NE Farm Energy IQ Toolkit for each topic area includes:
- Module Overview with instructions for presentations to Ag Service Providers (ASP) and Farmers
- “Train the Trainer” Presentation
- YouTube Video of the presentation
- Farmer Presentation
- Educational Materials for educators, service providers, and farmers; such as:
- fact sheets, activities, case studies, images, decision support tools such as the as Penn State energy selector, and checklists
On-Farm Smart Energy Buying and Use
- Modifying Energy Buying Habits
- Buying Energy in a Time Differentiated Market
- Energy Buying Options in Deregulated Markets
On-Farm Energy Efficiency
- Farm Energy – Efficiency Principles
- Farm Energy Audits
- Dairy Farm – Energy Efficiency
- Greenhouse – Energy Efficiency
- Tree Fruit Production – Energy Efficiency
- Field Crop – Energy Efficiency
- Direct Market Farms – Energy Efficiency
On-Farm Energy Production
- Bioenergy Feedstock Production
- Biodiesel and Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO)
- Biogas and Anaerobic Digestion
- Wood and Grass Pellets
- Solar Electric and Solar Thermal
- Wind Power
These training resources are freely available under the following terms: for educational purposes, non-commercial, no derivatives . When using, please provide attribution to Farm Energy IQ, SARE and the module author. If you wish to make any modification to the resources, please contact module author (as listed on the landing page for each module).
Extension specialists from Penn State, Rutgers and University of Vermont developed this Farm Energy IQ curriculum, with funding from Northeast SARE
The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program’s mission is to advance—to the whole of American agriculture—innovations that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life by investing in groundbreaking 
research and education. SARE is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), USDA. www.sare.org.