Florida Sustainable Agriculture

Teams

Florida SARE

Florida SARE supports sustainable agriculture programming for state and county Extension faculty; non-profit organizations; state and federal government agencies; and mentor farmers.

Rows of corn at the tropical research and education center In addition, Florida SARE provides:

diverse training and professional development opportunities
scholarships for farmers and other agricultural professionals
grant proposal support and guidance
research and Extension support and guidance
collaborating farmers for research

SARE Resources

Team Members

Gilbert Queeley, Ph.D.
Florida SARE State Co-Coordinator
Florida A&M University
gilbert.queeley@famu.edu

Xin, Zhao
Florida SARE State Co-Coordinator
University of Florida
zxin@ufl.edu

Advisory Committee

Name	Concentration
Renee Bodine	Government Agency
Catherine Campbell	1862 Land Grant
Aubrey Cash	Commercial
Anna Considine	Commercial
Kwasi Densu	1890 Land Grant
Sundiata Ameh El	Nonprofit
Craig Frey	1862 Land Grant
George Johnson	Government Agency
Trent Mathews	Government Agency
Miaisha Mitchel	Nonprofit
Dina Liebowitz	1862 Land Grant
Khadejah Scott	1862 Land Grant

Trainings

Training and professional development opportunities help faculty members and students advance in their careers and studies. View the available trainings to learn more.

Successful Grant Writing
The funding opportunities for community-based and farm organizations provide important resources to foster community and farm development. Both public organizations, like USDA, and private foundations offer many grant opportunities that can provide fiscal resources for the development of community based organizations.

Successful proposal development is a learned skill. While the specific requirements for each proposal will vary, depending on the donor’s goals, objectives, and proposal requirements, there are commonalities to virtually all proposals. Understanding the major factors that donors commonly use to evaluate proposals is key to writing winning proposals.

The purpose of this program is to help participants respond effectively to the key factors donors commonly use to evaluate proposals.

Training Objectives
1. Write a problem statement that is responsive to the donor’s funding priorities.
2. Develop goals, objectives, and outcomes to address the problem statement.
3. Develop and describe objective-based activities.
4. Construct an appropriate evaluation strategy.
5. Develop an objective-based budget.

Graduate Student Grant Writing
Graduate students are under increasing pressure to find funding to supplement their research and/or program fees. This workshop specifically addresses the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Graduate Student Grant and will:
1. Increase the likelihood of graduate students obtaining grant funding.
2. Allow graduate students to gain experience in grant writing to enhance their skills for employment.
3. Give graduate students an introduction to successful grant writing techniques.
The workshop helps improve the grant writing skills of graduate students by discussing the keys to writing a successful grant proposal. Students have the opportunity to work on their own proposal at the workshop.

Training Objectives
1. Write a problem statement that is responsive to the donor’s funding priorities.
2. Develop goals, objectives, and outcomes to address the problem statement.
3. Develop and describe objective-based activities.
4. Develop an objective-based budget.