NIFA Program Sustainable Agriculture

Sustainable agriculture seeks to provide more profitable farm income, promote environmental stewardship, and enhance quality of life for farm families and communities. NIFA promotes sustainable agriculture through national program leadership and funding for research and extension. It offers competitive grants programs and a professional development program, and it collaborates with other federal agencies through the USDA Sustainable Development Council.

In Focus NIFA Green Team supports Federal Sustainability Executive Order Report reveals special needs of Hispanic small-scale ranchers and farmers Farm and ranch profiles describe thousands of ways to farm more sustainably Sustainable ag encompasses many production methods, including organic farming		Funding Integrated Organic and Water Quality Program, ICGP Specialty Crop Research Initiative Small and Mid Sized Farms, SBIR SBIR Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Community Food Projects Water Quality, ICGP
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Selected Results and Impacts NIFA funds help researchers study the effects of biofuels production on soils With NIFA funds, Minnesota researchers target soybean aphids NIFA funds help Oregon researchers understand why some farmers' markets fail Researchers use NIFA funds to explore possible links between pesticides and CCD		Partners/Partnership Appalachian Regional Commission/value-added ag and renewable energy SARE and NAL/supporting the Alternative Farming Systems Information Center National Agroforestry Center and SARE/co-funding agroforestry grants NIFA and LGUs/managing the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program
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Resources Sustainable agriculture on-line education, SARE Reports from the 2008 New American Farm Conference, SARE Sustainable Agriculture Network, SARE Alternative Farming Systems Information Center: Cropping system resources, NAL National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, ATTRA		Events None
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Contacts Rob Hedberg - Primary Diana Jerkins Elaine Hauhn