Creating A Sustainable Civilization (85 min. video). $29.95 + $4
s&h. Allan Savory discusses the decision-making process on which
Holistic Resource Management is based. The role of biodiversity
is highlighted. Contains excellent film footage. Center for
Holistic Resource Management, PO Box 7128, Albuquerque, NM 87194,
800-654-3619, e-mail: chrm@igc.apc.org
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Information Package. Free (in
U.S. only). Describes key components and pest control tools of
IPM systems and examines economic, social and environmental
factors influencing IPM. Emphasizes IPM as compatible with
sustainable ag because it depends on healthy soils and managed
crop diversity, and because it requires agroecological knowledge
to implement. Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, PO
Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR 72702, 501-442-9824, e-mail:
askattra@ncatfyv.uark.edu
The Gene Exchange: A Public Voice on Biotechnology and
Agriculture, Volume 6, Number 2&3, December 1995. Free.
Quarterly publication monitors policy, industry and research
regarding biotechnology worldwide. December issue reviews recent
and scheduled releases of genetically engineered agricultural
products and includes company names, traits altered, purpose of
modifications and sources of new genes. Union of Concerned
Scientists Agriculture and Biotechnology Program, 1616 P Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20036, 202-332-0900, email:
jrissler@ucs.usa.org
Making It on the Farm: Increasing Sustainability through Value-
added Processing and Marketing. $12.00 (payable to Southern
SAWG). Compiled from interviews with successful southern
farmer/entrepreneurs. Southern Sustainable Ag Working Group, PO
Box 324, Elkins, AR 72727.
DID YOU KNOW
USDA says it has reduced its pesticide use in its National
Arboretum by three-fourths since implementation of its integrated
pest management program in 1992.
According to the Northwest Area Foundation: global resource use
by humans is growing at about 5.5% each year--at that rate, human
demand on the earth's resources doubles every 13 years; the U.S.
has 4.7% of the world's population, produces 21% of all goods and
services, uses 25% of all processed mineral resources and energy,
and generates 25% of the world's pollution and trash.
April 22 is the 26th anniversary of Earth Day.
A Jan. 22, 1996 U.S. News & World Report article said in 1988 7%
of the nation's hogs were raised in factory farms compared to 17%
today.
COMING EVENTS
Contact CSAS office for more information:
June 3-21 -- Sustainable Agroecosystems and Environmental Issues
(training workshop involving travel in TX, OK, KS, CO, NM),
Canyon, TX
June 14-18 -- American Society for Plasticulture & American
Greenhouse Vegetable Growers Association (joint conference),
Atlantic City, NJ
July 17-18 -- Soil Quality: A Guide for Conservation (hands-on
workshop using soil as indicator of improved management), Ames,
IA
Sep. 15-19 -- 7th National Bioenergy Conference, Nashville, TN
Nov. 11-16 -- 14th International Symposium on Sustainable Farming
Systems, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Pam Murray, Coordinator
Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems
and Center for Grassland Studies
U. of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0949
V: 402-472-2056 F: -4104