Past Speaker Awards

History of the speaker fund

In 2005, Northeast SARE began awarding modest grants--$1000 or less--because we saw a need for accessible, easy-to-manage awards that would help agricultural educators, service providers, and others host successful, informative events on topics in sustainable agriculture.

Since then the demand for speaker funds has grown steadily, and we now commit up to $25,000 a year to the speakers fund. The money has been used to build event and conference agendas and pay for travel, lodging, and speaker fees.

Past awards list

Below is a list of organizations, speakers, and topics that have benefited from Northeast SARE support.

2010

CCE Wyoming County
$1000 to support Teri and Rick Hawbaker
Topic: Dairy production, forages, and pasture management

Center for Dairy Excellence
$1000 to support Wayne Weiland
Topic: Dairy management and risk assessment

Central NY RC&D
$600 to support Brian Snyder
Topic: Poultry on small farms

Cornell/NEBCSA conference
$1000 to support Charlie Sniffen and Ev Thomas
Topic: Sustainable dairy farm systems

Delaware (NY) Highlands Conservancy
$1000 to support Joel Salatin
Topic: Sustainable food systems

Engaged Community Offshoots
$1000 to support Will Allen
Topic: Urban agriculture

Headwaters R C & D
$980 to support J Hopkins, J Vanderstappen, and L Elder
Topic: Sustainable grazing

Heart of Maine RC & D
$1000 to support Joel Salatin
Topic: Sustainable livestock production

Heart of Maine RC & D
$1000 to support Dave Mostue and Steve Jones
Topic: Small grain production with horsepower

Hudson Valley Commercial Fruit Growers School
$1000 to support Stan Pluta
Topic: Mechanized berry production

Maine Sustainable Ag Society
$990 to support Fred Fleming
Topic: Farmer collaboration

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Assn.
$300 to support Mark Fulford
Topic: Soil fertility

Montgomery Countryside Alliance
$1000 to support Steven McFadden
Topic: Food security and sustainable farming

Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
$1000 to support Daniel Salatin
Topic: Pastured meat and meat marketing

Rural Health Network of South Central NY
$1000 to support Jerry Brunetti
Topic: Soil, food, and health

Penn State Dairy Alliance
$1000 to support Debra Crave
Topic: Farmstead cheese making

University of Connecticut
$1000 to support Temple Grandin
Topic: Humane slaughter

University of Vermont Extension
$1000 to support Stephen Jones
Topic: Wheat breeding and selection, heritage varieties

Washington Co. (ME) Soil and Water
$500 ti support Mark Fulford
Topic: Soil fertility and wheat production

2009

American Maple Syrup Council

$985 to support Peter Nykoluk
Topic: filtration and pure food products

Androscoggin Valley Conservation District
$1000 to support Neil Sampson
Topic: Marketing carbon credits

Bristol County Conservation District/SEMAP
$1000 to support Jen Hashley and Michael Darre
Topic: pastured poultry

Cedar Circle Farm
$1000 to support Tom Gilbert
Topic: On-farm composting

Community Energy Partners
$1000 to support Tom Wind
Topic: Alternative energy

Cornell Cooperative Extension, Oswego County
$1000 to support Peter Dixon
Topic: Cheese making

Cornell Cooperative Extension, Yates County
$700 to support David Corsi and Zaid Kurdieh
Topic: marketing

Cornell Swine School
$1000 to support Alan Hoefling
Topic: Nesting boxes for farrowing

Coventry (CT) Regional Farmers Market
$700 to support Bruce Baker
Topic: Direct marketing

Dairy Sheep Assn of North America
$892 to support Darrell Emmich, DVM
Topic: Foraging behavior and diet selection

Farm Catskills
$451 to support Sam Simon and Pat Manning
Topic: Marketing local milk

Finger Lakes Bioneers
$950 to support Partick Martins and Ariel Deman
Topic: Heritage breeds, food literacy

Headwaters RC & D
$1000 to support Kit Pharo
Topic: Grazing>

Heart of Maine RC & D
$1000 to support Steve Zwinger
Topic: Organic flour

Madison County Soil and Water
$1000 to support Jim Gerrish
Topic: Pasture management

Maryland Dairy Convention
$1000 to support Michael Hutjens, DVM
Topic: Feeding strategies and herd health

Maine Rural Partners
$1000 to support John Bartok
Topic: Greenhouse energy

NESAWG
$996 to support Jose Alvarez and Kate Clancy
Topic: Regional food systems

NOFA Summer Conference
$1000 to support Will Allen, Paul Stamets
Topic: Keynotes

NOFA-MA
$1000 to support Joel Salatin
Topic: Introducing livestock

NOFA-NJ
$900 to support John Jeavons
Topic: Keynote

NOFA-NY
$1000 to support Michael Phillips and Richard Holliday
Topics: Hered health and orchard management

NOFA-VT
$1000 to support Eliot Coleman
Topic: Keynote

Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
$1000 to support Claire Hinrich
Topic: Sustainable food systems

Pennsylvania Project Grass
$550 to support Daryl Emmick, Karen Hoffman, Jack Farster, and Jim Clark
Topic: Grazing and pasture management

Rutgers
$1000 to support Hugh Campbell
Topic: Human ecology and organic farm systems

Sterling College
$1000 to support Temple Grandin
Topic: Humane slaughter

SUNY Albany
$1000 to support Shannon Hayes
Topic: Institutional purchase of local food

Time and Tide RC & D
$1000 to support Paul Roberts
Topic: Local food

University of Maryland Extension
$912 to support Susan Kerr, DVM
Topic: Lambing and kidding

University of New Hampshire Extension, Merrimack County
$1000 to support Tom Kilcer
Topic: Forage production

University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture
$1000 to support Tom Gilbert
Topic: Composting and winter pasture management

University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture
$1000 to support Kathy Voth
Topic: Weed management

Vermont Food Education Every Day (VT-FEED)
$700 to support Margaret Krome
Topic: Farm to school purchasing

West Virginia University Extension
$1000 to support Gerald Fry
Topic: Grazing

Western Maryland Research & Education Center
$1000 to support Richard Browning, Jr.
Topic: Goat genetics

Xerces Society
$700 to support Eric Mader
Topic: Pollinator conservation

2008

Chester County 2020
$500 to support Steve Groff
Topic: Marketing to Supermarkets and the City

Cornell Agroforestry Center
$1000 to support Gene Gannett.
Topic: Agroforestry

Farm Catskills (NY)
$936 to support Tim Schlitzer
Topic: Buy-local programming

Gardenshare (NY)
$1000 to support Wes Jackson
Topic: Keynote

Headwaters Resource Conservation and Development (PA)
$1000 to support Ralph Quillin
Topic: Grazing

Kennebec Soil and Water Conservation District
$1000 to support Richard Hiatt.
Topic: Energy efficiency

Madison County Soil and Water
$1000 to support Kevin Fulton
Topic: Marketing, custom grazing

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
$1000 to support Amigo Bob Cantisano
Topic: California organic agriculture

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
$722 to support Steve Washburn
Topic: Grass-fed beef and pastured dairies

New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
$500 to support Imed Dami
Topic: Sustainable viniculture

New York Organic Dairy
$1000 to support Jerry Brunnetti
Topic: Managing dairy animals and field crops

NOFA-MA
$1000 to support Arden Andersen
Topic: Agriculture and human health

NOFA-VT
$800 to support keynote speaker Judy Wicks
Event: 2008 Winter Conference

Penn Resource Conservation and Development
$1000 to support Ron Hammond
Topic: No till

Penn Soil Resource Conservation and Development
$1000 to support Peter Dixon
Topic: Advanced cheese making

Penn Soil Resource Conservation and Development
$400 to support Susan Beal DVM
Topic: Preventive/homeopathic care for livestock

Penn State Cooperative Extension
$1000 to support Richard George
Topic: Direct Marketing

Penn State Extension/Lebanon Co
$200 to support Steve Groff
Topic: Cover Crops in Vegetable Production

Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
$1000 to support Kathy Voth
Topic: Prescribed Grazing

Pocono NE Resource Conservation and Development
$1000 to support Allen Williams and Ann Wells DVM
Event: Grass-Finished Meats Seminar

Southeastern PA Resource Conservation and Development Council
$310 to support Steve Groff
Topic: No-Till Vegetables

University of New Hampshire Extension
$938 to support Byron Shelton
Topic: Holistic Planned Grazing

Western Mountains Alliance
$1000 to support Dan McGuire
Topic: Wind Energy on the fFrm

Women in Agriculture
$784 to support Lisa Holderness and Katherine Brooks
Topic: Greenhouse Heat Alternatives

2007

Berks County Conservation District
$500 to support keynote speaker Steve Groff
Topic: Ag Innovations Workshop

D Acres of New Hampshire
$1000 to support Mark Fulford
Topic: Soil Nutrition from a Plant's-Eye Point of View

Environmental Protection Agency/Massachusetts Flower Growers
$965 to support Bob Muth
Topic: Leaf Composting

GardenShare
$716 to support keynote speaker Amy Trubeck
Topic: Local Food

Natural Resources Conservation Service
$976 to support Peter Goin
Topic: NRCS national conference

Northeast Organic Farming Association -Massachusetts
$479 to support keynote speaker Bill McKibben
Topic: 2007 Summer Conference

Penn State Extension
$866 to support Steve Groff
Topic: Cover Crops and No-Till

Penn's Corner Conservancy
$1000 to support keynote speaker Ralph Quillin
Topic: Developing the Grazing Mindset

The Becker Forum at the New York Fruit and Vegetable Expo
$5000 to support a full roundtable on farm labor issues

University of Maine at Orono/Extension
$1000 to support John Bartok and Paul Thomas
Topic: Sustainable Greenhouse Production

West Virginia University Extension
$1000 to support Troy Bishopp
Topic: Appalachian Grazing Conference

2006

American Farmland Trust
$1,000 for keynote Michael Ableman
Topic: Farming on the Edge

Berkshire Grown
$858 to support keynote speaker Nina Planck
Topic: Marketing Local Foods Dynamically

Community Vision Council
$1000 to support D Haughten and Ras Oba Jacobs
Topic: Home Grown/Sustainable Roots

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Seneca County
$1000 to support John Oswalt, Matt Wiley, and Joe Rook
Topic: Low-Input Sheep Production

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County
$1000 to support keynote and workshop leader Greg Judy
Topic: Grazing Conference

Cornell Cooperative Extension
$1000 to support Ann Wells, DVM
Topic: Keeping Livestock Healthy Through Management

D Acres of New Hampshire
$714 to support Paul Sachs
Topic: Components of Healthy Soil

Endless Mountains Resource Conservation and Development
$995 to support Jim Gerrish
Topic: Fifth Pennsylvania Statewide Project Grass Conference

GardenShare
$704 to support Bill McKibben
Topic: Local Food

Heart of Maine Resource Conservation and Development
$722 to support Mark Fulford and Tim Livingstone
Topic: Soil Health and Farm Profitability

North Country Resource Conservation and Development
$1000 to support Pete Johnson
Topic: Small and Beginning Farmers Conference

Northeast Aquaculture
$950 to support keynote John Connelly
Topic: Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Exposition

Northeast Organic Farming Association -Massachusetts
$1000 to support keynote Miriam MacGillis
Topic: NOFA Summer Conference

Northeast Organic Farming Association -New Hampshire
$1000 to support keynote Diana Beresford-Kroeger
Topic: Climate Change and Organic Farming

Northeast Organic Farming Association -Connecticut
$1000 to support James Howard Kunstler and Don Campbell
Topic: Cultivating an Organic Connecticut Conference

Penn State Dairy Alliance
$890 to support Michele Payn-Knoper
Topic: Women in Dairy

Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
$1000 to support Neal Kinsey
Topic: Introduction to Albrecht Methods

Pocono Resource Conservation and Development
$1000 to support Allen Williams
Topic: Beef Co-ops, Branded Beef, and Adding Value

University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture
$434 to support John Howell
Topic: Irrigation Options for Vegetable Production

Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation
$1000 to support Will Bonsall and Jane Rissler
Topic: Agriculture and Biodiversity

2005

Vermont Food Education Every Day (VT FEED)
$1,000 to support Valarie Simmons, Doug Davis, and Hank Bissell
Topic: Weaving Schools into Wellness