Partnership Grants for Agricultural Professionals

Posted by on September 24, 2004

*PARTNERSHIP GRANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL PROFESSIONALS

*The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program offers grants to Cooperative Extension, NRCS, and other agricultural professionals who work directly with farmers. The Partnership Grant program supports on-farm research and demonstration projects in sustainable agriculture, and grant funds can be used to pay for materials, sampling, supplies, labor, testing, and to compensate the cooperating farmers and professional staff for their time. The purpose of the Partnership Grant is to demonstrate and encourage the wider use of sustainable agriculture techniques and by supporting on-farm research partnerships among farmers, extension, NRCS, and other farming professionals. For more information visit
<a href="http://www.uvm.edu/~nesare/PARTinfo.html">http://www.uvm.edu/~nesare/PARTinfo.html</a>, or contact helen.husher@uvm.edu at 802-223-7923.