Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)
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*Events added since last edition
November 9, 1995
Event: Kerr Field Day: Livestock, Forage and Agroforestry
Place: Poteau, Oklahoma
Contact: Lara Ervin (918) 647-9123; P.O. Box 588, Poteau, OK 74953
Sponsor: Kerr Center
November 10-11, 1995
Event: CropKing 12th Annual Hydroponic Grower Conference
Place: Delta-Orlando Resort, Orlando, FL
Contact: Dan Brentlinger, President, P.O. Box 310,
Medina, OH 44258
(216) 725-5656; FAX: (216) 722-3958
Sponsor: CropKing Inc.
November 12-14, 1995
Event: "Research and Practice: Learning to Build Sustainable
Industries for Sustainable Societies"
Place: Toronto, Canada
Contact: Greening of Industry Network Conference, Prof. Nigel
Roome, Haub Program in Business and the Environment,
Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University,
4700 Keele St., North York, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada.
Phone: (416) 736-5809
November 12-14, 1995
Event: Community Supported Agriculture Conference
Place: Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Contact: Jered Lawson, c/o CASFS, 1156 High Street,
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(408) 459-3964; FAX: (408) 459-2799; farmcsa@aol.com
November 15-17, 1995
Event: "Environmental Enhancement through Agriculture"
Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Contact: William Lockeretz, School of Nutrition, Tufts University,
Medford, MA 02155.
Phone:(617) 627-3223;FAX:(617) 627-3887
wlockeretz@infonet.tufts.edu
Sponsor: Tufts University, Center for Agriculture, Food and
Environment; American Farmland Trust;
Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture
November 17-19 1995
*Event: "The Soil and the Seed: An Agenda for the Future"
Bio-Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association
1995 National Conference
Place: La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Contact: Charles Beedy, Director, P.O. Box 550,
Kimberton, PA, 19442
1-800-516-7797; FAX: (610) 983-3196
Sponsor: The Bio-Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association
November 30-December 2, 1995
Event: "Celebrating 25 Years of Eco-Agriculture"
Place: Stouffer Airport Renaissance Hotel, St. Louis, MO
Contact: Acres U.S.A., P.O. Box 8800, Metairie, LA 70011-8800
(800) 355-5313; (504) 889-2100; FAX: (504) 889-2777;
acresusa@aol.com
Sponsor: Acres U.S.A.
December 1-3, 1995
Event: "Healthy Farms, Healthy People, Healthy Communities"
1995 Annual Upper-Midwest Community Supported Agriculture
Conference
Place: Madison, Wisconsin
Contact: Wil Burns (608) 256-6312; wcburns1@students.wisc.edu
Margaret Krome (608) 238-1440; mkrome@aol.com
2524 Chamberlain Ave., Madison, WI 53705
Sponsor: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute;
Minnesota Food Association;
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems;
Philadelphia Community Farm;
Land Stewardship Project
Note: Cost is $45 before November 15, $50 after November 15.
December 2, 1995
*Event: Heartland Roundup.
"Bringing people together around good food, fertile soil,
clean water and revitalized rural communities."
Place: Kansas State Union, KSU Campus, Manhattan, KS
Contact: Kansas Rural Center (913) 873-3431
Sponsor: Kansas Rural Center and the Heartland Network
December 7, 1995
*Event: Third Annual Fertilizer Research and Education Program
Conference
Place: Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier, CA
Contact: Jacques Franco or Casey Walsh Cady,
Fertilizer Research and Education Program,
California Dept. of Food and Agriculture,
1220 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814;
(916)653-5340; FAX: (916) 653-2407
Sponsor: California Department of Food and Agriculture
University of California, Kearney Agricultural Center
California Fertilizer Association
December 12-15, 1995
Event: National Agricultural Ecosystem Management Conference
Place: New Orleans, Louisiana
Contact: Conservation Technology Information Center,
1220 Potter Drive, Room 170,
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906
Phone: (317) 494-9555 FAX: (317) 494-5969
December 13, 1995
*Event: Changes and Choices for Agriculture and Rural Communities
Place: Iowa Hall, Ballantyne Auditorium,
Kirkwood Community College,
Cedar Rapids, IA
Contact: For program content:Judith Pim (515) 294-6257;
Rich Pirog (515) 294-3711;
For registration information: Cheryl Achey (319) 398-4944
Sponsor: Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Iowa State University Extension
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce, Agribusiness Committee
January 3-10, 1996
*Event: Ranching For Profit School
Place: Fort Collins, CO
Contact: Elaine Kelly, Ranch Management Consultants, Inc.
7719 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107
(505) 898-7417; (505) 821-4214
Sponsor: Ranch Management Consultants, Inc.
January 6, 1996
*Event: Practical Farmers of Iowa Annual Meeting
Place: Ames, IA
Contact: Rick Exner or Gary Huber (515)294-1923
dnexner@iastate.edu
Sponsor: Practical Farmers of Iowa; Iowa State University
January 19-21, 1996
Event: 1996 Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
(SAWG) Annual Conference
Place: Radisson Plaza Hotel, Lexington, Kentucky
Contact: Keith Richards, P. O. Box 324, Elkins, Arkansas 72727
Phone: (501) 292-3714; HN3551@handsnet.org
January 20, 1996
*Event: Third Annual Innovative Farmers of Ohio Conference
Place: Deleware, OH
Contact: Louise Warner, Stratford Ecological Center
3083 Liberty Rd. Deleware, OH 43015
(614) 363-2548
Sponsor: The Innovative Farmers of Ohio
January 24-27, 1996
Event: Ecological Farming Conference (16th Annual)
Place: Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA
Contact: CSA, P.O. Box 838, San Martin, CA 95046
(408) 778-7366; FAX: (408) 778-7186; zea@well.com;
http://www.well.com/user/zea/EcoFarm.html
Sponsor: Committee for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA)
January 26-27, 1996
*Event: 15th Annual Organic Conference
"Organic Farming Comes of Age"
Place: University of Guelph
Contact: Tomas Nimmo (705) 444-0923; FAX: 444-0380
February through May, 1996
*Event: Organic Inspector Training Courses
Place: Sutton, Quebec; Summerville, TN; Santa Fe, NM;
Brandon, Manitoba; Ann Arbor, MI; and Chile.
Contact: IOIA, Route 3, Box 162-C, Winoma, MN 55987;
(507) 454-8310
Sponsor: Independent Organic Inspectors Association (IOIA)
February 2, 1996
Event: Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society Western Area
Conference
Place: Ogallala, Nebraska
Contact: Jane Sooby, High Plains Ag Lab
3257 Rd. 109, Sidney, NE 69162-3129 (308) 254-3918
Cris Carusi, Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society
P.O. Box 736, Hartington, NE 68739 (402) 254-2289
Sponsor: Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society
February 20-25, 1996
Event: The 1996 North American Farmers'
Direct Marketing Conference
Place: Saratoga Springs, New York
Contact: Monika Roth, (607) 272-2292; FAX: 272-7088;
monika_roth@cce.cornell.edu
Cornell Cooperative Extension, 615 Willow Avenue,
Ithaca, NY, 14850
Sponsor: North American Farmers' Direct Marketing Association;
New York State Farmers' Direct Marketing Association;
Mass. Association of Roadside Stands and PYO Farms;
Massachusetts Federation of Farmers' Markets;
Cornell Cooperative Extension;
New England Cooperative Extension Consortium;
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets;
Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture
February 24, 1996
Event: Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society Annual Meeting
Place: Columbus, Nebraska
Contact: Cris Carusi, Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society
P.O. Box 736, Hartington, NE 68739 (402) 254-2289
Sponsor: Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society
February 27-March 2, 1996
*Event: Third National IPM Symposium/Workshop
Place: Sheraton-Washington Hotel, Washington, DC
Contact: Carol Kramer 1301 New York Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20005-4788
(202) 219-0453; FAX: 219-0029; ckramer@econ.ag.gov
Sponsor: Economic Research Service, USDA
March 21-23, 1996
*Event: International Kenaf Association's 8th Annual Conference
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Contact: Jim Keith P.O. Box 20399, Albuquerque, NM 87154;
(505) 294-0293
Sponsor: International Kenaf Association (IKA)
March 30-April 1, 1996
*Event: First Annual National Electronic Publishing Conference
Place: Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC
Contact: www.lib.virginia.edu/etext/newmedia.html
Sponsor: Library of Congress and the University of Virginia
April 13-26, 1996
*Event: Permaculture Design Course with Bill Mollison
Place: North Central Texas
Contact: Kirby Fry or Inger Myhre (817) 897-9402; FAX: 897-3785;
72530.1353@compuserve.com
Sponsor: Cross Timbers Permaculture Institute
June 11-14, 1996
Event: 6th International Conference on Computers in Agriculture
Place: Cancun, Mexico
Contact: Dr. Fedro S. Zazueta (904) 392-7260; FAX: 392-4092;
fsz@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
www.agen.ufl.edu/~fzazueta/
June 15-20, 1996
Event: 2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference
on the Environment
Place: Newport, Rhode Island
Contact: Demetri Kantarelis (508) 767-7557 or
Kevin L. Hickey (508) 767-7296
IEA, Economics/Foreign Affairs Dept., Assumption College
500 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01615-0005
FAX: (508) 799-4502; dkantar@eve.assumption.edu
July 7-10, 1996
*Event: Rocky Mountain Rendezvous:
Renew Yourself in the High Country
Place: Keystone Resort, CO
Contact: Timothy J. Kautza (515) 289-2331, ext. 12
SWCS Director of Education and Professional Development
Sponsor: SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY
July 8-11, 1996
Event: The First Australian New Crops Conference
New Crops, New Products, New Opportunities
Place: The University of Queensland Gatton College
Contact: Sally Brown, New Crops Conference Secretariat,
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072 Australia
Ph: (int) +61 7 3365 6360; FAX: +61 7 3365 7099
Sally@ceu.uq.oz.au
August 11-15, 1996
Event: 11th IFOAM Scientific Conference &
1st Organic World Exhibition
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact: Secretariat: ifoam'96, Blegdamsvej 4,
DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.
45 3537 2096; FAX: 45 3537 4096; ifoam96@login.dknet.dk
Sponsor: Danish Association of Organic Agriculture
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
(IFOAM)
September 16-20, 1996
*Event: First World Congress on Allelopathy:
"A Science for the Future"
Place: Cadiz, Spain
Contact: International Allelopathic Society
famacias@merlin.uca.es
http://uca.es/allelopathy.html
Sponsor: International Allelopathic Society
September 28-October 7, 1996
Event: Sixth International Permaculture Conference
"Designing for a Sustainable Future"
Place: Perth, Western Australia
Contact: Sixth Permaculture Conference Secretariat, PO Box 568
Kalamunda, Western Australia, 6076
61 9 291 9306; FAX: 61 9 291 9978; converg@eepo.com.au
Sponsor: Permaculture Association of Western Australia
June 8-19, 1997
*Event: XVIII International Grassland Congress '97:
"Grasslands 2000"
Place: Winnipeg, Manitoba (6/8-12), and
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (6/15-19), Canada
Contact: amc@supernet.ab.ca; (403) 244-4487; FAX: 244-2340
Sponsor: Government of Canada; Government of Manitoba;
Government of Saskatchewan;
Agricultural Institute of Canada;
Canadian Forage Council; Forage and Grassland Foundation;
Department of Western Economic Diversification;
American Society of Agronomy;
Crop Science Society of America;
and others...
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APPENDIX
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program Regional
Research Grants Schedules
The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program
awards grants on a competitive basis for research, education, and
extension training projects in sustainable agriculture. Grants are
also available to agricultural producers (farmers, ranchers, etc.)
Administration of the program takes place through four regional
centers, each of which has a separate schedule for its call for
proposals and other deadlines. The schedules for the 1995-1996
grant year are included. Some dates are tentative. Schedules will
be updated as they become available. Contact your region for
further information. Following are the addresses of the Regional
centers:
North Central Region Western Region
Steven S. Waller, Coordinator Phil Rasmussen, Coordinator
13-A Activities Bld Ag Systems Technology
Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln Utah State University
Lincoln, NE 68583-0704 Logan, UT 84322-2300
(402) 472-7081 (801) 797-2230
FAX: (402) 472-0280 FAX: (801) 797-4002
Internet: agdn009@unlvm.unl.edu Internet: soilcomp@cc.usu.edu
Northeast Region Southern Region
Frederick R. Magdoff, Gerald F. Arkin, Co-Coordinator
Coordinator Contact Paula Ford, Program Mgr.
Dept. of Plant & Soil Science University of Georgia
University of Vermont Agriculture Experiment Station
Burlington, VT 05405 Griffin, GA 30223-1797
(802) 656-2630; F:(802) 656-4656 (404) 412-4787; F:(404)412-4789
msimpson@moose.uvm.edu sareace@gaes.griffin.peachnet.edu
NORTH CENTRAL REGION: IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN,
MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI
September 15, 1995 Preproposals received by Regional
Coordinator
November 13-15, 1995 Administrative Council meets to select
preproposals for further development
December 4, 1995 Invitation to submit full proposal.
January 22, 1996 Deadline for receiving full proposal
February 2, 1996 Producer Grant applications available
from the Regional Office
March 6-8, 1996 Technical Committee meets to evaluate
proposals
April 3-5, 1995 Recommendation for project funding by
Administrative Council
May 1, 1996 Producer Grant Applications are due
June 3-5, 1996 Funding decisions expected on Producer
Grant awards (tentative)
SOUTHERN REGION: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC,
OK, PR, SC, TN, TX, VA and VI
June, 1995 Call for proposals for: research grants,
producer initiated grants and training
grants goes out in Region's newsletter.
(Anyone wishing this notification, who is
not already on the mailing list, should
call the Southern Region office)
October 13, 1995 Preproposals due at the SARE/ACE office.
November 21, 1995 Project coordinators notified of
preproposal status.
December 1, 1995 Producer grant proposals due at SARE/ACE
office.
January 5, 1996 Deadline for submitting full proposals.
February 12-15, 1996 Technical Committee recommendations for
funding; Administrative Council decisions
on funding
February 13, 1996 Producer Grant Subcommittee and Admin.
Council decide funding
March-July, 1996 Notification to applicants, and signing of
contracts.
WESTERN REGION: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT,
WA, WY and the Island Protectorates
September 1, 1995 Calls for Proposals for SARE, ACE and
Chapter 3 grants go out
November 6, 1995 Farmer/Rancher Grant Call for Proposals
goes out
November 8, 1995 SARE, ACE-1 and ACE-2 proposals are due by
5:00 p.m.
December 6, 1995 Chapter 3 Proposals due by 5:00 p.m.
January 9, 1995 Distribution of Producer Initiated
Grants Calls for Proposal (CFP)
January 17, 1996 Farmer/Rancher Grants due by 5:00 p.m.
Feb. 28-March 1, 1996 Technical Review Panel for SARE/ACE grants
March 12-13, 1996 Farmer/Rancher Grants subcommittee meets
March 19-22, 1996 Administrative Council Review and funding
decisions
April 22, 1996 Award/Rejection letters go out;
Proposal revisions requested.
June 16, 1996 Proposal revisions due
July 15, 1996 Plans of Work due in Washington, DC
August 12-16, 1996 Administrative Council Strategic Planning
Retreat
NORTHEAST REGION: CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WV
September 15, 1995 Farmer Grower applications available
October 10, 1995 SARE/ACE Call for Proposals issued
October 10, 1995 Chapter 3 - SARE Training (Extension)
Call for Proposals issued
December 15, 1995 Farmer/Grower Grants due
January 12, 1996 SARE Training (Extension) Proposals due
January 19, 1996 SARE/ACE Research & Education Proposals
due
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