Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program

Missouri SARE

The USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program is a federal competitive grants program with regional leadership and decision making structures. Authorized by the 1985 Farm Bill, SARE was first funded in 1988. FY99 funding totals $11.4 million. SARE works to increase knowledge about and help farmers and ranches adopt sustainable practices that are profitable, environmentally sound, and beneficial to local communities and society in general. SARE provides funding for research, demonstration, education, and extension projects carried out by scientists, producers, educators, and private sector representatives.

Upcoming events

July 30

Growing Community Gardens Workshop
St Louis

Lincoln University Cooperative Extension (LUCE) in collaboration with MU Extension and the Gateway Greening of St. Louis will offer a one-day workshop at Lincoln University Urban Impact Center, 9041 Riverview Blvd., beginning at 9:30 a.m. The workshop will focus on organizing a community garden, growing garden crops sustainably, choosing native plants to attract pollinators and beneficial insects and composting garden wastes.

This workshop will feature lectures, hands-on demonstrations, as well as a community garden tour.

Although the target audience are the trainers/educators, all individuals interested in gardening are welcome to attend.

Registration is required; the fee is $5 per person to cover partial costs of a light lunch and drink. The number of participants will be limited to 30; therefore, please register early to reserve your place. For registration please contact either Kandice Goodman (goodmank@lincolnu.edu; 314-867-4915), or Vonna Kesel (keselv@lincolnu.edu; 573-681-5512) before July 27, 2008.

This workshop is sponsored by Missouri Sustainable Agriculture Program (NCR-SARE/PDP), implemented jointly by LUCE and MU Extension.

Agenda

Morning
Moderating, Sanjun Gu

9 a.m.
Registration
9:30 a.m.
Welcome
Patrice Dollar, Coordinator, Urban Impact Center of St. Louis, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension
9:35 a.m.
Introduction of SARE PDP
K.B. Paul, LUCE and Missouri NCR-SARE Co-Coordinator
9:50 a.m.
Technical highlights for community gardens I: site selection, soil preparation, and fresh vegetable production
Sanjun Gu, LUCE
10:35 a.m.
Soil Fertility and Management
Robert Perry, General Manager, Perry Agricultural Lab, Bowling Green, Mo.
11:20 to 11:30 a.m.
Break
11:30 a.m.
Technical highlights for community gardens II: pest management strategies
Sanjun Gu, LUCE
12:15 to 1 p.m.
Lunch and networking

Afternoon
(Moderating, Earnest Bradley)

1 p.m.
Composting your garden wastes
Hwei-Yiing Johnson, LUCE
1:45 p.m.
Native plants that attract pollinators and beneficial insects
Nadia Navarrete-Tindall, LUCE
2:30 p.m.
Improving communication and involvement at your community garden
Bill McKelvey, MU Extension
3:15 p.m.
Going to Bell Garden
3:35 p.m.
Introduction to Gateway Greening and Garden tour
Lauren Maul, Hannah Reinhart, and Mara Higdon from Gateway Greening; all workshop presenters and Bell Garden participants
4:35 p.m.
Evaluation
4:45 p.m.
Adjourn

Sept. 17 and 18

Community Gardening
Columbia

Sept 23 and 24

Small Ruminant Production, Carver Farm
Jefferson City

Oct 7 to 9

Pasture-based Dairy Production, Southwest Research Center
Mt. Vernon, Mo.

Updated 7/1/08

Extension publications

Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) publications

Other Web sites

SARE

Contact

Debi Kelly
University of Missouri
Missouri state sustainable agriculture co-coordinator
234 Agriculture Engineering Building
Columbia
Phone: 573-882-1905
kellyd@missouri.edu
K. B. Paul
Lincoln University
Missouri state sustainable agriculture co-coordinator
PO Box 29
Jefferson City
Phone: 573-681-5584
Fax: 573-681-5546
paulk@lincolnu.edu

North central

Missouri is part of the North Central SARE Region, which includes:

Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin