Posted on: May 30th, 2012
Do you want to help family farms and promote sustainable agriculture and sustainable energy? Join the NCAT team as an agriculture specialist, working out of our San Antonio, TX office. We seek an individual who is knowledgeable in small-acreage production and farming practices that protect water quality and quantity. Click here to read about other qualifications and for information on applying.
Posted on: May 8th, 2012
Read all about NCAT's accomplishments last year, and see the many friends who helped make the year so successful. From saving more than 13.2 million kilowatt hours of electricity, delivering more than 40,500 technical assistance materials on sustainable agriculture issues, and providing hands-on energy efficiency assistance to more than 4,300 households, our staff had a busy and successful year helping thousands of individuals.
 Read the full report
Posted on: April 13th, 2012
 David Ryan, an NCAT employee and registered Professional Engineer in Montana, provided a farm energy audit at the Bridger Plant Materials Center (PMC)property in Bridger, MT on February 15, 2012. This audit was an ASABE Level 2 audit. Ryan identified potential energy saving opportunities in the farm headquarters. If all recommended measures are implemented, the estimated total cost would be $21,376. Total estimated savings would be $3,612 annually, and the payback period would be 6 years.
The 140-acre Bridger PMC property is owned by Conservation Districts in Montana and Wyoming. It is staffed and operated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service and provides plant solutions for the diverse ecosystems of Montana and Wyoming. Over 30 conservation grasses, forbs, and shrubs have been selected and released for use throughout the northern plains since the PMCs establishment in 1959.
Read the full report here. [PDF/426KB]
Posted on: March 19th, 2012
 Be a part of our extraordinary staff! We have four positions open at our Butte, MT, headquarters: a Western livestock specialist, an accountant, an information technology support specialist and a Web specialist. We also have internships available, as well as AmeriCorps positions. Click here to check out the available jobs and to find application information.
Posted on: March 2nd, 2012
 ATTRA is gearing up its publications, toll-free information hotline, and other services now that federal funding for the project has been restored after it was cut earlier last year. A project of NCAT, the ATTRA project is a leading national provider of technical assistance in the sustainable agriculture and farm-energy arenas.
|
|
