AGRICULTURE PROJECTS FUNDED IN
NEW YORK
by USDA's
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program
1988-2025
NEW YORK
by USDA's
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program
1988-2025
New York has been awarded $27,204,949 grants to support 648 projects, including but not limited to, 106 research and/or education projects, 51 professional development projects and 262 producer-led projects. New York has also received additional SARE support through multi-state projects.
Some grant programs may have been started or ended, or both, within the selected date range. Complete information may not be available for all grant programs prior to 2016.
| RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project # | Project Title | SARE support | Project Leaders | |
| LNE25-486 | Managing the Invasive Swede Midge on Organic and Urban Farms | $249,391 | Dr.Elisabeth Hodgdon Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| LNE23-470 | Elevating Weed Seedbank Management with Tailored Recommendations and New Tactics | $249,977 | Dr.Bryan Brown Cornell University | |
| LNE23-466 | Building Community Capacity to Increase Agroforestry Tree Planting through Participatory Listening Sessions, Training, and Peer-to-Peer Networks | $248,180 | Steve and Elizabeth Gabriel Wellspring Forest Farm LLC | |
| LNE22-446 | Increasing Capacity to Produce High-Quality, Regionally Adapted Seed to Enhance Northeast Biosecurity and Diversify Markets for Vegetable Growers | $149,749 | Crystal Stewart-Courtens Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| LNE22-435 | Optimizing the Economic Return of Pasture-Raised Slow-growth and Conventional Broilers | $175,000 | Amy Barkley Cornell University | |
| LNE22-444 | Regenerative Organic Dry Bean Production in the Northeast | $250,000 | Dr.Matthew Ryan Cornell University | |
| LNE22-440 | Immigrant Urban Farmer’s Project | $249,999 | Claire King International Rescue Committee | |
| LNE21-415 | Building and Strengthening Social and Economic Sustainability Among New York State Black Farmers | $247,998 | Allison DeHonney Buffalo Go Green Inc. | |
| LNE21-421 | Sustainable Pest Management for New York Urban Farmers | $136,585 | Judson Reid Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| LNE20-396 | Grain Storage Management Education for the Hudson Valley | $34,258 | Aaron Gabriel Cornell Cooperative Extension-Albany County | |
| LNE19-382 | Tarping to Advance Reduced Tillage Systems on Small-Scale Vegetable Farms | $199,962 | Dr.Anusuya Rangarajan Cornell University | |
| LNE19-383 | Biological Control of Corn Rootworm in Conventional and Organic Corn Production | $199,199 | Elson Shields Cornell University | |
| LNE19-372 | Identification and Remediation of Compaction on Northeast Pasture Soils | $95,906 | A.Fay Benson Cornell Co-op Extension | |
| LNE17-360 | Under Vine Cover Crops to Reduce Herbicide Use and Management Costs in New York State Vineyards | $87,983 | Dr.Justine Vanden Heuvel Cornell University | |
| LNE17-357 | Farmer-generated training and equipment solutions for producing and processing value-added grains | $76,019 | Elizabeth Dyck Organic Growers' Research and Information-Sharing Network | |
| LNE16-345 | Supporting the grass-fed milk market in the Northeast with education and benchmarks | $106,233 | A.Fay Benson Cornell Co-op Extension | |
| LNE16-351 | Developing perennial grain cropping systems and market opportunities in the Northeast | $184,998 | Dr.Matthew Ryan Cornell University | |
| LNE16-353 | Improving profitability of garlic production through understanding and management of Fusarium diseases | $128,200 | Crystal Stewart-Courtens Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| LNE14-332 | Winter triticale or rye as a double crop to protect the environment and increase yield | $143,822 | Dr.Quirine Ketterings Cornell University | |
| LNE14-335 | Integrated Phytophthora blight management in vegetable crops with enhanced soil health from cover crops, reduced tillage, and brassica biofumigation | $156,119 | Christian Malsatzki Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County | |
| LNE13-327 | Copper oxide wire particles to control H. contortus on sheep and goat farms with a range of grazing practices | $46,552 | Dr.Michael Thonney Cornell University | |
| LNE13-328 | New technologies for improving sustainability of corn N management | $219,972 | Aaron Ristow American Farmland Trust | |
| LNE12-318 | Farm-based selection and seed production of varieties of bread wheat, spelt, emmer, and einkorn adapted to organic systems in the Northeast | $196,743 | Dr.Mark Sorrells Cornell University | |
| LNE12-319 | Development of disease management, fertility, and weed control best practices for northeast garlic production | $50,853 | Crystal Stewart-Courtens Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| LNE12-322 | Innovative undertrellis management for vineyards | $146,243 | Alice Wise Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County | |
| LNE11-307 | Potassium and sulfur management of alfalfa; Farmer-driven testing of management methods | $119,984 | Dr.Quirine Ketterings Cornell University | |
| LNE11-308 | Precision feed management for improved profitability and environmental stewardship in Yates County NY | $69,672 | Dr.Gerald Bertoldo Cornell University Extension | |
| LNE10-292 | Improving the yield and quality of sweet potatoes grown in New York | $32,666 | Charles Bornt Cornell Cooperative Extension Capital District Vegetable & Small Fruit Program | |
| LNE10-296 | Identification, assessment and management of soil-borne plant pathogens in vegetable production systems in the Northeast | $124,851 | Beth Gugino The Pennsylvania State University | |
| LNE10-298 | Cultivation of shiitake mushrooms as an agroforestry crop for New England | $116,706 | Dr.Kenneth Mudge Cornell University Bridgett Jamison University of Vermont | |
| LNE10-301 | Reducing climatic and disease risks through minimum tillage systems for vegetables | $179,000 | Dr.Anusuya Rangarajan Cornell University | |
| LNE10-302 | Sustainable pest management in high tunnel winter greens production | $79,668 | Judson Reid Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| LNE10-304 | Identifying helpful management practices to reduce labor, expenses, and stress during lambing and kidding | $35,839 | Dr.tatiana Stanton Cornell University Dept. of Anim. Sci. Dr.Michael Thonney Cornell University | |
| LNE09-289 | Using canopy management to reduce fungicide use and improve fruit composition in white wine grapes | $178,311 | Dr.Justine Vanden Heuvel Cornell University | |
| LNE09-290 | Extension on demand for new livestock producers in Sullivan County | $51,164 | Daniel Shockey Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County Patricia Westenbroek Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County | |
| LNE08-271 | Use of Whole Farm Analysis to Reduce Nutrient Losses, Improve Nutrient Cycling, Carbon Status and Energy Use on Small Dairies in New York State | $157,822 | Patricia Ristow Cornell University Dr.Quirine Ketterings Cornell University | |
| LNE08-272 | Increasing quality, diversity and seed availability of potato varieties for small-scale farms | $176,434 | Michael Glos Cornell University Elizabeth Dyck Organic Growers' Research and Information-Sharing Network Dr.Keith Perry Cornell University | |
| LNE07-252 | Learning from farmer innovation in nitrogen fixation for improved nutrient management on organic farms | $99,108 | Julie Grossman Cornell University Laurie Drinkwater Cornell University | |
| LNE07-262 | Natural pest management in New York high tunnel and greenhouse vegetables | $108,905 | Judson Reid Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| LNE07-263 | Developing farmers' skills and confidence in the use of Trichogramma ostriniae for European corn borer control in sweet corn, peppers and potatoes | $162,372 | Abby Seaman NYS IPM Program - Cornell | |
| LNE06-235 | Soil health assessment for sustainable land use and profitable crop production in the Northeastern USA | $249,203 | George Abawi Cornell University, NYSAES | |
| LNE06-245 | Optimizing reduced tillage for root, leafy, and organic vegetables grown in the Northeast | $164,628 | Dr.Anusuya Rangarajan Cornell University | |
| LNE06-246 | Increasing maple producer sales and incomes with quality value-added products | $63,800 | Peter Smallidge Cornell University Stephen Childs Cornell University | |
| LNE05-214 | Reestablishing the use of buckwheat as a precise weed control tool | $103,235 | Dr.Thomas Bjorkman Cornell University | |
| LNE05-215 | Alternative continuous cover forages II | $37,936 | Paul Cerosaletti Cornell University Cooperative Extension | |
| LNE05-230 | Increasing viability of meat goat farms | $49,284 | Dr.Michael Thonney Cornell University | |
| LNE05-231 | Increased profits for sustainably produced garlic | $65,000 | Dr.Gayle Volk USDA-ARS-NCGRP Gayle Volk USDA-ARS-NCGRP | |
| LNE04-204 | Collaborative Breeding for and in Organic Systems | $187,688 | Molly Jahn Cornell University | |
| LNE03-175 | Soil Health Assessment, Management, and Training: Vegetable Production Systems | $209,841 | George Abawi Cornell University, NYSAES | |
| LNE03-182 | Determining the commercial viability of an exclusionary production system using disease-resistant columnar apple and sweet cherry cultivars | $137,169 | Peter Jentsch Poma Tech Inc. | |
| LNE03-189 | Optimizing reduced tillage systems for vegetables grown in the upper Northeast | $150,000 | Dr.Anusuya Rangarajan Cornell University | |
| LNE03-194 | Beach plum: A new crop for new markets | $75,000 | Dr.Thomas Whitlow Cornell University | |
| LS03-184 | A Fresh Look at Systems Research: Developing a Contemporary SSARE Systems Research Handbook | $50,000 | Laurie Drinkwater Cornell University | |
| LNE02-155 | Portable Cheese Making Training Module | $79,000 | Rick Bishop Sullivan County Division of Planning | |
| LNE02-156 | Local Food System Development - Distribution | $32,650 | Marcie Gardner Community Agriculture of Columbia County | |
| LNE02-162 | Sustainable Development of Ribes, Aronia - Elderberry as Commerical Crops in the Northeast | $164,882 | Steven McKay Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia County | |
| LNE02-168 | Compensated Recovery of Surplus Produce from Local Farms by Food Banks | $100,000 | Terry Spittler Cornell University | |
| LNE02-170 | Finger Lakes Grazing Advocacy Program | $128,910 | Richard Winnett USDA NRCS | |
| LNE02-171 | Evaluating the Potential of Open-Pollinated Field Corn for Growers in the Northeast | $119,466 | Margaret Smith Dept. Plant Breeding & Genetics, Cornell Univ. | |
| LNE02-172 | Regional Development of Small-Scale Food Processors | $31,134 | Alison Clarke NYSSFPA | |
| LNE02-173 | Reducing Phosphorus Fertilizer Inputs for Field Corn Production | $118,485 | Dr.Quirine Ketterings Cornell University | |
| LNE01-147 | Establishing Cover Crops at Time of Corn Planting: Determining Soil - Water Quality Benefits | $94,790 | Paul Salon USDA-NRCS | |
| LNE01-148 | Enhancing Meat Goat Production through Controlled Woodland Browsing | $120,060 | Peter Smallidge Cornell University | |
| LNE01-151 | Vermont Dairy Farm Sustainability Project, Inc. | $96,800 | Greg Weber Bill Jokela University of Vermont | |
| LNE01-153 | Beach Plum: Small Farm Sustainability through Crop Diversification - Value-Added Products | $142,910 | Dr.Thomas Whitlow Cornell University | |
| LNE01-154 | Farm Ecosystem - Management Factors Contributing to Pest Suppression on Organic - Conventional Farms-phase II | $110,517 | Abby Seaman NYS IPM Program - Cornell | |
| LNE00-130 | Integrating Natural Products - Genetic Resources for Control of Varroa Jacobsoni, a Parasitic Mite of the Honey Bee | $82,412 | Nicholas Calderone Cornell University | |
| LNE00-133 | Core Values Northeast; An Eco-Label Grows, Project Evaluation and Expansion | $40,000 | Betsy Lydon Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet | |
| LNE99-115 | Retention of High Levels of Crop Residue on Soil Surface During Tillage | $98,518 | Dr.Charles Mohler Cornell University | |
| LNE99-116 | Farm Ecosystem & Management Factors Contributing to Pest Suppression on Organic - Conventional Vegetable Farms | $221,034 | Abby Seaman NYS IPM Program - Cornell | |
| LNE99-117 | Closing the Phosphorus Cycle on Vegetable Farms: Releasing Soil-Bound Phosphorus to Support Springtime Seedling Growth | $54,148 | Dr.Thomas Bjorkman Cornell University | |
| LNE99-120 | Small-Scale Food Processing Association | $58,942 | Alison Clarke NYSSFPA | |
| LNE99-121 | Whole-farm Entrepreneurship: Farmer to Farmer Education for Vegetable - Livestock Producers | $19,625 | Tracy Frisch Regional Farm & Food Project | |
| LNE99-125 | Composting as a Component of Sustainable Agriculture: Developing - Delivering Composting Information at a Critical Time | $84,513 | Ellen Harrison Cornell Waste Management Institute | |
| LNE99-126 | Comprehensive Nutrient Management on Small Farms: Determining Obstacles &- Implications for Extension Education Activities | $18,243 | Dr.Quirine Ketterings Cornell University | |
| LNE99-127 | Evaluating CORE Values Northeast: Determining the Environmental, Economic and Social Benefits of an IPM Apple Consumer Education and Market Development Project | $25,000 | Francine Stephens Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet | |
| LNE98-098 | Adaptive Nitrogen Management in Orchards: Developing Soil - Ground Cover Management Systems that Optimize Nitrogen Uptake, Retention - Recycling | $153,505 | Ian Merwin Cornell University | |
| LNE98-101 | CORE Values Northeast: A Northeast IPM-Apple Consumer Education &- Marketing Development Project | $45,000 | Wendy Gordon Mothers and Others | |
| LNE98-102 | Sustainable Integrated Management of Weeds - Diseases in Cabbage Cropping Systems | $140,000 | Helene Dillard Cornell University | |
| LNE98-110 | Development of a Knowledge Base for Site-Specific Application of Crop Nutrients | $109,968 | Harold Van Es Cornell University, Dept of Soils and Crops | |
| LNE97-080 | A Strawberry IPM Systems Comparison Demonstration | $116,586 | Gregory Loeb Cornell University | |
| LNE97-088 | CORE VALUES Northeast: A Northeast IPM - Apple Consumer Education and Market Development Project | $20,000 | Betsy Lydon Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet | |
| LNE97-089 | Farmer-Centered, Value-Added Processing and Marketing Opportunities for Northeast Dairy Farmers: A Participatory Research and Development Project | $53,000 | Tracy Frisch Regional Farm & Food Project | |
| LNE97-091 | Demonstration of Narrow Row Corn Production in New York | $70,346 | William J. Cox Cornell University | |
| LNE97-094 | Ethnic Markets and Sustainable Agriculture | $99,961 | Kathy Lawrence Just Food, NYC Sustainable Food System Alliance | |
| LNE97-096 | Eastern Gamagrass Determining its Feasibility as a Forage Crop for the Northeast | $108,252 | Paul Salon USDA-NRCS | |
| LNE96-067 | Demonstrations of Sustainable Vegetable Pest - Crop Management: Fresh Market Sweet Corn | $164,356 | Curt Petzoldt NYS/CU IPM | |
| LNE95-029 | Gray Mold Control in Commercial Tomato Greenhouse Production Systems Using a Registered Biological Pesticide | $31,601 | Helene Dillard Cornell University | |
| LNE95-060 | Commercial Small-Scale Food Processing in New York: Value-Adding For Sustainable Agriculture | $63,881 | Gilbert Gillespie Cornell Univ., Dept of Rural Sociology, Farming Alt. Program | |
| ANE95-022 | Developing Sustainable Management Tactics for Cucumber Beetles in Cucurbits | $135,832 | Michael Hoffman Cornell University | |
| LNE94-040 | Integrating New Cultivation Technology and Photocontrol of Weeds to Reduce Herbicide Use in Vegetables | $91,546 | Robin R. Bellinder Cornell University, Dept. of Fruit and Vegetable Science | |
| LNE94-042 | Optimizing Use of Grass on Dairy Farms for Environmental/Economic Sustainability | $118,024 | Jerome H. Cherney Dept of Soil, Crop, and Atmospheric Science, Cornell University | |
| LNE94-043 | Promoting Agricultural Sustainability through the Use of Rhizosphere-Competent Fungi as an Alternative to Soil Fungicide | $123,801 | Dr.Thomas Bjorkman Cornell University | |
| LNE94-044 | Management Strategies for Improved Soil Quality with Emphasis on Soil Compaction | $130,000 | David W. Wolfe Cornell University, Dept of Fruit & Vegetable Science | |
| LNE94-045 | Increasing the Sustainability of Dairy Farms by Improving Persistence of White Clover in Pastures | $12,584 | Gary Fick Department of Soil, Crop and Atmospheric Science, Cornell University | |
| LNE94-051 | Development of Sustainable Cropping Systems for New York Cash Crop Producers | $100,789 | William J. Cox Cornell University | |
| LNE93-034 | An Integrated Extension/Research Program for Replacing Herbicides with Mechanical Cultivation in New York State | $103,235 | Jane Mt. Pleasant Cornell University | |
| LNE91-025 | Improving Crop Adaptation to Alternative Systems | $60,000 | T. C. Barker Cornell University | |
| LNE91-025.2 | Improving Crop Adaptation to Alternative Systems | $60,000 | T. C. Barker Cornell University | |
| LNE90-020 | Whole-farm Impact of Converting Conventionally Managed Eastern Vineyards to Organic Management Practices | $251,987 | Chris Becker Cornell University | |
| LNE89-014 | Northeastern Organic and Sustainable Farmer Network: Manual of Current Practices, Extension Training and Field Days | $115,000 | Judith J. Green Cornell University, Department of Rural Sociology, Farming Alternatives Program | |
| LNE89-019 | Reduced Tillage: Alternative Cropping Systems for Vegetable Production in the Northeast | $47,300 | Robin R. Bellinder Cornell University, Dept. of Fruit and Vegetable Science | |
| LNE88-004 | Accelerating the Adoption of Low-input Sustainable Systems for Field Crops | $56,000 | John Deibel Western New York Crop Management Association Cooperative, Inc. | |
| LNE88-006 | Northeastern Dairy Farm Forage Demonstration Project | $85,000 | Joan Sinclair Petzen Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| LNE88-009 | Alternative Cropping Systems for Low-input Agriculture in the Northeast | $311,152 | Jane Mt. Pleasant Cornell University | |
| LNE88-010 | Development, Evaluation and Implementation of Low-input Systems for Eastern Vineyards | $79,000 | David M. Gadoury Cornell University | |
| RESEARCH ONLY GRANTS | ||||
| Project # | Project Title | SARE support | Project Leaders | |
| LNE23-472R | Determining if Beneficial Fungi Increase Tree Growth and Reduce the Need for Fertilization and Irrigation of Newly Planted Apple Trees. | $194,378 | Michael Basedow Cornell University Cooperative Extension | |
| LNE22-452R | The Use of Biochar in Agroforestry to Promote Soil Microbial Health, Tree Productivity, and Carbon Sequestration | $154,586 | David Newman Arthur's Point Farm | |
| LNE21-429R | Creating a Black Farmer Commons in Transferring Land Ownership | $198,214 | Norma Gonzalez Corbin Hill Food Project | |
| LNE20-409R | Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation as Pre-plant Treatment for Perennial Strawberry in the Northeast | $184,617 | Laura McDermott Cornell University Cooperative Extension | |
| LNE19-384R | Impact of Biochar on Moisture and Nutrient Retention in Long Island Nurseries | $83,949 | Dr.Deborah Aller Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County | |
| LNE19-385R | Sustainable Management of Fire Blight in Apples using Plant Growth Regulators and Plant Defense Activators | $118,125 | Kerik Cox Cornell University | |
| LNE19-388R | Control of Cucumber Downy Mildew through Nighttime Application of Ultraviolet Light Before and After Infection | $198,745 | Dr.Mark Rea Light and Health Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | |
| PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM GRANTS | ||||
| Project # | Project Title | SARE support | Project Leaders | |
| ENE25-195 | Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Agriculture Program Traditional Food Education | $244,088 | Emma Phillips Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe | |
| ENE25-189 | Increasing Accessibility to Sustainable Farming Practices by Providing Intensive Aquaponics Training for Educators and Farmers | $150,000 | Yemi Amu Oko Urban Farms, Inc. | |
| ENE25-196 | Biochar Learning Network for Nonprofit Farmer Educators in New York State | $149,967 | Marcos Stafne White Feather Farm, Inc. | |
| ENE23-179 | Using “Tag-Team Training” to Foster Education Program Sustainability Among Organizations Teaching Risk Management for Northeastern Farmers | $123,249 | Myron Thurston III Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County | |
| ENE23-188 | Implementation of Improved Nutrient Requirement and Supply Predictions to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Dairy Production in the Northeast US | $150,000 | Dr.Mike Van Amburgh Cornell University | |
| ENE22-175 | Northeast Pollinator Partnership – a program to educate agricultural service providers about the biology, importance and conservation of wild bees | $150,203 | Bryan Danforth Cornell University | |
| ENE21-170 | Agri-Cluster Retention and Expansion (ACRE) Program: Training Service Providers in Strategic Business Planning for Complex Value Chain Enterprises | $143,883 | Duncan Hilchey Center for Transformative Action/Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems | |
| ENE21-173 | Growing Tribal Farming Capacity and Outreach | $142,007 | Lea Zeise United South and Eastern Tribes | |
| ENE19-156 | Spawning a Network of Northeast Mushroom Educators serving Urban and Rural Farmer Audiences | $144,938 | Yolanda Gonzalez Cornell University | |
| ENE18-150 | Reversing a Downward Trend in Customer Participation and Farmer Sales at Farmers' Markets | $145,242 | Diane Eggert Farmers Market Federation of NY | |
| ENE18-152 | Farmland Advisors New Jersey: A Training Program for Professionals Working with Farmers to Access and Transfer Farmland | $74,133 | David Haight American Farmland Trust | |
| ENE18-153 | From Classroom to the Field: Advanced Soil Health Training for New York Agricultural Service Providers | $145,305 | Aaron Ristow American Farmland Trust | |
| ENE17-148 | Improving Whole Farm Planning Education in the Northeast | $149,945 | sarah williford University of New Hampshire Extention | |
| ENE16-143 | Whole farm nutrient mass balances for outcome-based adaptive management of nutrients on dairy farms | $74,998 | Dr.Quirine Ketterings Cornell University | |
| ENE15-135 | Research and Problem-Solving on the Farm | $90,268 | Laurie Drinkwater Cornell University | |
| ENE15-138 | Farm-to-Institution Market Readiness Training Program | $87,219 | Glenda Neff American Farmland Trust | |
| ENE14-133 | Integrated pest management for greenhouse vegetable producers | $154,711 | Dr.Elizabeth Lamb New York Integrated Pest Management, Cornell University | |
| ENE13-129 | Building Vibrant Support Organizations for Beginning Farmers in the Northeast | $127,487 | Dr.Anusuya Rangarajan Cornell University | |
| ENE12-122 | An Educational Program for Traditional and Non-Traditional Beef Production | $64,396 | Dr.John Comerford Penn state University | |
| ENE12-123 | Transferring Farms and Improving Access to Farmland: A Training Program for Northeast Agricultural Service Providers | $126,955 | Greg Plotkin American Farmland Trust David Haight American Farmland Trust | |
| ENE11-118 | Marketing for Profit: Tools for Success | $106,847 | Diane Eggert Farmers Market Federation of NY | |
| ENE11-120 | Soil Management in Berry Crops as a Model for Management Education | $78,534 | Dr.Marvin Pritts Cornell University | |
| ENE10-115 | Utilizing holistic planned grazing as a regenerative engine for sustainable agriculture | $158,675 | Troy Bishopp Central NY RC&D Project, Inc. | |
| ENE09-110 | Filling soil health prescriptions with targeted cover crops | $98,158 | Dr.Thomas Bjorkman Cornell University | |
| ENE09-112 | Greater impact of advisor-farmer interactions through improved tools for whole-farm evaluation | $53,847 | Dr.Quirine Ketterings Cornell University | |
| ENE07-102 | Training for agricultural service providers in the diagnosis, visual assessment, and management of plant-parasitic nematodes | $116,115 | George Abawi Cornell University, NYSAES Beth Gugino The Pennsylvania State University | |
| ENE07-103 | Carbon Trading Provides New Market Opportunities for Agriculture | $112,927 | Robert Aman Central New Your Resource Conservation and Development Project, Inc. (CNY RC&D) | |
| ENE06-095 | Fostering Sustainability for Farmers' Markets Through Professional Market Management Training | $111,801 | Diane Eggert Farmers Market Federation of NY | |
| ENE06-099 | Ecologically based weed management: A manual and training program for farm advisors | $129,670 | Dr.Charles Mohler Cornell University | |
| ENE06-101 | Tactical Agriculture (TAg) Train the Trainer Workshop | $24,225 | Julie Dennis (formerly Stavisky) Cornell University/NYS IPM Kenneth Wise NYS IPM/Cornell U. | |
| ENE05-094 | Building professional capacity to enhance farm-to-school marketing and distribution networks | $110,487 | Jennifer Wilkins Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University | |
| ENE04-082 | Innovative Farmers Educate Agency Personnel about Managing High Tunnels | $76,830 | Billie Best Regional Farm & Food Project | |
| ENE04-085 | The How, When and Why of Forest Farming: Building and Using New Internet Based Infrastructure to Advance Learning and Practice in the Northeast | $111,613 | Dr.Kenneth Mudge Cornell University | |
| ENE04-086 | In-Depth Organic Training for Agricultural Professionals | $120,000 | Dr.Anusuya Rangarajan Cornell University Dr.Vern Grubinger University of Vermont | |
| ENE03-075 | Composting as an alternative for mortalities and meat residuals from farms and butcher operations | $119,179 | Ellen Harrison Cornell Waste Management Institute | |
| ENE03-081 | Whole-Farm Planning and Holistic Management - Phase II | $87,000 | Phillip Metzger USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service | |
| ENE02-069 | Community Agriculture and Food Systems Development Certification Program | $120,197 | Thomas Lyson Department of Rural Sociology | |
| ENE01-061 | Whole Farm Planning - Holistic Management | $143,500 | Phillip Metzger USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service | |
| ENE00-054 | Training Agricultural Professionals to Meet the Needs of Northeast Small Farmers | $95,604 | David Smith Cornell University | |
| ENE00-057 | Agroforestry - Forest Management: Sustaining Small Farms - Creating Learning Communities in the Northeast | $128,742 | Louise Buck Department of Natural Resources Marianne Krasny Cornell University | |
| ENE99-049 | Garden Mosaics | $116,635 | Gretchen Ferenz Cornell Cooperative Extenstion--NYC Marianne Krasny Cornell University | |
| ENE99-050 | Community Capacity Building to Collaboratively Mitigate - Manage Community Agricultural & Environmental Conflicts | $58,508 | David Kay Cornell University | |
| ENE98-041 | Increasing Producer Adoption of Pasture as Part of a Whole Farm System | $30,393 | Edward Harwood Cornell University Cooperative Extension | |
| ENE97-028 | Developing and Publishing Sustainable Farming Resources for Agricultural Extension Professionals and Field Crop Producers | $42,314 | Philip L. Sutton NY State IPM Program James R. VanKirk Cornell University, NYSAES | |
| ENE97-032 | The Farmer's Relevant Voice: A Farmer-Produced Educational Program for Watershed Coordinators | $50,016 | Barbara Bellows Cornell University | |
| ENE96-015 | Farmer-to-Farmer Learning Groups-Curriculum for Establishment and Facilitation | $24,095 | Kathy Barrett Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga County | |
| ENE96-020 | Holistic Resource Management: Eastern NY Pilot Project | $10,510 | Tracy Frisch Regional Farm & Food Project | |
| ENE95-006 | Addressing the Needs of Extension Faculty - Staff Through a New York State Cover Crop Symposium | $5,700 | Stephen Reiners Cornell University | |
| ENE95-012 | Sustainable Agriculture in Northeast Communities: New Roles, New Skills for Agricultural Educators | $121,732 | Thomas Lyson Department of Rural Sociology | |
| ENE95-013 | Whole-farm / Whole-Watershed Planning for Sustainable Agriculture | $13,500 | William Zweigbaum First Pioneer Farm Credit | |
| ENE94-003 | Sustainable Agriculture Inservice Education: Managing Resources for the Future | $30,943 | Jane Mt. Pleasant Cornell University | |
| FARMER/RANCHER GRANTS | ||||
| Project # | Project Title | SARE support | Project Leaders | |
| FNE25-107 | No-Till Raised Beds Versus Traditional Trenching Methods for Sustainable Tulip Production in Cut Flower Farming | $16,370 | Lockette Blu Halfmoon Harvest | |
| FNE25-122 | Creating Farmer-to-Farmer Awareness and Overcoming Major Complexities in Farm Succession | $29,973 | Raymond Luhrman Raymond Luhrman dba Fox Creek Farm | |
| FNE25-124 | Evaluation of Upland Rice Suitability for the Northeast Through Testing SRI Principles and Measuring Yield Across Varieties | $29,949 | Craig Jon Marcklinger Coming Home Seeds | |
| FNE25-133 | Farmer Guide for Using Quebec’s Dairy Sheep Udder Classification Program | $29,698 | Bee Tolman Meadowood Farms | |
| FNE25-113 | Evaluating the Potential Return on Investment of Native Perennials for Cut Flower Growers | $29,769 | Mary Godnick Creative Kitchen Garden | |
| FNE25-116 | Boosting Soil Health and Farm Revenue: Growing High Tunnel Tomatoes in Clover in Black Dirt | $29,875 | Michaela Hayes-Hodge Rise & Root Farm | |
| FNE25-129 | Farmer-to-Farmer Biochar Education and Demonstration Sites for Improved Soil Health Through Application of Locally Generated Biochar | $29,270 | Jennifer Perry RIVER VALLEY REGENERATIVES | |
| FNE25-118 | Waste to Resource-Generating a High Quality Soil Amendment from Animal Mortality and Butcher Waste | $29,955 | Racey Henderson Reber Rock Farm LLC | |
| FNE25-109 | Implementing Ultra Violet Light as Disease Control in Apple and Pear Nurseries and Newly Established Orchards | $21,082 | Stephen Cummins indiancreekfarm | |
| FNE25-108 | Integrated Robotic Vineyard Bird Control and Mowing | $30,000 | Vance Bateman South Dominion Vineyard | |
| FNE25-130 | Growing Ancestral Grains and Abolitionist Sugars in the Hudson Valley | $29,241 | Jalal Sabur The Freedom Food Alliance Inc | |
| FNE24-098 | Assessing Health, Efficiency and Profitability of Growing and Finishing Beef x Dairy Cattle on a New York Feedlot/Farm | $24,176 | Jason Schenck Minturn Farms | |
| FNE24-071 | The Economic & Soil Health Implications of Transitioning to No-Till on an Organic Mixed Vegetable Farm | $29,751 | Carlos Aguilera West Haven Farm | |
| FNE24-102 | Improving Apis mellifera Breeding Quality by Swarm Impulse Manipulation | $8,468 | Shelley Stuart HoneyApple Hill | |
| FNE24-100 | Sorghum and Soil Health: Evaluating a Climate-Smart Crop and a Field Monitoring Tool Kit by a Small Farm Network in the Hudson Valley | $29,998 | Brooke Singer White Feather Farm | |
| FNE24-081 | Grain and Vegetable Production in a Rotationally-Grazed, Pasture-Dominant Ley System: Implications for Soil Health, Soil Microbiome, and Forage | $30,000 | Elijah Goodwin Stone Barns Center | |
| FNE23-040 | Outreach Programs for Chinese Community to Access Culturally Relevant Foods Through Local CSA Models | $15,322 | Christina Chan Choy Division | |
| FNE23-068 | Clean, Consistent Carrot Plantings: Seeding into Compost Strips for Reliable Germination and In-Row Weed Control in Organic Carrot Production | $19,426 | Benjamin Shute Hearty Roots Community Farm | |
| FNE23-043 | Mobile Seed Processing Trailer | $27,837 | Jean-Paul Courtens Philia Farm | |
| FNE23-057 | Carbon Sequestration in Glacial Sand Soils in Haying, Cropping, and Soil Building Practices | $27,843 | Brooke McConnell Pitney Meadows Community Farm | |
| FNE23-034 | Open Source Orchard | $30,000 | Josh Bailey KC Bailey Orchards, Inc | |
| FNE23-041 | Deaf New American Farm | $30,000 | Monu Chhetri Deaf New American Advocacy Inc | |
| FNE23-065 | Assessing the Socioeconomic and Environmental Impact of a Multi-Farm CSA for Urban Growers and City Residents in Buffalo, NY | $29,853 | Mayda Pozantides Groundwork Market Garden | |
| FNE22-001 | Comparison of Farm-produced and Commercial Microorganism Inoculants: Cost, Nutrients, and Biological Constituents | $11,852 | Matt Bedeaux Unadilla Community Farm Education Center, Inc. Ben Tyler Unadilla Community Farm Education Center Inc. | |
| FNE22-006 | An Illustrated Guide to Value Adding: Rules, Regulations & Good Ideas | $14,950 | Nichole Carangelo Letterbox Farm | |
| FNE22-024 | Solving the Agroforestry Cash Flow Gap: Intercropping Short Term Cash Crops During Tree Crop Establishment. | $9,492 | nicholas pandjiris whistle down farm | |
| FNE22-028 | Traditional Tortilla Maize Cultivation in New York’s Hudson Valley: Evaluating Viability of Heirloom Cultivars from Mexico and Central America | $7,689 | Samuel Rose SunRunner Farm LLC | |
| FNE22-029 | Sustainable Microgreens Packaging | $29,137 | Benjamin Flanner Brooklyn Grange | |
| FNE22-030 | Determining the Biggest Bang for our (Time) Buck: Dealing with Fall Brassica Diseases in High Humidity Environments | $14,198 | Maryellen Sheehan Hartwood Farm | |
| FNE22-033 | Clonal Production of Hybrid Chestnuts via Stool Bed Layering to Improve Overall Orchard Quality | $19,696 | Jeffrey Zarnowski Z's Nutty Ridge LLC | |
| FNE22-010 | Establishing Willow and Poplar Tree Fodder Blocks for Resilient Livestock Feed and Flood Mitigation in a Silvopasture Riparian Buffer | $14,977 | Steve and Elizabeth Gabriel Wellspring Forest Farm LLC | |
| FNE21-971 | A Feasibility Study on How Affordable Micro-Creameries Can Help Manage On-farm Dairy Risks | $14,303 | Megan Burley Burley Berries and Blooms | |
| FNE21-973 | Low Tunnel Materials for Protection and Phenological Acceleration of Figs | $3,420 | Don Caldwell Finger Lakes Grape Program/Annelise Farms | |
| FNE21-978 | Assessing Financial Feasibility of African Eggplant Production | $14,081 | Kama Doucoure Big Dream Farms LLC | |
| FNE21-981 | Visual Learning Media for Deaf New American Farming | $14,772 | Jacob Gigler Salt City Harvest Farm | |
| FNE21-995 | Reduced-Tillage and Tarping for Small Scale Commercial Potato Growing in New York | $5,090 | Dr.robert tuori nook&cranny farm | |
| FNE20-957 | Organic Control of a New Apple Disease: Marssonina Leaf Blotch | $13,949 | Louis Lego, Jr. Elderberry Pond | |
| FNE20-967 | Researching and Raising Awareness of Dynamic Accumulator Plants in the Northeast | $14,996 | Alex Stewart Unadilla Community Farm | |
| FNE20-950 | Updating and Correcting the Roxbury Farm Vegetable Crop and Harvest Manual with Other Growers and Extension Specialists’ Feedback for Wider Adoption | $14,970 | Jean-Paul Courtens Philia Farm | |
| FNE20-964 | Testing Darwinian Honey Bee Breeding Protocols for Mass Replication: Evaluating the Efficacy of the “Walk-Away Split” as a Queen Rearing Method | $14,953 | Angela Roell They Keep Bees (Formerly Yard Birds Farm & Apiary) | |
| FNE20-968 | Red Algae Asparagopsis taxiformis as a Feed Additive for Parasite Prevention in Organic Pasture Raised Sheep | $15,000 | Dr.Diane Zlotnikov Smolyare Zfarms | |
| FNE20-961 | Economic Feasibility of Caterpillar Tunnels on Urban and Small-scale Farms | $13,374 | Mayda Pozantides Groundwork Market Garden | |
| FNE20-963 | Design, Testing and Construction Education of a Post and Wire Support Structure for Insect Exclusion Netting on Field Grown Berries | $15,000 | Dale Ila Riggs The Berry Patch of Stone Wall Hill Farm, LLC | |
| FNE20-953 | Increasing Hudson Valley Farm Viability Through Cooperative Bulk Purchasing | $14,466 | Faith Gilbert Faith Gilbert Cooperative Consulting | |
| FNE19-917 | Ecological Urban Farming: Adaptation of No-Till, Compost Mulching and Perennial Hedgerows for the NYC Ecosystem | $14,987 | Orion Ashmore Project EATS: Help Sec Farm | |
| FNE19-918 | Establishing a Cooperative Business Model for Marketing and Selling Kunekune Pork Products | $13,807 | Jennifer Bassman Heritage Haus Farm • Empire Kunekune Pig Association / Kunekune Pork Produers Association | |
| FNE19-919 | Sustainable Wine Professional Course | $14,842 | Whitney Beaman New York Wine & Grape Foundation | |
| FNE19-922 | Sweet Potato Production: Growing Slips/Cuttings For Distribution to Local Farmers | $2,302 | Peter Bump Pete’s plentiful produce | |
| FNE19-924 | Reduced Till and No-Till Planting of Vegetables in a Vetch/Triticale Cover Crop | $15,000 | Jean-Paul Courtens Philia Farm | |
| FNE19-930 | Quantifying Nutritional Value and Best Practices for Woody Fodder Management in Ruminant Grazing Systems | $14,920 | Steve Gabriel Cornell University / Wellspring Forest Farm | |
| FNE19-933 | Evaluation of Nursery Methods on Plant Development and Grain Yield of Rice | $14,487 | Dawn Hoyte ever-growing family farm | |
| FNE19-938 | Addressing Labor Shortages in the Northeast: A Mechanical Vegetable Harvester for Small and Mid-scale Farms | $14,978 | Joseph Morgiewicz Morgiewicz Produce Inc | |
| FNE19-942 | Healthy Soil for Urban Farm Production: Building from Scratch | $13,624 | Amelia LoDolce Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments | |
| FNE18-887 | Innovative and Affordable Methods of Managing Weeds in Strawberry Production | $10,399 | Megan Burley Burley Berries and Blooms | |
| FNE18-889 | Twenty-first Century Pastured Poultry | $15,000 | Nichole Carangelo Letterbox Farm | |
| FNE18-891 | Cost-Benefit Analysis of Pastured Pig Weight Gains With and Without Added Protein Supplements | $14,852 | Angela DeVivo The Piggery Inc. | |
| FNE18-894 | Improving Compacted Soils with Stropharia Mushrooms | $13,081 | Alice Gallagher Brady Farm | |
| FNE18-899 | Innovation in Community Supported Agriculture through Collaboration with Specialty Producers | $14,987 | Peter Johnson Rusty Bucket Mushrooms | |
| FNE18-903 | Hill Wicking in Fields for Natural Irrigation and Drainage | $9,769 | Louis Lego, Jr. Elderberry Pond | |
| FNE18-915 | Verjuice in the Hudson Valley | $9,335 | Ali Yaghoubi Alistone vineyard | |
| FNE17-862 | Livestock manure briquette fuel-making machine: Design and implementation for small farms | $13,743 | Rose Marie Belforti Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery | |
| FNE17-867 | Residual doramectin in alpaca manure compost | $14,521 | Dr.Steve Cole Faraway Farm | |
| FNE17-872 | Targeted thermal protection for fruiting zone in a vineyard | $14,952 | Tom Higgins Heart & Hands Wine Company | |
| FNE17-874 | Oyster mushroom cultivation using spent coffee grounds and hardwood sawdust | $14,994 | Renee Jacobson Firefly Farm | |
| FNE17-879 | Economic viability for the farmer, fresh food for low-income families: A manual | $14,955 | Leah Penniman Soul Fire Farm Institute, Inc. | |
| FNE17-884 | Edible weeds from farm to market: A resource guide | $14,975 | Tusha Yakovleva Found Wild | |
| FNE16-842 | Decreasing small ruminant exposure to parasites by reducing slug and snail populations through a sheep/duck grazing system | $10,963 | Steve and Elizabeth Gabriel Wellspring Forest Farm LLC | |
| FNE16-844 | Understanding equipment sharing: A farmer toolkit | $14,999 | Faith Gilbert Faith Gilbert Cooperative Consulting | |
| FNE16-849 | Propagating grapevines in cell plug trays and using a water-wheel transplanter in establishing a vineyard | $13,461 | Richard Lamoy Hid-In-Pines Vineyard | |
| FNE16-851 | Hands in the dirt, kids in the kitchen, veggies on the table: Local produce goes home with campers at neighborhood day camp | $13,950 | Miriam Latzer Good Flavor Farm | |
| FNE15-822 | Pastured Rabbit for Profit | $12,694 | Nichole Carangelo Letterbox Farm | |
| FNE15-824 | Development of Good Food Farmers Network: A replicable model of farmer-owned joint marketing and sales | $14,140 | Henry Corsun Dog Wood Farm | |
| FNE15-829 | Melon and watermelon grafting for disease resistance in hoop houses | $13,483 | Matthew Goldfarb Fruition Seeds | |
| FNE14-791 | Using invasive Eurasian milfoil as an organic soil amendment: Effect on tomato yield | $6,697 | Brittany Harris Fledging Crow Vegetables Ian Ater Fledging Crow Vegetables | |
| FNE14-798 | High-tunnel bed and trellised crops sprayer | $14,906 | Andrew Fellenz Fellenz Family Farm | |
| FNE14-799 | Bedding material comparison in a composting barn | $11,081 | Sarah Ficken New Moon Farms | |
| FNE14-800 | Best cultural practices for microgreens: A quantitative and seasonal analysis | $7,710 | Allan Gandelman Main Street Farms, LLC | |
| FNE14-806 | Cold climate grapes: Determining an appropriate training system for improved yield | $14,935 | Richard Lamoy Hid-In-Pines Vineyard | |
| FNE14-813 | The use of insect netting on existing bird netting support systems to exclude spotted-wing Drosophila from a mature small-scale commercial highbush blueberry planting | $11,820 | Dale Ila Riggs The Berry Patch of Stone Wall Hill Farm, LLC | |
| FNE13-774 | Increasing body heat in dairy goat kids born during cold New York winters | $8,035 | Catherine Conhiser-Andera Goat Valley | |
| FNE13-776 | Black soldier flies as a sustainable feed alternative for aquaculture | $9,375 | Allan Gandelman Main Street Farms, LLC | |
| FNE13-779 | Improving seed quality of Northeast-grown seed: Focus on disease | $14,940 | Ken Greene Hudson Valley Seed Library | |
| FNE13-784 | Evaluation of exclusion and mass trapping as cultural controls of spotted-wing Drosophila in organic blueberry production | $9,400 | Lawrie Nickerson Hay Berry Farm LLC | |
| FNE13-785 | Incorporating buckwheat into oat/pea hay | $11,327 | John O'Meara O'Meara Family Farm | |
| FNE13-788 | Beef cooperative - Part 2 | $14,710 | Sarah Teale Rosie's Beef | |
| FNE12-738 | Beef cooperative | $14,698 | Duane Burch Rosie's Beef Sarah Teale Rosie's Beef | |
| FNE12-739 | Testing the Compost-Heated Greenhouse in an Urban Setting | $5,042 | Jesica Clark South Pine Street City Farm | |
| FNE12-743 | Effectiveness of wet spent brewer's grains as mulch in mixed vegetable production | $6,989 | Regina Dlugokencky Seedsower Farm | |
| FNE12-745 | Integrating ducks into log-grown shiitake mushroom production for slug control and added yields | $13,691 | Steve Gabriel Cornell University / Wellspring Forest Farm | |
| FNE12-754 | Cold climate grapes: Increased sustainability through improved yield and quality | $14,819 | Richard Lamoy Hid-In-Pines Vineyard | |
| FNE12-755 | Spore exclusion high tunnel | $14,795 | Louis Lego, Jr. Elderberry Pond | |
| FNE12-757 | Precision cultivation | $14,439 | Klaas Martens Lakeview Organic Grain | |
| FNE12-758 | An investigation into the suitability of the Japanese paper pot transplanter to small-scale vegetable farms | $5,066 | elizabeth martin muddy fingers farm | |
| FNE12-760 | Quinoa trial for Northeast upland farms | $9,370 | David McClelland Maplebank Farm | |
| FNE12-763 | Evaluating the profitability of high-value end products produced from spent mushroom substrate | $4,730 | Joseph Rizzo, Jr. Blue Oyster Cultivation | |
| FNE11-713 | Grass pellet fuel for electricity production | $15,000 | Dave Dolan Mary Dolan Flyingrabbit Farm | |
| FNE11-717 | A multi-purpose tool for small farms | $13,021 | fred forsburg Honeyhill Farm | |
| FNE11-722 | Growing Scab Free Apples Without Fungicides | $6,732 | Louis Lego, Jr. Elderberry Pond | |
| FNE11-723 | Investigating effects of beneficial microbial inoculants on potatoes | $3,798 | Marina Michahelles Shoving Leopard Farm | |
| FNE11-724 | Organic Brussels Sprouts in the Northeast: Variety, Pest Control and Storage Trials | $6,134 | Robin Ostfeld Blue Heron Farm | |
| FNE11-725 | Increasing Maple Profitability Through Dropline and Spout Replacement | $6,920 | Michael Parker Parker Family Maple Farm | |
| FNE11-731 | Farmer Built Spelt Dehuller | $7,369 | Nigel Tudor Weatherbury Farm | |
| FNE10-679 | Develop a Standard for Kefir Cheese Spread and Establish Benchmarks for Aging a Raw Milk Cheese Spread | $9,348 | Rose Marie Belforti Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery | |
| FNE10-684 | Waste Vegetable Oil Fired Flame Weeder | $13,764 | Mary Dolan Flyingrabbit Farm | |
| FNE10-688 | Plant Productivity Rates and Cost Effectiveness for Different Soil Tillage Systems | $7,766 | Tanya Jurcic Windfall Farms | |
| FNE10-691 | Better Wine Grape Quality using Combined Vine Training and Canopy Management - Phase Two | $11,560 | Richard Lamoy Hid-In-Pines Vineyard | |
| FNE10-695 | Prototype Feeder Wagon for Horned Cattle | $3,175 | Bruce Maitland Willow Knoll Farm | |
| FNE10-697 | Production and Processing of Raw Bio-Mass for High Quality Bio-Fuel in the Catskill Region | $15,000 | Bart Misiewicz Bajube Farms | |
| FNE10-700 | Mushroom Cultivation in Unused Farm Structures | $9,010 | Noah Radliff Soggy Bottom Mushroom Farm | |
| FNE10-701 | Evaluating hot pepper varieties for yields under low tunnels and customer preferences | $4,232 | David Vigil East New York Farms! | |
| FNE09-657 | Grafting heirloom tomatoes for field production | $8,034 | Peter Garnham East End Community Organic Farm | |
| FNE09-660 | Preparing the Ground for Local Fair Trade: Helping Farmers and their Buyers Improve Labor and Pricing | $7,933 | Elizabeth Henderson Peacework Farm | |
| FNE09-661 | Goodbye Hobby Garden, Hello Money Garden! Building Commercial Relationships Between Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farmers and Local Gardeners for Mutual Benefit | $6,625 | Eve Kaplan-Walbrecht Garden of Eve Organic Farm | |
| FNE09-662 | Better Wine Grape Quality using Combined Vine Training and Canopy Management | $7,965 | Richard Lamoy Hid-In-Pines Vineyard | |
| FNE09-664 | Spore Exclusion - A New Approach to Downy Mildew Prevention in Cucurbits | $8,541 | Louis Lego, Jr. Elderberry Pond | |
| FNE09-666 | Using Pigs as Seed Drills: Interplanting Small Grains into a White Clover Living Mulch | $6,038 | Brad Marshall The Piggery | |
| FNE09-669 | Mushroom Cultivation utilizing off Season Vegetable Growth Chamber | $2,261 | Noah Radliff Soggy Bottom Mushroom Farm | |
| FNE09-670 | Assessments of the benefits of raising calves with their mothers in an intensive grazing system | $7,864 | Steffen Schneider Hawthorne Valley Farm | |
| FNE08-632 | Investigation of increased productivity of a hoop house through better use of space | $3,564 | Kurg Forman Clear View Farm | |
| FNE08-641 | Food-grade mineral oil and thymol fog application as a natural alternative to treating honeybee mites | $7,556 | Heather Kyser Bee-mus Honey | |
| FNE08-645 | Using foster mother hens to raise chicks on a diversified sustainable farm | $5,986 | Drew F. Piaschyk Lamb's Quarters Organic Farm | |
| FNE08-648 | Performance of red clover and oilseed radish interseeded into corn | $9,050 | Ronald Stutzman | |
| FNE07-612 | Alternative media for seeding growth for short crop cycle baby spinach and salad mix production in a hydroponic greenhouse | $9,970 | Bob LaDue Challenge Industries., Inc. | |
| FNE07-614 | Low-spray disease-resistant apple variety evaluations | $9,237 | Louis Lego, Jr., Jr. Elderberry Pond, LLC | |
| FNE07-615 | Using perimeter trap cropping and a flaming unit to control for squash bugs and cucumber beetles in cucurbits | $5,022 | Raymond Luhrman Fox Creek Farm | |
| FNE07-618 | Evaluating spent shiitake and oyster mushroom substrates as feedstocks for ethanol fuel production | $10,000 | John Morelli Flower City Mushrooms, LLC | |
| FNE07-622 | Radiant heated hoop house for spring perennial production | $5,838 | Marguerite Wells | |
| FNE06-566 | Value-added Processing of Crops Into "Farmers' Market Frozen Foods" | $9,659 | Nina Bruno Ambrosia Farms | |
| FNE06-568 | MADE in Schoharie County livestock internship program | $9,961 | Carol Clement Heather Ridge Farm | |
| FNE06-571 | Will more precise research tools lead to reduced use of antibiotics to prevent cases of mammary infection during a dry period? | $10,000 | Willard De Golyer Table Rock Farm, Inc. | |
| FNE06-572 | Determining the presence of a season-extending microclimate between high tunnels | $4,304 | fred forsburg Honeyhill Farm | |
| FNE06-573 | Mulching tomatoes for maximum production and minimum labor and material costs | $3,285 | Dan Guenther Brook Farm Project | |
| FNE06-580 | Evaluating farm-feasible applications and soil health response | $8,625 | Brian Luton Stones Throw Farm | |
| FNE06-584 | Increasing production and promoting adoption of organic king oyster mushrooms | $8,644 | John Morelli Flower City Mushrooms, LLC | |
| FNE06-588 | Marketing an incubator for farmstead cheese making | $7,900 | David Randles Argyle Cheese Factory | |
| FNE06-589 | Protecting vinifera grapes from cold weather damage | $7,708 | Martin Schulze Schulze Vineyards and Winery | |
| FNE06-591 | Seniors and CSA: Market research for innovation and participation | $4,012 | Benjamin Shute Hearty Roots Community Farm | |
| FNE06-595 | Process development and standards for kefir cheese | $9,997 | Rose Marie Belforte | |
| FNE05-541 | A longitudinal study of milk nutrient levels among varied farm management systems | $9,964 | Kathie Arnold | |
| FNE05-544 | Development of management strategies to improve aseasonal reproduction in sheep | $6,700 | Richard Ehrhardt | |
| FNE05-545 | Personal planter: A self propelled transplanter for setting 100 to 1,000 plants at a time | $9,730 | Andrew Fellenz Fellenz Family Farm | |
| FNE05-547 | Replacing soil sterilant practices with low, permanent ground covers in Northeast vineyards | $5,269 | James Hawk Hunt Country Vineyards | |
| FNE05-549 | Productivity trials for the combination queen rearing nucleus and comb honey hive | $4,559 | Michael Johnston | |
| FNE04-503 | Exploring Alternative Growing Structures for Extending the Season and Improving the Quality of Organically Grown Cut Flowers | $9,276 | Jan Blomgren Windflower Farm | |
| FNE04-508 | Marketing to Preschool and Afterschool Programs - Parents | $9,454 | Anna Dawson Hometown Foods, LLC | |
| FNE04-509 | Can Use of a Teat Sealant Alone Prevent New Cases of Mammary Infection During a Dry Period? | $8,000 | Willard De Golyer Table Rock Farm, Inc. | |
| FNE04-513 | An Organic Hops Nursery - Vegetative Propagation as an Alternate Means to Developing a Hop Field | $5,497 | Larry Fisher Foothill Farm | |
| FNE04-518 | Comprehensive Spotted Knapweed - Bedstraw Control Project | $7,836 | Robert Huot | |
| FNE04-524 | Investigating the Effect of Banded Compost on Yield in Winter Barley | $9,298 | Klaas Martens Lakeview Organic Grain | |
| FNE04-525 | On Farm Education and Agri-Tourism Development Project | $3,897 | Aissa Martin | |
| FNE04-529 | Economic Impact of Feeding Methods on Small Scale Poultry Production | $7,542 | John Simpson Wild Geese Farm | |
| FNE04-533 | Study of the Effects of Cover Crop and Composting Schedules | $3,175 | Conrad Vispo Hawthorne Valley Association | |
| FNE04-534 | Bringing Organic Sweet Corn Back to Long Island | $1,543 | Eve Kaplan-Walbrecht Garden of Eve Organic Farm | |
| FNE04-539 | Tunnel Production of High Value Cut Flowers | $5,097 | Alison Wiley | |
| FNE03-451 | Compost Mounds and No-Till for Pumpkins | $6,044 | Peter Andersen | |
| FNE03-461 | Vinegar as an Organic Herbicide in Garlic Production | $3,963 | fred forsburg Honeyhill Farm | |
| FNE03-464 | Overwintering and Season Extension of Organic Culinary Herbs in Unheated Tunnels | $6,237 | Michael Glos Cornell University | |
| FNE03-472 | Low-Cost Electric Cultivating/Seeding Tractor Conversion of Allis Chalmers | $6,490 | Ron Khosla Huguenot Street Farm | |
| FNE03-473 | Heated Beds for Dairy Milk Cows | $5,562 | Brian Kronick Bi-Co. View Farm | |
| FNE03-487 | Commercial Baby Spring Mix | $10,000 | Eve Pawelski | |
| FNE03-489 | Organic High Density Production of Medicinal Herbs | $4,375 | Matthias Reisen | |
| FNE02-413 | Converting Conifer Row-Plantings to Black Locust Production | $6,100 | Dave Gell Black Locust Initiative, Inc | |
| FNE02-414 | Poultry Hatchery Feasibility Study | $6,717 | Ken Gies | |
| FNE02-415 | Remedies for Common Health Problems of the Organic Laying Flock | $4,882 | Karma Glos | |
| FNE02-419 | Educating Consumers and Chefs About Lesser Cuts of Meat Through a Grass-fed Meats Day | $5,989 | Craig Haney | |
| FNE02-428 | Growing Gourmet Mushrooms on Woodland Wastes | $4,201 | Tina McMurray Weeping Birch Farm | |
| FNE02-435 | Marketing Certified Organic Maple Products at Premium Prices | $5,139 | Charles Richtmyer Natural Harmony Farm | |
| FNE02-449 | Maple Cream Shelf Life Extension | $7,975 | Charles Winship | |
| FNE01-354 | Pastured Rabbit Cage Development | $1,570 | Gail Adamoschek | |
| FNE01-356 | Developing an Efficient Mechanical Pruner for Northeast Vineyards | $2,500 | Bob Betts | |
| FNE01-361 | Alternative Energy Greenhouse | $12,632 | Leonardo Busciglio | |
| FNE01-366 | Short Straw - Compost Advantages in Vineyards | $9,555 | William Dalrymple | |
| FNE01-367 | A Community-Supported Kitchen | $13,839 | Anna Dawson Hometown Foods, LLC | |
| FNE01-380 | CSA Partnership with Community Food Security Project | $3,982 | Elizabeth Henderson Peacework Farm | |
| FNE01-381 | On-Farm Weed Management With UV-C Light | $4,581 | Kathryn Khosla | |
| FNE01-383 | Blueberry Stem Gall Wasp Research - Experiments | $3,300 | Pat LaPoint | |
| FNE01-384 | IPM Apple Production Using New EPA "Reduced Risk" Sprays | $5,715 | Louis Lego, Jr., Jr. Elderberry Pond, LLC | |
| FNE01-396 | Effect of Growth Rate on Mammary Gland Development in Ewe Lambs: Review of the Literature - Feeding Guidelines for American Dairy Sheep Producers | $3,108 | Bee Tolman Tolman Sheep Dairy Farm | |
| FNE01-398 | Grazing Sheep in a Pumpkin Field | $551 | Thomas Warren Stone & Thistle Farm | |
| FNE00-293 | Controlling Oriental fruit moth in peaches using pheromone disruption. | $4,595 | Jim Bittner Singer Farms | |
| FNE00-300 | Alternative control methods for grape leafhopper, part II. | $1,200 | Richard Figiel Silver Thread Vineyard | |
| FNE00-304 | Organic control and management of tarnished plant bug. | $2,285 | Michael Glos Cornell University | |
| FNE00-308 | Two-colony hive productivity trials. | $3,300 | Michael Johnston | |
| FNE00-309 | Low-input hybrid mulching approach. | $3,957 | Louis Lego, Jr., Jr. Elderberry Pond, LLC | |
| FNE00-314 | Evaluating pasture improvement programs. | $1,916 | John Mulligan | |
| FNE00-316 | Flood benches and greenhouse vegetable production. | $3,608 | Gary Rhodes | |
| FNE00-322 | Cover crops for remediating compacted soils. | $4,150 | Jim Vincent L-Brooke Farms | |
| FNE00-324 | Building a double-dug teaching herb garden. | $2,000 | Lisa Wujnovich | |
| FNE00-327 | Using straight-growing black locust in on-farm agroforestry. | $7,080 | Dave Gell Black Locust Initiative, Inc | |
| FNE00-329 | "Made in the Mohawk Valley" Marketing Campaign | $11,800 | Kenneth Aucompaugh Aucompaugh Acres, Inc. | |
| FNE00-332 | Rabbit growers' association. | $7,135 | Mathew Dines Conejo Farms | |
| FNE00-334 | Building a farmers' market business from the ground up. | $10,000 | Diane Eggert Farmers Market Federation of NY | |
| FNE00-335 | Teaching the use of farm by-products to produce added value. | $1,780 | Jack Fick | |
| FNE00-337 | Successful marketing strategy for New York City area farmers. | $3,393 | Craig Grodman | |
| FNE00-339 | Natural beef marketing project. | $5,210 | Dawn Keppler Lake Country Premium Beef | |
| FNE00-342 | Processing Champlain Valley apples. | $2,346 | Dinah Miller | |
| FNE00-343 | Integration of sustainable agriculture into the school curriculum. | $5,000 | Laura Moul Phillies Bridge Farm | |
| FNE00-345 | Small ruminant meat processing plant. | $6,300 | Colleen Parsons Capricorn Hill Farm | |
| FNE00-348 | Harvest Home Organics. | $3,328 | Rose Ryan | |
| FNE00-349 | Growing salad greens to order 365 days a year with minimal heat in Zone 4. | $5,022 | Jo Ellen Saumier Kirbside Gardens | |
| FNE99-235 | Dietary Water Needs of Lactating Dairy Cows on Management Intensive Grazing | $784 | Dick & Ann Carey | |
| FNE99-240 | Diversification on the Family Farm | $5,245 | David & Susan Evans | |
| FNE99-242 | Alternative Control Methods for Grape Leafhopper | $1,515 | Richard Figiel Silver Thread Vineyard | |
| FNE99-245 | Managed Intensive Grazing | $8,041 | Cindy Gallagher | |
| FNE99-252 | Cooperative Internship Training Program | $3,475 | Elizabeth Henderson Peacework Farm | |
| FNE99-253 | Comparing Quality and Yield of Different Grass Species in a Dry Hay Two-Cut System | $1,820 | Donald T. Hill | |
| FNE99-255 | Banded Application of Herbicide in No-Till Corn | $2,100 | Robert Karboski | |
| FNE99-260 | Commercial Aquaculture on the St. Regis Mohawk Reserve | $6,800 | Jeff Lazore | |
| FNE99-262 | Developing Sustainable Production Practices for Ribes (Currants and Gooseberries) | $5,700 | Rodolfo Lopez Micosta Enterprises | |
| FNE99-264 | Comparing Soil Nutrient Levels to Seasonal Weather Fluctuations | $1,500 | Klass and Mary Howel Martens | |
| FNE99-276 | Estimating the Sustainability and Productivity of a Meat Goat Operation on New York Pastures | $6,286 | Dr.tatiana Stanton Cornell University Dept. of Anim. Sci. | |
| FNE99-284 | Dairy Slurry Management | $3,637 | Anna Dawson Hometown Foods, LLC | |
| FNE99-288 | Propagation of Superior, Straight Growing Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia, &-Haudenosaunee-) through Agroforestry | $1,945 | Dave Gell Black Locust Initiative, Inc | |
| FNE99-289 | Creating a Demonstration Agroforestry Field | $4,100 | Dori Green Oak Grove Community Farm | |
| FNE98-190 | Guinea Foul for Orchard Income and Insect Control | $1,820 | Warren Bower | |
| FNE98-195 | Commercial Organic Hops Production Trial | $3,512 | Jeffrey Klein | |
| FNE98-197 | Managed Intensive Grazing | $8,353 | Ray Paddock | |
| FNE98-211 | Developing Excellence in Grass Hay Farming | $7,500 | Matthew Beckerink | |
| FNE98-212 | Elk Farming | $5,610 | Debra Armstrong | |
| FNE98-223 | Apple Pest Management Trial | $2,669 | Louis Lego, Jr., Jr. Elderberry Pond, LLC | |
| FNE98-229 | Research and Development for Existing Cooperative Preorder Distribution of Local Foods | $4,970 | Jean-Paul Courtens Philia Farm | |
| FNE97-166 | Mechanical Cultivation and Fertility Workshops | $3,450 | Richard De Graff Grindstone Farm | |
| FNE97-176 | Recycling composted poultry manure to grow various crops | $5,782 | Kurt Kreher | |
| FNE97-179 | Cover Crop Interseeding into Soybeans at Time of Last Cultivation: Adapting Experimental Results into Practical, Farm-scale Methods | $5,550 | Tony Potenza Potenza Farms | |
| FNE97-186 | Nutrient Retention and Humus Formation in Various Bedding Materials | $5,080 | Robert Walker | |
| FNE96-116 | Feasibility of No-till Frost Seeding | $1,285 | Lloyd Bishop | |
| FNE96-117 | Permanent Bed Vegetable Production Systems | $3,190 | Janice Blomgren | |
| FNE96-121 | Use of a Biological Filter in a Recirculating Aquaculture System | $1,758 | William Brockway | |
| FNE96-126 | Rotational Grazing of Sheep to Control Weeds in Christmas Trees | $1,325 | Paulie Drexler | |
| FNE96-140 | Answering Questions About Ditch Bank Stabilization | $2,100 | Alex Cocot | |
| FNE96-144 | An Evaluation of Chinese Medicinal Herbs as Field Crops in the Northeast | $3,498 | Marnie & Don MacLean | |
| FNE96-145 | Development - Adoption of Computerized Crop Record Keeping Program | $4,000 | Stephen McChesney | |
| FNE96-150 | Full Capitalization of Water Resources | $6,000 | Ward Rounsaville | |
| FNE95-101 | Organic Hardy Kiwi Production | $1,078.50 | Klass and Mary Howel Martens | |
| FNE95-106 | Determining the Efficacy of a Single Thinning Application of Carbaryl on Two Species of Foliar Feeding Leafhoppers on Apple to Reduce Late Season Pesticide Applications | $2,275 | Peter Ryan Breezy Hill Orchard | |
| FNE95-108 | Encouraging Spiders for Pest Control: Comparing Mulches | $938 | Sue Smith-Heavenrich | |
| FNE95-078 | Profitability of Grass-Based Forages in SW New York | $3,050 | James Barney | |
| FNE95-080 | Harvesting and Marketing Chinese Chestnuts | $2,400 | Peter Childs | |
| FNE95-084 | Sustainable Flea Beetle Management in Broccoli | $850 | Aaron Gabriel | |
| FNE95-085 | Season Extension For Vegetable Crops in Zone 4 | $1,200 | Jeanne Giambrone Hillside Acres | |
| FNE95-090 | Biocontrol of Two-Spotted Spidermite | $500 | Craig Kawasaki | |
| FNE95-093 | Predator Scent as a Deer Repellent in Christmas Tree Production | $960 | George & Heidi Kollias | |
| FNE95-098 | Viability of a Mechanically Killed Cover Crop in NE Vegetable Cropping | $1,150 | Jim Lucey | |
| FNE95-100 | Mentoring Program | $5,400 | Kay Magilavy The Heron's Garden, Inc. | |
| FNE94-040 | Nematodes for Control of Plum Curculio | $3,305 | Brian Caldwell Hemlock Grove Farm | |
| FNE94-042 | Finger Lakes Chestnut Project | $2,100 | John Cicero | |
| FNE94-045 | Determination of Factors that Contribute to Alasa Farm's Significantly Lower Pesticide Costs when Compared to the Area Average as Reported in Cornell's 1992 Fruit Business Summary | $1,935 | Chris Edmonds Alasa Farms | |
| FNE94-055 | Lingonberry as an Alternative Small Fruit Crop | $650 | Deborah Kavakos | |
| FNE94-056 | Raising Lambs on Fresh Goats Milk | $1,590 | Ken Kleinpeter Hollow Road Farms | |
| FNE94-058 | Community Supported Composting | $3,840 | Scott Chaskey | |
| FNE94-060 | Sorghum/Soybean Forage Mixture - Is it a good alternative to corn silage for the Northeast? | $2,950 | Barbara Leverett | |
| FNE94-061 | Aeration to Improve Sod Development | $1,452 | Timothy J. Marland | |
| FNE94-063 | Disease Forecasting | $1,750 | James M. Mohart | |
| FNE94-064 | Long Term No-Till Cover Crop Seeding in Vineyards | $5,571 | June Pendleton | |
| FNE94-066 | Increasing Options for Cover Cropping in the Northeast | $2,800 | Steve Porter Porter Farms | |
| FNE94-068 | Cover Crop Nematode Suppression | $3,300 | Emil Ronchi Cradle Valley Farms | |
| FNE94-071 | Encouraging Spider Population for Natural Pest Control | $1,170 | Sue Smith-Heavenrich | |
| FNE93-002 | The Use of Rotational Grazing in the Production of Lambs for the Hothouse Market | $2,250 | Richard Leverett | |
| FNE93-014 | Increasing Options for Cover Cropping in the Northeast | $1,865 | Steve Porter Porter Farms | |
| FNE93-021 | Evaluation of Puna Chicory Overseeding in Sheep Pasture in Central New York | $1,975 | Karl North Northland Sheep Dairy | |
| FNE93-026 | Integrated, Season Extension, Solar Greenhouse | $5,825 | Steve Gilman Ruckytucks Farm | |
| FNE93-031 | New Sprayer Technology For Reduction of Pesticide Use in Apples | $4,060 | W.H. Palmer Spring Brook Fruit Farms | |
| FARMING COMMUNITY GRANTS | ||||
| Project # | Project Title | SARE support | Project Leaders | |
| CNE25-009 | Expanding Land Availability, Infrastructure and Education for Farmers at Providence Farm Collective | $202,132 | Kristin Heltman-Weiss Providence Farm Collective | |
| CNE25-007 | Asian Vegetable Club | $249,757 | Amanda Wong choy commons | |
| CNE25-011 | Bridging Food Systems: Advancing Land Availability and Food Sovereignty in the Catskills | $248,623 | Francis Yu Catskills Agrarian Alliance | |
| GRADUATE STUDENT GRANTS | ||||
| Project # | Project Title | SARE support | Project Leaders | |
| GNE24-306 | Advancing Maggot Control in Onion and Cabbage with Reduced-Risk Insecticides | $15,000 | Dr.Brian Nault Cornell University Leonardo Salgado Cornell University | |
| GNE24-315 | Co-Cultivation of Grapevines and Transgenic American Chestnuts: Improving Water Relations through Niche Facilitation | $14,917 | Dr.John Drake SUNY-ESF Taylor Wegner SUNY ESF | |
| GNE24-319 | Determining the relative importance of primary inoculum sources for Stemphylium leaf blight of onion in New York | $13,351 | Dr.Sarah Pethybridge Cornell University Natalia Pineros Guerrero Cornell University | |
| GNE24-321 | Developing an integrated management program for cucurbit yellow vine disease, an emerging threat to the Northeast | $15,000 | Christine Smart Cornell University Kensy Rodriguez-Herrera Cornell University | |
| GNE24-328 | Potential of Feeding Laying Hens with Combined Hempseed Meal and Microalgae as a Sustainable Regime to Produce Health-Promoting and Low-Carbon Eggs | $14,980 | Dr.Xingen Lei Cornell University Keith Ou Cornell University | |
| GNE24-326 | Breeding Winter Hardy Annual Cover Crops: Cereal Rye and Winter Peas | $14,967 | Dr.Virginia Moore Cornell University Raksha Thapa Cornell University | |
| GNE22-286 | Epigenetic Inheritance of Maternal Disease Status in Dairy Cattle and Effect on Offspring Performance | $15,000 | Heather Huson Cornell University Sydney Jewell Cornell University | |
| GNE22-304 | Evaluation of tetralone abscisic acid as a novel budbreak delay and spring frost damage mitigation product in vineyards | $14,226 | Jason Londo Cornell University Hongrui Wang Cornell University | |
| GNE21-247 | Utility of the parasitoid fly, Celatoria setosa, for controlling striped cucumber beetles (Acalymma vittatum) in cucurbit agrosystems. | $14,924 | Dr.Jennifer Thaler Cornell University Matthew Barrett Cornell AgriTech | |
| GNE21-248 | Assessing Insect Dynamics in the Sour Rot Disease Etiology of Grapes | $14,851 | Gregory Loeb Cornell University Rekha Bhandari Cornell University | |
| GNE21-249 | The effects of azoxystrobin on rhizosphere microbiology and microbiome-mediated susceptibility to Rhizoctonia solani AG 2.2 in table beet | $14,741 | Dr.Sarah Pethybridge Cornell University Eric Branch Cornell University | |
| GNE21-265 | Influences of social capital and resource efficiency on the resilience of local food supply networks | $15,000 | Dr.Kieran Donaghy Cornell University Shriya Rangarajan Cornell University | |
| GNE21-269 | Improving soil health using beneficial microbiomes in urban agriculture | $14,991 | Jenny Kao-Kniffin Cornell University Yejin Son Cornell University | |
| GNE21-272 | Hand-held NIR devices used to predict grass % in alfalfa-grass mixtures to improve nutrient management and whole-farm sustainability in dairy systems | $15,000 | Dr.Debbie Cherney Cornell University Rink Tacoma-Fogal Cornell University | |
| GNE20-240 | Improving Orchard Productivity Using Novel Disease Management Practices for Control of Apple Powdery Mildew in the Northeast USA | $14,434 | Kerik Cox Cornell University David Strickland Cornell University | |
| GNE20-242 | Determine Whether Dietary Lysophospholipid Supplementation Enhances Immunity in Holstein Dairy Calves | $15,000 | Dr.Joseph McFadden Cornell University Brianna Tate Cornell University | |
| GNE19-201 | Antibiotics in the Dairy Farm Environment: Understanding Antibiotic Transport to Improve Farm Sustainability | $11,782 | Dr.Todd Walter Cornell University Dr.Christine Georgakakos SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | |
| GNE19-204 | Elucidating the Role of Microarthropods in Nitrogen Cycling | $14,715 | Kyle Wickings Cornell University Ashley Jernigan Cornell University | |
| GNE19-208 | Characterization of Diversity in Traditional Northeastern Dry Bean Varieties and Potential for Genetic Improvement | $14,932 | Michael Mazourek Cornell University Kristen Loria Cornell University | |
| GNE19-220 | Maximizing Colostrum’s Benefits and Reducing Antibiotic Use through Physiological Feeding Management of Dairy Calves | $14,877 | Dr.Vimal Selvaraj, BVSc, PhD Cornell University Kasey Schalich Cornell University | |
| GNE19-223 | Identifying Tomato Varieties with Resistance to Current Aggressive Strains of the Leaf Mold Pathogen | $14,797 | Christine Smart Cornell University Martha Sudermann Cornell University | |
| GNE18-166 | Comparative Analysis of Cover Crop Incentive Programs in the Northeast | $15,000 | Dr.Matthew Ryan Cornell University Barbara Chami Center for Inclusive Democracy | |
| GNE18-171 | Nutritional Therapy to Prevent Leaky Gut in Dairy Cattle Experiencing Endotoxemia | $14,996 | Dr.Joseph McFadden Cornell University Ananda Fontoura Cornell University | |
| GNE18-183 | Evaluating Abiotic Factors Associated with Onion Maggot Control Failure in Northeastern Onion Production Systems | $14,984 | Dr.Brian Nault Cornell University Erica Moretti Cornell University | |
| GNE18-188 | Wild Bees in the Trees: Pollen Analyses to Determine Wild Bee Foraging in Early Spring Canopies | $14,912 | Bryan Danforth Cornell University Katherine Urban-Mead Cornell University | |
| GNE18-191 | Low Tunnel Strawberries: Survey of Pest Incidence and Recommendations for Biological Control of Two-Spotted Spider Mite and Tarnished Plant Bug | $14,988 | Gregory Loeb Cornell University Samantha Willden Cornell University - Geneva Campus | |
| GNE17-143 | Combining resistances to major bacterial, fungal, and oomycete diseases of Northeast-adapted tomato | $14,994 | Dr.Martha Mutschler-Chu Cornell University Taylor Anderson Cornell University | |
| GNE17-151 | Application of limestone-bed bioreactors to treat silage leachate | $14,957 | Tammo Steenhuis Cornell University Bahareh Hassanpour Guilvaiee Cornell University | |
| GNE17-152 | Using palissage to reduce disease incidence and fungicide use in winegrapes | $14,993 | Dr.Justine Vanden Heuvel Cornell University Anne Kearney Cornell University | |
| GNE17-154 | Mineral nitrogen recovery from manure slurry through multi-layer sorption of NH3 and CO2 onto pyrolyzed biomass | $15,000 | Johannes Lehmann Cornell University Leilah Krounbi Cornell University | |
| GNE17-156 | Increasing the profitability of Kernza perennial wheat with intercropped grain legumes | $15,000 | Dr.Matthew Ryan Cornell University Eugene Law Cornell University | |
| GNE17-159 | Insect larvae production on dairy cow manure: a potential windfall for dairy farmers and sustainable aquaculture | $15,000 | Helene Marquis, DVM PhD Cornell University Nathaniel Sibinga Cornell University | |
| GNE16-115 | The role of insects as fire blight vectors: Implications for sustainable disease management in Northeast apple orchards | $14,846 | Gregory Loeb Cornell University Matthew Boucher Cornell University | |
| GNE16-123 | Sustainable year-round sheep milking management | $14,994 | Dr.Michael Thonney Cornell University Nikola Kochendoerfer Cornell University | |
| GNE16-126 | Advancing onion thrips management and production in onion in the Northeast by improving soil fertility programs | $14,877 | Dr.Brian Nault Cornell University Ashley Leach Cornell University | |
| GNE16-130 | Uncovering the genetic control of cold resistance and adapting winter survival models for Northeast grape production | $13,450 | Dr.Bruce Reisch Cornell University Alisson Pacheco Kovaleski USDA ARS Grape Genetics Research Unit | |
| GNE16-139 | Promoting sustainability on moderate-sized dairies: Use of a pathogen-based protocol for treatment of clinical mastitis | $14,926 | Dr.Daryl Nydam Cornell University Dr.Amy Vasquez Cornell University | |
| GNE15-095 | Cover Crop And Weed Management In An Inter-seeded Cover Crop Plus Reduced-Rate Herbicide System In Wide-Row Vegetables | $14,940 | Robin R. Bellinder Cornell University, Dept. of Fruit and Vegetable Science Vinay Bhaskar Cornell University | |
| GNE15-103 | Reducing Pesticide Use in Vegetable Production by Calculating Soil-borne Disease Risk | $14,633 | Dr.Sarah Pethybridge Cornell University Adrienne Gorny Cornell University | |
| GNE15-107 | Participatory breeding of high-value wheat for the Northeast | $14,996 | Dr.Heather Darby University of Vermont Extension Dr.Mark Sorrells Cornell University Lisa Kucek Cornell University | |
| GNE15-108 | Unraveling the milk production potential of winter cereals grown as forage double crops in corn or sorghum rotations | $14,999 | Dr.Quirine Ketterings Cornell University Dr.Debbie Cherney Cornell University Sarah Lyons Cornell University | |
| GNE14-073 | Selecting seeding rates for diverse summer annual forage crop mixtures | $15,000 | Dr.Matthew Ryan Cornell University K Ann Bybee-Finley Cornell University | |
| GNE14-082 | Defining sulfur spray recommendations based upon the re-emergence of hydrogen sulfide off-aromas in wine post-bottling | $12,249 | Dr.Gavin Sacks Cornell University Jillian Jastrzembski Cornell University | |
| GNE14-085 | Evaluating Tradeoffs Between Forage Quality and Yield for Winter Cereals Grown as Forage Double Crops | $14,929 | Dr.Quirine Ketterings Cornell University Dr.Matthew Ryan Cornell University Jeff Liebert Cornell University | |
| GNE14-088 | Management of the lepidopteran pest complex in cabbage: Augmentative biological control strategies in different landscape contexts | $14,993 | Dr.Brian Nault Cornell University Dr.Katja Poveda Cornell University Manuel Ricardo Perez-Alvarez Cornell University | |
| GNE14-092 | Evaluation and prediction of Fusarium graminearum resistance in New York grain corn hybrids | $14,944 | Dr.Gary Bergstrom Cornell University Dr.Georg Jander Cornell University Shaoqun Zhou Cornell university | |
| GNE13-052 | Removal of feather lipids to improve nutritional value and processing of feathers for animal feed | $14,999 | Dr.Xingen Lei Cornell University Matthew Barcus Cornell University | |
| GNE13-056 | Strain-specific late blight forecasting | $15,000 | Dr.William E. Fry Cornell University Giovanna Danies Cornell University | |
| GNE13-057 | Evaluating the effect of an anticoccidioidal drug on the nitrogen cycle in agricultural soils | $14,922 | Dr.Pengfei Zhang City College of New York Stephanie DeVries City College of New York | |
| GNE13-062 | Investigating annual under-vine cover crops as a sustainable alternative to herbicides in Northeast vineyards | $14,876 | Dr.Justine Vanden Heuvel Cornell University Adam Karl Cornell University | |
| GNE13-063 | Integrating resistance from wild relatives against downy mildew in Impatiens | $14,999 | Dr.Mark Bridgen Cornell University James Keach Cornell University | |
| GNE13-065 | Effect of artificial or natural rearing of replacement ewe lambs on their maternal behaviors | $14,890 | Dr.Michael Thonney Cornell University Natasha Pettifor Cornell University Dept of Animal Science | |
| GNE12-035 | Developing and disseminating potato virus management strategies for northeastern growers | $14,984 | Dr.Stewart Gray Cornell University Dr.Alison Power Cornell University Dr.Jennifer Thaler Cornell University Dr.David Voegtlin University of Illinois Susan Claflin Cornell University | |
| GNE12-036 | The use of native perennial wildflowers and alfalfa trap crops to increase pollination and biological control in strawberries | $14,534 | Gregory Loeb Cornell University Heather Connelly Cornell University | |
| GNE12-039 | Using forage yield monitors to improve nutrient recycling and environmental protection | $14,991 | Dr.Quirine Ketterings Cornell University Emmaline Long Cornell University | |
| GNE12-043 | Developing an adaptive management framework for promoting agroecosystem services through cover crops | $14,974 | Laurie Drinkwater Cornell University Dr.Emily Reiss Emily Reiss, LLC | |
| GNE12-046 | Practitioner decision effects on select biochemical and organoleptic qualities of shiitake mushrooms (Lentinula edodes) | $14,839 | Dr.Kenneth Mudge Cornell University Dr.Kenneth Mudge Cornell University Bryan Sobel Cornell University | |
| GNE11-019 | On-site detection for agriculture and food systems using DNA nanotechnology | $12,705 | Dr.Dan Luo Cornell University Dr.Keith Perry Cornell University Mark Hartman Cornell University | |
| GNE11-021 | Regional Food Hubs: the key to improved farm profitability and rural economic development? | $15,000 | Todd Schmit Cornell University Becca Jablonski Colorado State University | |
| GNE11-024 | Reducing farmer uncertainty in spring forage harvests: image recognition to predict alfalfa-grass stand composition | $14,997 | Dr.Debbie Cherney Cornell University Jerome H. Cherney Dept of Soil, Crop, and Atmospheric Science, Cornell University Keenan McRoberts Cornell University | |
| GNE10-005 | Balancing Nitrogen Sinks and Sources Using Cover Crops On Manured Fields | $10,179 | Dr.Harold van Es Cornell University Chris Graham Piedmont Valley Vineyard and Farm | |
| GNE10-007 | Enhancing the sustainability of fresh-market snap bean production in the Northeast by identifying and promoting cultivars with tolerance to Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). | $15,000 | Dr.Phillip Griffiths Cornell University John Hart Cornell University | |
| GNE10-008 | The use of banker plants and the predatory midge Aphidoletes aphidimyza for aphid biocontrol in greenhouse crops. | $14,973 | Dr.John Sanderson Cornell University Sarah Jandricic Cornell University | |
| GNE10-012 | Addressing Challenges of a Reduced Tillage Organic Vegetable System: In-row Weed Control and Fertility Management | $8,949 | Dr.Anusuya Rangarajan Cornell University Sara Rostampour Cornell University | |
| ON FARM RESEARCH/PARTNERSHIP GRANTS | ||||
| Project # | Project Title | SARE support | Project Leaders | |
| ONE24-439 | Developing Best Practices for In-Vessel Composting on Cut Flower Farms in the Northeast | $29,748 | Linda D'Arco Little Farmhouse Flowers | |
| ONE24-449 | "Acidity of Honeycrisp – Key to Eating Quality and Competitiveness of Northeastern Apple Growers" | $29,851 | Craig Kahlke Cornell Cooperative Extension - Lake Ontario Fruit Program | |
| ONE24-451 | Examining Impact of Re-Tire® Mat on Weeds, Soil Health and Crop Production at a Vineyard in Chautauqua County, NY | $30,000 | Robert Lucas Chautauqua Hydroseeding, LLC | |
| ONE24-456 | Designing an Alternative Model for Enhancing Economic Efficiency in Rural Pork Processing and Distribution in the Northeast | $28,000 | Elizabeth Pelletier Maya Scrappas Agribusiness LLC | |
| ONE24-459 | On Farm Trial of the Effect of Sensor Based Irrigation Management on Storage Onion Yields in Organic Production | $14,583 | David Silberberg Silver Botanic | |
| ONE24-462 | Harvesting Innovation: Enhancing Sustainable Aquaculture with FLUPSY Technology | $29,686 | Harrison Tobi Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County | |
| ONE24-463 | Identifying and Collecting Seed from Genetically Superior Walnut, Hickory and Pecan Trees on Yates County, New York Farms | $28,957 | Sara Tyler Black Squirrel Farms | |
| ONE24-452 | Enhancing Sustainable Mushroom Growth in Westchester County | $29,626 | Chris Pulliam Westchester Mushroom Company | |
| ONE24-436 | New York Farm Mentorship Pilot Project: Developing a Program to Increase Opportunities for Beginning Farmers | $30,000 | Stephanie Castle American Farmland Trust | |
| ONE22-409 | Improving Production Practices for Three Niche Crops in Response to Shifting Climatic Opportunities | $21,470 | Elizabeth Buck Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE22-419 | Greenhouse IPM Scout School: Online and Hands-on Training for Current and Next Generation Scouts | $29,105 | Dr.Elizabeth Lamb New York Integrated Pest Management, Cornell University | |
| ONE22-414 | Laying the Foundation for Affordable Farmer Housing | $30,000 | Faith Gilbert Faith Gilbert Cooperative Consulting | |
| ONE22-418 | Yield, Environmental, and Financial Impact of Double-Cropping Buckwheat (No Till) After Wheat | $29,795 | Kyle Gifford The Birkett Mills | |
| ONE22-424 | Exploring Winter Lentil and Winter Pea Production in the Northeastern United States | $24,236 | Dr.Virginia Moore Cornell University | |
| ONE22-427 | Compost Exhaust to Provide Nutrients for Plants in Biofilter and Heat for Greenhouse | $29,999 | Jennifer Perry Adirondack North Country Association - Compost for Good | |
| ONE21-396 | Greenhouse IPM Scout School: Grower Input to Create the Curriculum | $20,614 | Dr.Elizabeth Lamb New York Integrated Pest Management, Cornell University | |
| ONE21-406 | Fight the Mite! Post-harvest Control of Eriophyid Mites in Garlic | $24,960 | Crystal Stewart-Courtens Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE20-376 | Soil Carbon Capture for Diverse Farmers | $30,000 | Leah Penniman Soul Fire Farm Institute, Inc. | |
| ONE20-367 | Determining the Optimum Quality Harvest Stage of Male-Sterile BMR Forage Sorghum | $13,351 | Thomas Kilcer Advanced Ag Systems LLC | |
| ONE20-363 | Surveillance of Johne’s Disease in Small Ruminants in Northern New York | $26,950 | Betsy Hodge Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County Jessica Scillieri Smith NYS Dept of Agriculture and Markets/Division of Animal Industry | |
| ONE20-380 | Aphid Biological Control in Greenhouses with a Novel Banker Plant System | $26,229 | Dr.John Sanderson Cornell University | |
| ONE20-369 | Developing a Beginning Farmer Training Program for Western New York's Minority and Low Resource Farmers | $30,000 | Elizabeth Leipler Providence Farm Collective | |
| ONE19-327 | Two-spotted Spider Mite IPM for Urban Agriculture | $20,836 | Samuel Anderson Cornell Cooperative Extension, Harvest NY | |
| ONE19-328 | Training Northeast Farmers to Confront and Dismantle Racism and Inequity in Food and Farming Systems | $26,712 | Caitlin Arnold National Young Farmers Coalition | |
| ONE19-330 | Demonstrating Soil Health Improvements through Adoption of Interseeded Cover Crops and Grazing | $28,600 | Janet Britt Agricultural Stewardship Association, Inc. | |
| ONE19-336 | Developing Integrated Pest Management Strategies to Reduce Damage from the Invasive Allium Leafminer on Organic Farms | $29,943 | Ethan Grundberg Cornell Cooperative Extension Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Program | |
| ONE19-337 | Creating Goat Artificial Insemination Video Training Materials | $9,086 | Betsy Hodge Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County | |
| ONE19-351 | Postharvest Handling of Garlic for Control of Pests and Disease | $29,968 | Crystal Stewart-Courtens Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE19-353 | Biological Control of Chestnut Weevil | $29,684 | Denis Willett Cornell Agritech | |
| ONE18-310 | Improving Hop Harvest Timing in the Northeast | $13,856 | Steve Hadcock Cornell Cooperative Extension CAAHP | |
| ONE18-316 | Using Detailed Customer Transaction Data from Farmers' Markets to Analyze Opportunities for Increased Sales | $12,214 | Matthew LeRoux Cornell Cooperative Extension- Tompkins County | |
| ONE18-321 | Sheep-to-Shawl: Creating a Solution-Based Strategy that Addresses the Fragmented Fiber Production Infrastructure | $15,000 | Monika Roth Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County | |
| ONE17-292 | Developing lavender and mint production in the Northeast | $14,987 | Dr.Lily Calderwood University of Maine | |
| ONE17-298 | Nitrogen dynamics and yield response to minimal supplemental heating in high tunnel winter production | $14,997 | Ethan Grundberg Cornell Cooperative Extension Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Program | |
| ONE17-301 | Lease mediation project | $14,487 | Claudia Kenny New York State Agricultural Mediation Program | |
| ONE17-303 | Increasing soil health and climate resilience education for pasture-based livestock farmers | $14,967 | David Llewellyn Glynwood Center, Inc. | |
| ONE16-252 | Novel approaches to integrated management of potato beetle and leafhopper in organic potato | $14,847 | Dr.Mitchell Baker Queens College of CUNY | |
| ONE16-259 | Using a novel banker plant system to prevent spider mite outbreaks in tomatoes grown in protected culture | $14,890 | Carol Glenister IPM Laboratories, Inc. | |
| ONE16-262 | Optimizing management of a new invasive species, swede midge, on small-scale organic farms: Part II | $14,999 | Christine Hoepting Cornell Cooperative Extension - Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE16-263 | A behaviorally based approach to managing the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys | $14,977 | Peter Jentsch Poma Tech Inc. | |
| ONE16-271 | Managing western bean cutworm: An impending threat to organic field corn, sweet corn, and dry bean growers | $14,502 | Abby Seaman NYS IPM Program - Cornell | |
| ONE16-272 | Organic no-till pasture and hayfield rejuvenation | $14,927 | Kenneth Smith Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE16-274 | Engaging South Asian growers and customers in fresh vegetable production | $14,784 | David Vigil East New York Farms! | |
| ONE16-276 | From the ground up: Soil best management practices for vegetable production on rooftop farms | $14,999 | Dr.Thomas Whitlow Cornell University | |
| ONE16-286c | Cover Crop Outreach Demonstration and Education for Diverse NY Farms | $11,000 | Doug Kierst Cayuga County SWCD | |
| ONE15-229 | Gaining and retaining consumers from on-farm special events | $9,427 | Marie Anselm Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County | |
| ONE15-237 | Optimizing management of a new invasive species, swede midge, on small-scale organic farms | $14,994 | Christine Hoepting Cornell Cooperative Extension - Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE15-238 | Variation in milk proteins across a contemporary group of Holstein cattle | $14,726 | Erika Huyck TP Cattle Services, LLC | |
| ONE15-241 | Binghamton Farm Share capacity building project | $15,000 | Amelia LoDolce Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments Kate Miller-Corcoran VINES | |
| ONE15-242 | Mechanical blossom thinning effects on Gala and Honeycrisp apples | $9,541 | Mario Miranda Sazo CCE Lake Ontario Fruit Program | |
| ONE15-246 | Farmers as makers: An inquiry into the viability of developing a MakerSpace in the Albany County hill towns | $4,366 | Dr.April Roggio Medusa General Store | |
| ONE15-249 | Evaluation of Novel Bird Repellants in Vegetable Crops | $14,908 | Dr.Darcy Telenko Purdue University | |
| ONE14-219 | Developing tools to improve communication between farmers and farm workers around fruit farm practices | $14,986 | James O'Connell Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE14-221 | Advancing living mulch in plasticulture vegetables | $15,000 | Judson Reid Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE14-197 | No-tilling grazing Brassicas into existing pastures: Remediation of sward and soil health for pastures | $14,470 | A.Fay Benson Cornell Co-op Extension | |
| ONE14-198 | Creating resources to increase collaborative marketing impacts for direct marketers | $13,810 | Laura Biasillo Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County | |
| ONE14-205 | Enhancing on-farm decision making and building community among Adirondack farmers | $14,910 | Dr.Curt Gervich SUNY Plattsburgh | |
| ONE14-206 | Farm-to-glass Classroom | $14,981 | Sarah Gordon Carey Institute for Global Good | |
| ONE14-208 | Expanding the use of Brassica cover crops in onion production | $14,932 | Christine Hoepting Cornell Cooperative Extension - Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE14-213 | Increasing late winter/early spring sales for market gardeners through season extension and improved storage options | $12,497 | Monika Roth Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County | |
| ONE13-181 | Profitable forage systems: Is double cropping BMR sorghum followed by a winter grain a viable cropping system alternative in the Northeast? | $14,840 | Janice Degni Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE13-184 | Sheep artificial insemination to improve lamb marketing in the Northeast | $14,673 | Betsy Hodge Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County | |
| ONE13-192 | Assessing market demand for Finger Lakes specialty cheese | $15,000 | Monika Roth Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County | |
| ONE12-153 | Increasing freezer-trade sales for livestock producers | $14,631 | Kerri Bartlett CCE-Steuben | |
| ONE12-156 | Integrating ground cover crops and new herbicide strategies, conventional and organic, for tree growth and soil health-part II | $14,995 | Deborah Breth Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE12-162 | Developing a practical guide to using the CSNT and ISNT for improved nitrogen balances on dairy farms | $15,000 | Dr.Quirine Ketterings Cornell University | |
| ONE12-165 | Measuring and extending the benefits of orchard mechanization through on-farm research and demonstration plots in western New York | $14,870 | Mario Miranda Sazo CCE Lake Ontario Fruit Program | |
| ONE12-171 | Spring application of winter rye grain for weed control in summer vegetables | $14,973 | Judson Reid Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE12-173 | Is fresh market sweet corn in reduced-till systems at greater risk to lepidoptera pests? | $14,995 | Teresa Rusinek Cornell Cooperative Extension Of Ulster County | |
| ONE11-133 | Identification, Characterization, and Management of an Emerging Mastitis Pathogen, Lactococcus lactis, subspecies lactis | $14,445 | Dr.Michele Barrett, DVM Keseca Veterinary Clinic | |
| ONE11-134 | Evaluating Overall Health and Physical Movement of Dairy Heifers in Confinement vs. Management Intensive Grazing | $11,650 | A.Fay Benson Cornell Co-op Extension | |
| ONE11-135 | Customer Identification and Communication Education for Scale Specific Commodities | $14,986 | Laura Biasillo Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County | |
| ONE11-138 | Integrating ground cover crops and new herbicide strategies (conventional and organic) for tree growth and soil health | $15,000 | Deborah Breth Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE11-142 | Control of spider mites in eggplants and thrips in field sweet peppers using guardian plants and predators | $13,275 | Carol Glenister IPM Laboratories, Inc. | |
| ONE11-143 | Preventing erosion of muck soils by reducing tillage in onion production: Part II | $15,000 | Christine Hoepting Cornell Cooperative Extension - Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE11-144 | Determining the Potential for Organic Material Use In Northeast Commercial Pear Production | $14,778 | Peter Jentsch Poma Tech Inc. | |
| ONE11-145 | Development of Marketing Channel Assessment Tool for Livestock Producers | $12,162 | Matthew LeRoux Cornell Cooperative Extension- Tompkins County | |
| ONE11-149 | Managing Garlic Bloat Nematode Using Bio-Fumigant Cover Crops | $14,988 | Crystal Stewart-Courtens Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE10-113 | Management Intensive Grazing to Enhance Heifer Rearing on Large Dairies in the Northeast | $14,251 | A.Fay Benson Cornell Co-op Extension | |
| ONE10-115 | How to Use Season Extension Effectively for Winter Market Sales: Investigating Planting Date, Types of Cover, and Fertility | $12,417 | Robert Hadad Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE10-116 | Improving the profitability of onions grown on aging muck soil that has high pH | $15,000 | Christine Hoepting Cornell Cooperative Extension - Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE10-117 | Developing Integrated Pest Management Protocols for Northeast Organic Apple Production | $14,210 | Peter Jentsch Poma Tech Inc. | |
| ONE10-118 | Determining the Potential for Organic Material Use in Northeast Commercial Pear Production | $11,895 | Peter Jentsch Poma Tech Inc. | |
| ONE10-119 | Shelf-life and Marketing Window Extension in Sweet Cherries in NY | $14,880 | Craig Kahlke Cornell Cooperative Extension - Lake Ontario Fruit Program | |
| ONE10-122 | Optimizing Strawberry Production with a Reduced Tillage System | $14,574 | Laura McDermott Cornell University Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE10-124 | Small-scale Commercial Juneberry Establishment and Marketing | $13,040 | Jim Ochterski Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE10-125 | Low-To-No-Heat hanging Baskets | $14,681 | Judson Reid Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE10-127 | Efficient and safe food handling for small scale vegetable farms | $14,325 | Molly Shaw CCE Tioga | |
| ONE09-095 | Evaluation of Forage Brassica Establishment and Productivity on Grazing Farms | $9,864 | Stephen Canner Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County | |
| ONE09-099 | Live Thrips Traps: Using Inexpensive Marigolds to Draw Thrips Away from Greenhouse Crops | $6,011 | Carol Glenister IPM Laboratories, Inc. Dr.Sally Newman IPM Laboratories | |
| ONE09-112 | St. Lawrence County Agricultural Plastics Recycling Project | $9,850 | Keith Zimmerman St. Lawrence County Matilda Larson St. Lawrence County | |
| ONE08-082 | A Study to Look at Practices Aimed at Reducing Mechanical Cultivation in Organic Corn Production | $5,105 | Janice Degni Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE08-085 | Maximizing onion and economic feasibility of growing onions from plug transplants | $9,992 | Christine Hoepting Cornell Cooperative Extension - Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE08-087 | Improving design to minimize costs and risks associated with pest control in strawberries | $9,971 | Andrew Landers Cornell University | |
| ONE07-067 | Rotation, distance, and insecticide resistance in Colorado potato beetle | $8,867 | Dr.Mitchell Baker Queens College of CUNY | |
| ONE07-069 | Crop-based biofuels feasibility study for Washington County, New York | $9,442.59 | Christopher Callahan Callahan Engineering, LLC | |
| ONE07-071 | Manipulating beneficial insect habitat for control of thrips in greenhouses | $4,998 | Carol Glenister IPM Laboratories, Inc. | |
| ONE07-072 | Preventing erosion of muck soils by reducing tillage in onion production | $9,996 | Christine Hoepting Cornell Cooperative Extension - Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE07-074 | Assessing the capacity of producers to supply institutional markets | $9,824 | Monika Roth Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County | |
| ONE06-051 | Managing resistance and cross resistance between imidacloprid and spinosad in Colorado potato beetle | $9,973 | Dr.Mitchell Baker Queens College of CUNY | |
| ONE06-053 | Digester performance tracking, analysis, and lessons learned review at Freund’s Farm, | $9,979 | Christopher Callahan Callahan Engineering, LLC | |
| ONE06-055 | Winter feeding grass-fed feeder cattle to finish using brown midrib sorghum sudan cytoplasm 6 | $9,886 | Thomas Gallagher Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE06-056 | Manipulating beneficial insect habitat control of thrips in greenhouses | $5,258 | Carol Glenister IPM Laboratories, Inc. | |
| ONE06-057 | Economic feasibility of locally grown plug transplants as an alternative to imported bare-root transplants in onions | $8,973 | Christine Hoepting Cornell Cooperative Extension - Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE06-058 | Evaluation and demonstration of teff as a summer annual cover crop on clay soils | $9,984 | Michael Hunter Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County | |
| ONE06-062 | Reflective mulch to repel thrips in onions | $9,911 | Judson Reid Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE06-063 | Trap cropping for flea beetle control in long-season brassicas | $9,133 | Molly Shaw CCE Tioga | |
| ONE06-065 | Innovative methods of weed management for Long Island vineyards | $9,948 | Alice Wise Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County | |
| ONE05-033 | Effects of grazing vs. confinement on first lactation performance of dairy replacement heifers | $9,600 | A.Fay Benson Cornell Co-op Extension | |
| ONE05-037 | Developing beneficial insect habitat for greenhouses | $9,968 | Carol Glenister IPM Laboratories, Inc. | |
| ONE05-046 | Hybrid and heirloom high-tunnel tomato variety trial | $9,880 | Judson Reid Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE05-047 | New York high-tunnel pepper variety trial | $6,563 | Judson Reid Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE05-050 | Evaluating bitter melon varieties grown using intensive production methods for yield and Caribbean immigrant customer preference | $7,950 | Georgine Yorgey United Community Centers, Inc | |
| ONE04-017 | Promoting Apple IPM Implementation in Eastern New York Orchards by Expansion of the Northeast Weather Association (NEWA) | $9,841 | Juliet Carroll Cornell University | |
| ONE04-020 | Farmer-Led Learning Groups to Mentor Beginning Farmers | $9,827 | Billie Best Regional Farm & Food Project | |
| ONE04-027 | Integrating Compost Into an Intensive Plasticulture Production System for Vegetables | $7,262 | Laura McDermott Cornell University Cooperative Extension | |
| ONE04-028 | High Tunnel Tomato Variety Trial | $4,391 | Judson Reid Cornell Vegetable Program | |
| ONE04-030 | Screening Potato Varieties Commonly Grown by Organic Farmers for Susceptibility to Damage and Yield Reduction Caused by Potato Leafhopper | $9,670 | Abby Seaman NYS IPM Program - Cornell | |
| ONE04-031 | Expanding Livestock Integrated Pest Management in the Northeast | $9,845 | J. Keith Waldron NYS IPM Program, Cornell University | |
| ONE03-002 | Alternative continuous cover forage crop systems for the Northeast | $10,000 | Paul Cerosaletti Cornell University Cooperative Extension Lisa Fields LAF Consulting in Agronomy and Farm Management | |
| ONE03-004 | Regional compost network | $8,600 | Aaron Gabriel Cornell Cooperative Extension-Albany County | |
| ONE03-009 | Development of improved controlled-atmosphere storage techniques for gooseberries and red currants. | $10,000 | Steven McKay Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia County | |
| ONE03-012 | Grass-Based Poultry Production | $9,310 | Lynn O'Brien Cornell Cooperative Extension Allegany/Cattaraugus | |
| ONE03-014 | Developing successful direct marketing strategies for agricultural producers in Washington County | $9,997 | Paula Schafer Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY INNOVATION GRANTS | ||||
| Project # | Project Title | SARE support | Project Leaders | |
| CNE13-103 | Expansion of Food Cooperative into Small-ScaleWholesale Local Foods Distribution | $14,910 | Chris Curro Mohawk Harvest Cooperative Market | |
| CNE13-104 | Brooklyn Navy Yard Compost Program Pilot Project | $14,901 | Benjamin Flanner Brooklyn Grange | |
| CNE13-106 | East New York Farms direct urban and regional grower development | $14,845 | Deborah Greig United Commuity Centers | |
| CNE12-092 | Sustainable Urban Farm Composting | $14,445 | David Buckel Added Value | |
| CNE12-097 | Increasing Farms Sales Through Harvest of the Month | $14,625 | linda Phillips Seeking Common Ground, Inc | |
| CNE11-086 | Increasing Farm Profitability through Value Added Training and Certification | $14,699 | Alison Clarke NYSSFPA | |
| CNE11-089 | Creating a Local Fair Trade Label | $14,956 | Nancy Apolito Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, Inc. | |
| CNE10-069 | Expanding Farm to Cafeteria Connections with Harvest Preparation and Preservation Training | $12,950 | Deborah Denome Seeking Common Ground | |
| CNE10-080 | CNY Bounty: Strengthening Community through Enhancing Marketing and Distribution Opportunities for Farmers | $15,000 | Susan Parker Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County | |
| CNE10-081 | Farm-to-Pantry Widget | $15,000 | Kate Quinn-Jacobs Authentrics, Inc. | |
| CNE10-083 | Mohawk Harvest Cooperative Market | $14,634 | Crystal Stewart-Courtens Cornell Cooperative Extension | |
| CNE09-059 | Local officials training initiative | $6,018 | Barbara Henderson Cazenovia Area Community Development Association | |
| CNE08-040 | Strengthening community through enhancing the economic viability of dairy farming | $10,000 | Becca Jablonski Colorado State University | |
| CNE08-051 | Expanding connections: Marketing farm to cafeteria in the Finger Lakes foodshed | $9,988 | Deborah Munter Seeking Common Ground | |
| CNE08-055 | Southtowns Coalition - agritourism enterprise assessment | $9,952 | Lori Szewczyk Town of Evans | |
| CNE07-020 | Building community health, farm viability, and food equity through Community Supported Agriculture | $5,988 | Lael Gerhart Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County Elizabeth Karabinakis Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County Monika Roth Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County | |
| CNE07-023 | Food processing and community sustainability project | $9,871 | Philip Harnden GardenShare Inc. | |
| CNE07-027 | City Seeds: Phase II | $10,000 | Leah Smith The Poughkeepsie Farm Project | |
| CNE07-034 | Expanding value-added dairy opportunities in central New York | $20,603 | Nancy Morey Chenango County Ag Development Council | |
| CNE06-003 | City Seeds | $9,850 | Wendy Burkhart-Spiegel Poughkeepsie Farm Project | |
| CNE06-004 | Canandaigua Lake foodshed: Farm-to-cafeteria program | $9,053 | Deborah Denome Seeking Common Ground | |
| CNE06-011 | Farm worker project on social justice in organic agriculture | $10,000 | Richard Mandelbaum CATA | |
| CNE06-013 | Foodlink Farmers Fulfillment Center | $10,000 | Thomas Ferraro Foodlink | |
| CNE06-014 | New ag venture support program | $9,250 | Ora Rothfuss Wayne County Planning | |
| CNE06-017 | Roots and Wisdom Summer Youth Program | $10,000 | Leslie Wiedmann-Herd Roots and Wisdom | |
| PDP STATE PROGRAM GRANTS | ||||
| The following are non-competitive awards that fund the activities of the SARE state coordinator(s) within each state. | ||||
| Project # | Project Title | SARE support | Project Leaders | |
| SNE23-010-NY | The World We Want: Growing Benevolent Agricultural Communities | $166,000 | Violet Stone Cornell Small Farms Program | |
| SNE20-010-NY | Reconnecting with Purpose: Renewing Agricultural Providers and Enriching their Service to Farmers | $166,665 | Violet Stone Cornell Small Farms Program | |
| NENY17-001 | Baskets to Pallets II: Establishing a NYS Leadership Team of Wholesale Marketing Specialists | $155,168 | Violet Stone Cornell Small Farms Program | |
| NENY14-001 | Baskets to Pallets: Preparing Small and Mid-scale Farmers to Enter Food Hubs, Groceries, Restaurants and Cooperatives | $138,887 | Violet Stone Cornell Small Farms Program | |
For further information on projects, contact 802-651-8335 or nesare@uvm.edu.
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) is funded by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).