Education & Training

Bringing Viable Pastured Poultry to the South

Type: Southern SARE From the Field Profile

Organizations are providing invaluable training and resources to help small-scale commercial poultry farmers establish profitable operations.

Building a Sustainable Business

A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses

Type: Book

Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses brings the business planning process alive to help today's alternative and sustainable agriculture entrepreneurs transform farm-grown inspiration into profitable enterprises.

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Course 2. Strategic Farm/Ranch Planning and Marketing

Type: Online Course/Curriculum

This course covers planning and business development, marketing opportunities and strategies for farm/ranch businesses, and managing the farm/ranch business for long-term success.

Experiential Curricula in Sustainable Agriculture Topics

Resources for Instructors

Type: Online Course/Curriculum

These in-depth training manuals, produced by the University of California Santa Cruz, help instructors conduct hands-on teaching in organic farming and gardening, direct marketing, and small-farm business planning.

How to Conduct Research on Your Farm or Ranch

Type: Bulletin

This 12-page bulletin outlines how to conduct research at the farm level, offering practical tips for both crop and livestock producers, as well as a comprehensive list of more in-depth resources.

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Meeting the Diverse Needs of Limited-Resource Producers

An Educator's Guide

Type: Bulletin

A 16-page bulletin intended to be a resource for agricultural educators, heads of community development and agricultural organizations, government agency staff and others who want to better connect with and improve the lives of farmers and ranchers who remain hard to reach.

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Organic Horticulture Training for the Southeast

Type: Southern SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product

An interactive website to assist ag professionals in developing and demonstrating successful organic education programs, teaching principles in organic agriculture.

SARE and Extension

Type: Southern SARE Bulletin

Southern SARE and Extension

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Southern SARE's Integrated Pest Management for Organic Crops Course

Type: Southern SARE Online Course

Course on how to incorporate principles and practices of sustainable agriculture in training for southern region ag professionals, with a focus on integrated pest management.

Thousands Trained in Renewable Energy and Efficiency

Type: Southern SARE From the Field Profile

Information shared during a three-day training for Extension professionals on renewable energy topics—including biofuels, energy efficiency, and wind and solar energy—has benefited thousands of farmers in the South.

What is Sustainable Agriculture?

Type: National SARE Promotional Product

This award-winning report provides a sampler of best practices in sustainable agriculture—from marketing and community vitality to cover crops and grazing—as well as eight profiles of producers, educators and researchers who have successfully implemented them.

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Why On-Farm Research?

Type: Southern SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product

For farmers, extension agents and researchers, this fact sheet describes the benefits to involving farmers in research and the steps to implementing successful on-farm research projects.