CALENDAR OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EVENTS
and
SARE/ACE Grants Calendar
Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)
February 26, 1996
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name, place, contact, and sponsor, to Alternative Farming Systems
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Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705-
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* Events added since last edition
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
February 28-29, 1996
* Event: Farming for the Future, A Leadership Initiative for
Community Agriculture Development
Place: Cazenovia, New York
Contact: Farming Alternatives Program, 423 Warren Hall, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York 14853. (607) 255-9832
February 28 - March 6, 1996
* Event: The Ranching for Profit School, with Dr. Stan Parsons
Place: Kerrville, Texas
Contact: Elaine Kelly, Ranch Management Consultants, Inc.,
7719 Rio Grande Blvd., NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107
(505) 898-7417 or (505) 821-4214
March 1-2, 1996
* Event: 7th Annual Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference,
"Organic Agriculture: Practical Approaches to Making it
Grow"
Place: Sinsinawa Mound Center, Sinsinawa, Wisconsin
Contact: Jackie Renner, MDA (612) 297-1629
Prescott Bergh, ESAP (612) 215-0367
Faye Jones, Conference Coordinator (715) 772-3153
http://www.mda.state.mn.us
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Michael Fields
Agricultural Institute, and others
March 2-4, 1996
* Event: National Organic Marketing Cooperative Feasibility Study
National Forum
Place: St. Mary's Center, St. Mary's College, Leavenworth, KS
Contact: Allen R. Moody c/0 Heartland Mill, Inc.,
RR1, Box 2, Marienthal, KS 67863
(316) 379-4472; FAX (316) 379-4459
March 4-5, 1996
* Event: 19th Annual National Food Policy Conference, "Consumers,
Industry & Government: Shifting Responsibility for Food
Policy"
Place: Washington Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC
Contact: Public Voice, 1101 Fourteenth Street, NW, Suite 710,
Washington, DC 20005 (202) 371-1840
Sponsor: Public Voice for Food & Health Policy and National Food
Processors Association
March 7, 1996
* Event: Sustainable Cotton Conference, Committee for Sustainable
Agriculture
Place: Kern Ag Pavillion, Bakersfield, California
Contact: CSA Cotton, P.O. Box 2371, Davis, California 956-2371.
(916)756-6967; FAX: (916) 756-7363
Sponsor: Gap Foundation, CA Integrated Waste Management Board,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Peaceful Valley
Farm Supply, Rincon Vitova, Sustainable Cotton Project
NOTE: Contact CSA for information on a series of Sustainable
Agriculture Production Techniques Conferences:
Turf & Golf Course, March 28; Prunes, April 4; Almonds &
Walnuts, April 4; Citrus & Olives, April 4; Grapes, April
11; Wine Grapes, April 14; dates to be announced:
Strawberries; Vegetables; Citrus & Avocado; Greenhouse &
Nursery; Stone Fruits & Almonds; Livestock & Dairy; and
Tropical Farming.
March 9, 1996
* Event: NOFA/CT Winter Conference, "Why Oganic? The Link Between
Food, Health, Community and Environment"
Place: Wethersfield, Connecticut
Contact: NOFA/CT, Box 386, Northford, CT 06472. (203) 484-2455
Sponsor: NOFA/Connecticut
March 9, 1996
* Event: NOFA/NJ Winter Conference, "Sustaining the Vision"
Place: Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New
Jersey
Contact: NOFA/NJ, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington, New Jersey 08534
(609) 737-6848
Sponsor: NOFA New Jersey
March 9-10, 1996
* Event: NOFA/NY Winter Conference, "Celebrate Diversity"
Place: Tompkins/Cortland Community College, Dryden, New York
Contact: NOFA/NY, Box 21, S. Butler, NY 13154. (325) 365-2299
Sponsor: NOFA New York
March 16-17, 1996
* Event: "It's Simple...Farms = Food"
Place: Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio
Contact: OEFFA, PO Box 82234, Columbus, OH 43202
(614) 294-3663; FAX (614) 291-3276
Sponsor: Ohio Ecological food and Farm Association (OEFFA);
Ohio Chapter of the Organic Crop Improvement Association
March 18-20, 1996
* Event: Tomorrow's Farms Conference: "Connecting our farm and
gardens with urban growth."
Place: Natural Bridge Hotel and Conference Center
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Contact: Tomorrow's Farms Conference, Sedalia Center
Route 1, Box 687, Big Island, VA 25626-9735
(804) 299-5080
Sponsor: Virginia Association for Biological Farming; Virginia
Cooperative Extension Service; The Sedalia Center;
Voyager Foundation.
March 21-22, 1996
* Event: Davis Cover Crop Workshop
Place: University of California, Davis, California
Contact: Julie McNamara, SAFS Information Specialist, Agronomy and
Range Science Dept., U.C. Davis, Davis, California 95616.
(916) 752-8940; FAX: (916) 752-4361;
jrmcnamara@ucdavis.edu
Sponsor: U.C. Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems Project, and
the U.C. Cover Crops Workgroup
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 23-April 6, 1996
* Event: Permaculture Design Course
Place: Rodale Institute
Contact: (610) 683-1400
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 8-11, 1996
* Event: Nonpoint Source Management Workshop
"Toward Achieving a Sustainable Environment"
Place: Nebraska City, NE
Contact: Elbert Traylor, NDEQ; (402) 471-2585
Sponsor: Bridging the Gap, Inc; Heatland All Species Project;
EPA Region 7; Missouri DNR, Missoure Stream Teams;
Nebraska DEQ; Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks;
Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Iowa DNR;
April 12-14, 1996
* Event: Public Interest Science Conference 1996
Place: University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Contact: (541) 346-5146; pisc@darkwing.uoregon.edu
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~pisc
April 13-25, 1996
Event: Permaculture Design Course with Bill Mollison
Place: North Central Texas
Contact: Kirby Fry or Inger Myhre (817) 897-9402; FAX: 897-3785;
72530.1353compuserve.com
Sponsor: Cross Timbers Permaculture Institute
April 17-19, 1996
* Event: "Advances in Soil Quality for Land Management: Science,
Practice and Policy"
Place: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Contact: Paul Ryan 053 279223; FAX 053 279240;
pryan@fs3.ballarat.edu.au;
http://www.ballarat.edu.au/science/soilsymp.htm
Sponsor: Alcoa (Australia) Ltd; Central Highlands Water;
City of Ballarat; McCain Foods (Aust); Pivot;
Dairy Research and Development Corporation;
Land and Water Resources R&D Corporation;
June 3-21, 1996
* Event: Training Workshop on Sustainable Agroecosystems and
Environmental Issues
Place: West Texas A&M University
Contact: (806) 656-2299; FAX (806) 656-2938; bstewart@wtamu.edu
Sponsor: The Dryland Agriculture Institute of West Texas A&M
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/-frazueta/
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
Department, Assumption College, 500 Salisbury Street,
Worcester, MA 01615-0005; FAX: (508) 799-4502;
dkantar@eve.assumption.edu
June 23-26, 1996
* Event: 3rd International Conference on Precision Agriculture
Place: Radisson Hotel South, Bloomington/Minneapolis, Minnesota
Contact: Gene Anderson, Program Director. (612) 625-7084 or (800)
367-5363 (USA only); FAX: 625-2207; eanderson@mes.umn.edu
Sponsor: Precision Agriculture Center, College of Agricultural,
Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
July 7-10, 1996
Event: Rocky Mountain Rendezvous: Renew Yourself in the High
Country
Place: Keystone, Resort, Colorado
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 10, 1996
* Event: Summer Harvest Festival
Place: Walnut Acres, Penns Creek, PA
Contact: PASA (814) 349-9852; Walnut Acres (800) 344-9025
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
(PASA)
August 11-15, 1996 (Exhibition August 10-13)
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; IFOAM
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
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 26-29, 1996
* Event: 17th Annual Community Gardening Conference
Place: Montreal, Canada
Contact: (From USA) (415) 285-7548; FAX (415) 285-7586;
(From Canada) (514) 876-6363; FAX (514) 872-4583
Sponsor: American Community Gardening Association (ACGA)
September 28-October 7, 1996
Event: Sixth International Permaculture Conference
"Designing for a Sustainable Future"
Place: Perth, Western Australia
Contact: Sixth Permaculture Conference Secretariat, P.O. 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
October 2-3, 1996
* Event: Community Food Systems:
Sustaining Farms and People in the Emerging Economy
Place: University of California at Davis
Contact: Dave Campbell; (916)752-7541;dave.c.campbell@ucdavis.edu
Gail Feenstra; (916)752-8408;gwfeenstra@ucdavis.edu
Sponsor: University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research
and Education Program (UC SAREP);
Community Alliance with Family Farmers;
Community Food Security Coalition;
California Communities Program;
October 7-11, 1996
* Event: International Conference of Ecological Engineering
Place: Beijing, China
Contact: Prof. Chengging Yin, Research Center for Eco-
Environmental Sciences, CAS/China, P.O. Box 2871,
Beijing, China. (+86 10) 2554806; FAX: (+86 10) 256
2775; skleac@public.bta.net.cn
October 9-11, 1996
* Event: National Seminar on Organic Farming and Sustainable
Agriculture"
Place: University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India
Contact: President Dr. G.K. Veeresh, Vice Chancellor, University
of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bangalore 560 065,
India. 080 3332442; FAX: 080-3330277; or Dr. K.
Shivashankar, Organizing Secretary, Indian Society of
Agronomy, Bangalore Chapter, Dept. of Forestry, (same
address as above). 080 3330153.
Sponsor: University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore; Karnataka
Agro Industries Corporation. Ltd.; Department of
Agriculture and Co-operation, GOI, New Delhi; World
Sustainable Agriculture Association (Indian Chapter), and
others.
November 4 -7, 1996
* Event: Eco-Informa '96: Global Networks for Environmental
Information: Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge and
Application
Place: Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Convention Center, Lake
Buena Vista, Florida
Contact: ERIM/Eco-Informa, P.O. Box 134001, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
48113-4001. (313) 994-1200, ext. 3234; FAX: (313) 994-
5123; wallman@erim.org. OR:
O. Hutzinger, University of Bayreuth, Eco-Informa, Jean
Paul Str. 30, D95444 Bayreuth, Germany. (49) 921 55 21
55; (49) 921 55 22 54; FAX: (49) 921 5 46 26.
heidelore.fiedler@uni-bayreuth.de
Sponsor: Epcot Science and Technology
January 11-14, 1997
* Event: International Conference on Creativity and Innovation at
Grassroots for Sustainable Natural Resource Management
Place: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Contact: Prof. Anil K. Gupta, Conference Coordinator, Centre for
Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad 380 015, India. FAX: 91-79-6427896;
Phone: 91-79-407241(O) 469079(R); anilg@iimahd.ernet.in
Sponsor: Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad, and others.
June 8-9, 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...
___________________________________________________________________
If you would like us to include your events, please send the event
name, place, contact, and sponsor, to Alternative Farming Systems
Information Center, ATTN: SAN Calendar, Room 304, National
Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705-
2351. FAX (301) 504-6409; Internet: san@nal.usda.gov
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APPENDIX
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program
Regional Research Grants and Schedules
The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education 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 here. Schedules will be updated as they
become available. Contact your region for further information.
North Central Region Western Region
Steven S. Waller, Coordinator Phil Rasmussen, Coordinator
13-A Activities Bldg. Plants, Soils and Biomet.
Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln UMC-4820
Lincoln, NE 68583-0704 Logan, UT 84322-4820
(402) 472-7081 (801) 797-3394
FAX: (402) 472-0280 FAX: (801) 797-3376
agdn009@unlvm.unl.edu soilcomp@cc.usu.edu
Northeast Region Southern Region
Frederick R. Magdoff Gerald F. Arkin
Coordinator Co-Coordinator
Dept. of Plant and Soil Sci. Contact: Paula Ford
University of Vermont Program Manager
Burlington, VT 05405 University of Georgia
(802) 656-2630 Agricultural Exp't Station
FAX: (802) 656-4656 Griffin, GA 30223-1797
msimpson@moose.uvm.edu (770)412-4787; FAX:(770)412-4789
sareace@gaes.griffin.peachnet.edu
NORTH CENTRAL REGION: IA,IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI
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, 1996 Recommendation for project funding
by Administrative Council.
May 1, 1996 Producer Grant Applications are due.
June 3-5, 1996 Funding decisions expected on Producer Grants.
SOUTHERN REGION: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN,
TX, VA, VI
January 5, 1996 Deadline for submitting full proposals.
February 12-15 Technical Committee recommendations on funding;
Administrative Council decisions on funding.
February 13, 1996 Producer Grant decisions on funding.
March-July, 1996 Notification to applicants, contracts signed.
WESTERN REGION: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY
and the Island Protectorates.
March 1, 1996 Technical Review Panels for SARE/ACE Grants.
March 12-13, 1996 Farmer/Rancher Grants subcommittee meets.
March 19-22, 1996 Administrative Council funding decisions.
April 22, 1996 Award/Rejection letters sent;
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 mtg.
NORTHEAST REGION: CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WV.
December 15, 1995 Farmer/Grower Grants due.
January 12, 1996 SARE Training (Extension) Proposals due.
January 19, 1996 SARE/ACE Research and Education Proposals due.
January 31, 1996 Farmer/Grower funding decisions.
March 16-18, 1996 SARE/ACE and Extension grant funding decisions.
___________________________________________________________________
If you would like us to include your events, please send the event
name, place, contact, and sponsor, to Alternative Farming Systems
Information Center, ATTN: SAN Calendar, Room 304, National
Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705-
2351. FAX (301) 504-6409; Internet: san@nal.usda.gov
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