Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program 2024

Creating An Ag Professional Support System for Refugee Farmers is a collaborative project to train ag professionals across Kentucky who work directly with or have programs that can benefit refugee farmers. A series of farm tours, webinars, and culturally appropriate educational resources will support food sovereignty and implementation of sustainable practices in the refugee communities of Kentucky. Topics include but are not limited to access to land, production education, business planning, and market opportunities for refugee farmers. Combined programming and a central repository of resources will help ag professionals support refugee farmers while addressing community food insecurity and the barriers these populations commonly face in reaching for their dreams of feeding their families fresh produce and generating farm income.