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![A tweny dollar bill growing in the soil. [Source: IStock International, Inc.]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081204201140im_/http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_web/afsic/content_images/IStwentysoilthumb8070.jpg) | Applying for a SARE Grant?
USDA. NAL. Alternative Farming Systems Information Center.
SARE-grant applicants can locate contacts, grant-writing guides, and on-farm research information. |
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| Funding Opportunities
National Center for Appropriate Technology. ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.
A database of many types of funding programs and sources focused on sustainable and alternative agricultural practices and research. Browse the list or search by keyword. |
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| Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
USDA. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education.
Operates a competitive nationwide research and education grants program and conducts outreach to facilitate improved sustainable farming practices. Produces books, bulletins and other information products for farmers, ranchers and agricultural educators. |
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| CSREES Funding Opportunities
USDA. Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.
Provides information on available or anticipated competitive grants or cooperative agreements across agriculture. |
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| OFRF Grantmaking and Research
Organic Farming Research Foundation
Administers competitive grants program to fund on-farm organic research and dissemination of the research results. |
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| Federal Sustainable Agriculture Program Primer
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture.
Basic information about status, administration and use of a wide range of programs and policies related to sustainable agriculture, especially in reference to the 2002 Farm Bill. |
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| Grant Writing Resources
USDA. NAL. Rural Information Center.
A listing of guides, tutorials and other instructions for developing grant proposals and grant writing including the Rural Information Center's Guide to Funding Resources. Links to Federal Application Forms. |
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