Environment: Resources
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Funding Sources for Sustainable and Organic Agriculture
Prepared June 12, 2009 for the Illinois Horticulture Soc Field Day
Agrarianism and the Good Society
Eric T. Freyfogle Illuminates the intellectual origins of urban sprawl, dwindling wildlife habitats, over-engineered rivers, and degraded forests and grasslands.
Living with Wildlife Website
Living With Wildlife in Illinois (http://livingwithwildlife.extension.uiuc.edu) is focused on helping Illinois residents coexist with wildlife, especially in urban areas.
SARE
The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program is part of USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) and administers a competitive grants program. ASAP hosts the North Central Region’s sustainable agriculture coordinator, who is charged with actively promoting, educating, facilitating, and networking with audiences interested in receiving SARE grants (there are four grant programs: research and eduation, professional development, farmer/rancher, and graduate student). Information about each of the grant programs is distributed electronically and in print to Extension personnel, NGO’s, and various state and federal agencies.