December 1997
Dairy Waste, Stream Management & Refugee Projects Top New Grants
Funding from the UC Davis-based UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program has been awarded to 11 farming, ranching and community development projects. Among those funded include projects focused on the impact of dairy waste and lagoon water in forage crop production, a grower-directed participatory research and demonstration program in artichokes, soil organic matter and productivity, new stream flow management tools in the Scott River Basin to ensure the continuation of sustainable farming systems and coho salmon populations, the expansion of a gardening project farmed by homeless people and students at a Berkeley middle school, the development of straw bale produce coolers, cover crops in vineyards, and the organization of a farm cooperative for low-income Cambodian refugees in Stockton. Additionally, 29 educational events and four graduate student projects were funded, bringing the total of new SAREP grant awards to $170, 866 plus $166,847 for 13 continuing projects. "This year, many of the projects deal with the human element in agriculture and communities," says Bill Liebhardt, SAREP director. "SAREP is pleased to be able to help these projects, which we think will make a difference to the people of the regions involved."
Media Contacts:
Lyra Halprin, (530) 752-8664, lhalprin@ucdavis.edu
