SUST AG EDUC INFO

TERRY_SCHETTINI.parti@parti.inforum.org
Mon, 8 Apr 96 15:48:00 -0400

Dear Sanet/Saed folks,

Several months ago I posted a query asking for info on
Sust. Ag. Educational Programs. I have finally compiled
the responses I received. Many thanks to all who responded
as well as my apologies if any inaccuracies crept in from
my condensation of your reply.

One respondent asked the following query, which I refer to
the group. Does anyone maintain an INTERNATIONAL listing
of such programs? If you have info on this matter please
respond directly to Mary Gold at mgold@nal.usda.gov.


Some Sources of Info on Sust. Ag. Educational Programs

*Educational and Training Opportunities in Sustainable
Agriculture*, 8th edition, December 1995. This publication
is updated annually and at last count, contains well over
200 US and Canadian organizations complete with brief
program description and contact person(s). Many of the
programs listed are university/ college, undergraduate and
graduate level.

Copies of this publication, as well as a list of all
available publications, are available in hard copy, on
request, for free, from our office. It is also posted, and
searchable, on our World Wide Web homepage,
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic. Click on *Answers to your
questions* for a list of NAL reference and information
center pages; click on AFSIC and select our publications
list.

Mary Gold, Assistant Coordinator
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
National Agricultural Library, ARS, USDA
Room 304
10301 Baltimore Blvd.
Beltsville MD 20705-2351
301-504-6559
301-504-6409 FAX

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*Healthy Harvest: A Global Directory of Sustainable
Agriculture & Horticulture* is now being revised.
The current edition lists over 1850 organizations from all
fifty states and seventy-two countries, with extensive
cross-indexing. The directory includes activist and
resource groups, foundations, schools, government agencies,
intentional communities, and development. These groups
work in fields such as aquaculture, food processing &
distribution, forestry, greenhouses or orchards, marketing,
organic waste recycling, pest management, and the media.
Services they offer include apprenticeships, organic
certification, conferences, consulting, education, farm
tours, funding & support, garden programs, networking,
newsletters, periodicals & other publications, recreational
facilities, seed sales or exchanges, farm support services,
and training in sustainable agriculture.

IF YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO BE LISTED PLEASE SEND
INFORMATION **IMMEDIATELY** TO:

Karen Van Epen, c/o agAccess, 603 Fourth Street, Davis, CA
95616.
Tel: (916) 756-7177, Fax: (916) 756-7188, Email:
agaccess@davis.com.

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Joshua H. Slotnick, 1995. *Educationally Localized Farm
Internships, Sustainable Agriculture, and Agricultural
Education*. This Cornell University Master's thesis
reports a survey of these types of programs. Available via
inter-library loan from Mann Library at Cornell, call
number- LB41/1995/S634. To obtain a copy contact William
Ford at Olin Library, 607-255-5293.

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Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy Farmers, Rick Daluge,
Director.
E-mail: agsystems@igc.apc.org

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The University of Minnesota has just begun a graduate level
minor program in Sustainable Agricultural Systems Minor for
students enrolled in *any* graduate program University-
wide, from agronomy to conservation biology to political
science to sociology. The program involves course work and
an apprenticeship on a farm or with a non-profit or
government organization working on Sust. Ag. issues. The
contact person for the project is Mary Brakke, 612-625-
1251, brakk002@gold.tc.umn.edu.

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Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture coordinates
Sust. Ag. issues in the state. Contact Helene Murray at
612-625-8235, murra021@maroon.tc.umn.edu.

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The College of Agriculture at the University of Hawaii at
Hilo offers a B.S. degree in Agriculture with a
specialization in Agroecology and Environmental Quality.
We also offer a course in sustainable agriculture. The
College has a low input sustainable agriculture
demonstration plot on the University Farm. Contact College

of Agriculture, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 200 W. Kawili
Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720-4091.

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A new organization is being created to offer a minor degree
in sustainable agriculture. The North Central Institute for
Sustainable Systems will offer courses ranging from
classroom work to workshops and internships. These
experiences will be available through accredited land grant
universities in the north central region (and others,
eventually), and will be delivered on site, or via
satellite, or via the Internet. The leading individuals in
researching, teaching and thinking about sustainable
agriculture in the north central region are participants in
this initiative. For further information, consult our Web
page at:
http://www.ag.iastate.edu/departments/agronomy/nciss/nciss1
Ricardo Salvador , 1126 Agronomy Hall, Iowa State
University, Ames, IA 50011-1010.
Voice: (515) 294-9595, FAX: (515) 294-3163, Internet:
salvador@IASTATE.EDU,
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad

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