Welcome to the Tri-State SARE Project
History
–Tri-State SARE Professional Development Project
A collaborative effort among the Universities of
Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
For over 14 years we have offered webinars, in-person workshops, and livestock education for service providers and farmers. Programming has focused on raising healthy animals and the development and sustainable use of pasture. The 2023-2026 project will continue to cover topics of interest to both service providers and farmers.
Come back soon for a list of project workshops to date!
2023 Tri-State SARE Webinar Series
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View our resources page for previous webinars and presentations!
What’s Next
Over the last three years this project moved from studying the health and pasture needs of animals to information on how farmers can develop and manage soils in their pasture to meet those needs. Hands-on field workshops have illustrated the value of healthy soil and the management practices farmers can implement on their land.
This year workshops beginning in February 2023 will address nutrient management within a pasture system tying it back to the soil health perspective taught in 2021-2022.
We are presently surveying farmers and agricultural service providers across the region to develop our project curriculum for our next three-year project from 2024-2026. Topics under consideration include farm biosecurity/animal disease prevention/traceability/emergency preparedness; enhanced pasture management; environmental/climate mitigation strategies, livestock processing and slaughter; end product quality.
Northeast SARE Grant Comparison Chart
Previous Webinars and Workshops
Our Team
Joe Bonelli – CT SARE State Coordinator
Joe Bonelli
CT SARE State Coordinator
Principal Investigator
Phone: (860) 875- 3331
Fax: (860) 875 0220
Jean C. King – Tri-State SARE Project Facilitator
Heather Faubert – RI SARE State Coordinator
Rachel Bespuda – Tri-State Project Director
Clem Clay – MA SARE State Coordinator
“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 .”