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October 8, 2025 Michelle Infante-Casella
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education – Farmer Grant Applications Available – Due December 9, 2025
The Call for 2026 Northeast SARE Farmer Grant applications is now available. Awards of up to $30,000 are available, depending on the complexity of a project. Proposals are due no later than 5:00 p.m. EST on December 9, 2025. The NJ SARE Coordinator is Stephen Komar, Agricultural Agent in Sussex County and Michelle Infante-Casella is the Assistant Coordinator for SARE in NJ. If you have questions you can send an email to Steve or Michelle, or contact your local county Rutgers Cooperative Extension Agricultural Agents who can assist and also provide technical assistance.
Northeast SARE Farmer Grants provide the resources farmers need to explore new concepts agriculture conducted through experiments, surveys, prototypes, on-farm demonstrations or other research and education techniques. Projects address issues that affect farming with long-term practical impacts in mind.
Farmer Grants are designed to be a strong starting point for farmers interested in pursuing grant funding of projects. Before starting their proposals, potential candidates identify a Technical Advisor who can provide non-farming expertise in areas such as research design, troubleshooting, and promotion. The Technical Advisor acts as a go-to support person throughout the grant project, making it easier on first time grantees and forging new relationships in agricultural communities across the Northeast.
Northeast SARE funds projects in a wide variety of topics, including marketing and business, crop production, raising livestock, aquaculture, hydroponics, silvopasture, and more.
Northeast SARE covers the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Vermont, and Washington, D.C.
The Farmer Grant program is specifically for farmers. Northeast SARE will be releasing calls for proposals for other grant programs in the coming months.
For applications, tutorials on farmer grants, and other important information about this grant program see the NESARE Farmer Grants Webpage.
September 30, 2025 Claudia Gil Arroyo
Farming Twilight Meeting – October 23
October Farming Twilight Meeting
October 23, 2025
5:00PM – 7:30 PM
Location:
Rea’s Farm Market
400 Stevens Street
West Cape May NJ 08204
Program
4:30 PM – Registration / Light Refreshments
5:00 PM – Welcome – Claudia Gil Arroyo, Cape May County Agent III; Rutgers NJAES
5:10 PM – Using Data to Drive Sales
Claudia Gil Arroyo, Cape May County Agent III; Rutgers NJAES
5:45 PM – IPM: Identifying Thrips & Tomato Spotted Wilted Virus (TSWV)
Maria Cramer, Senior Program Coordinator Vegetable IPM, Rutgers NJAES
6:20 PM – IPM Program Implementation in Ornamental Crops
Timothy Waller, Cumber County Agent III, Nursery; Rutgers NJAES
6:55 PM – What I’ve learned about blueberry growing over the past 40 years
Gary Pavlis, Atlantic County CEDH & County Agent II; Rutgers NJAES
Light refreshments will be served.
The following pesticide recertification credits will be awarded: 1A (2 units), 3A (1 unit), 10 (3 units), PP2 (3 units)
Please RSVP by October 20, 2025:
Jocelyn Shillingford 609-465-5115 ext. 3607 or capemayag@njaes.rutgers.edu
