Tri-State SARE Professional Development Project

The Tri-State SARE project (funded through Northeast SARE and USDA) is a collaboration among the Universities of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. For over 14 years, this project has helped farmers and the professionals who work with them learn more about raising healthy animals and the development & sustainable use of pasture.

Workshops, in person and online, offer the latest information in the field, and opportunities to discuss with others the realities of putting sustainable agriculture into practice.

Workshops in 2024-2026 will address economics, pasture resiliency and animal productivity in pasture based systems. Workshops over the last three years addressed nutrient management within a pasture system tying it back to the soil health perspective taught previously. This project taught participants how to write a grazing plan and how to develop and manage soils in their pasture. Hands-on field workshops have illustrated the value of healthy soil and the management practices farmers can implement on their land.

RESOURCES below include all of the information presented in past workshops. VIDEOS include the complete workshop presentations as well as hands on videos from the field.

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) offers farmer-driven, grassroots grants and education programs. Since 1988, SARE grantees have been putting the principles of sustainable agriculture into practice throughout the nation.

“This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under subaward number SNE20-001-CT-34268 .”