Spring 1994 (v6n2)
Soil scientist V. Philip
Rasmussen of Utah State University has been named coordinator of the
USDA Western Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
program. Administrative offices for the Western SARE Region will be relocated
from the University of California to Utah. However, the public information
office for the Western Region will remain at UC Davis; Kristen Kelleher
will continue as the key contact for the public and news media at (916)
7525987. The move does not affect the UC's own Sustainable Agriculture
Research and Education Program (SAREP) based at UC Davis.
The University of California has been host to the Western SARE program
since its beginnings in the late 1980s under the leadership of David
E. Schlegel, professor of plant pathology and a UC administrator.
Western Region grant administration will be handled by Schlegel through
1994. USU will become the primary contact for grants approved in the spring
of 1994.
The SARE program, which began as the Low Input Sustainable Agriculture
(LISA) program in 1988, was renamed and authorized by Congress as SARE
in the 1990 Farm Bill. SARE is a competitive grants program aimed at expanding
food production and farming practices that are environmentally sound,
economically feasible and socially responsible. The national program is
directed regionally by four councils which consist of farmers, scientists,
land use experts and administrators.
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