funded since 1988*
* These totals reflect available data; complete information may not be available for all grant programs prior to 2016.

Where We Work

Northeast SARE covers the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Vermont, and Washington, D.C.

The opportunity to serve on the Administrative Council for Northeast SARE over the past six years has been an educational and rewarding experience. I am proud that the work SARE supports is helping to create innovative, responsible, and sustainable opportunities within agriculture.

Zach Evans, Mountaire Farms, Inc. Northeast SARE Administrative Council member
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