National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is our federal partner, providing federal assistance and program leadership for numerous research, education, and extension activities.

ACORN was supported originally (2006-2010) by the National Research Initiative of the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (grant number 2006-55101-16564), and continues to be supported by the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station and UMass Amherst Department of Environmental Conservation.