Organic '92: Proceedings of the Organic Farming Symposium. $15. Compilation
of 41 papers presented by farmers, researchers, educators and consultants in
January 1992. Topics include: crop, soil and pest management; cover crops;
regulations; on-farm research; diversification, and more. Small Farm Center,
U. of California, Davis, CA 95616-8699, 916-752-8136. Also, visit their web
site: www.sfc.ucdavis.edu.
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Our Global Environment: A Health Perspective (Fourth Edition, 1995). Anne
Nadakavukaren. $29.95. Provides broad overview of environmental issues in
textbook form. Includes chapters about ozone depletion, global warming,
water and air pollution, pesticides, food quality, food security and many
other topics related to environmental degradation. Waveland Press Inc., PO
Box 400, Prospect Heights, IL 60070, 847-634-0081, info@waveland.com.
Proceedings of 11th IFOAM International Scientific Conference held August
11-15, 1996 in Copenhagen, Denmark and attended by 1000 delegates from 92
countries. Vol. 1: Fundamentals of Organic Agriculture. Vol. 2: New Research
in Organic Agriculture. 125 DKK each. Request faxed order form by sending
e-mail to: ifoam96@login.dknet.dk.
Summary proceedings of the North American Symposium of the Association for
Farming Systems Research/Extension (AFSR/E), held on November 5-8, 1995 at
Iowa State University. $15 in the US ($20 to Canada and Mexico, $25
overseas). Contains summaries by each speaker or panel, the final program,
and a mailing list (with e-mail addresses) of participants. Checks payable
to NCRCRD should be sent to Julie Stewart, North Central Regional Center for
Rural Development, 404 East Hall, I.S.U., Ames, Iowa 50011.
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1996
Oct. 20-21 =97 Groundwater Foundation Annual Water Festival Workshop,=
Nebraska
City, NE
Nov. 1-2 =97 Profit from Diversity, Small Farm Trade Show & Seminars,=
Columbia, MO
Nov. 3-8 =97 American Society of Agronomy Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN
Nov. 6-8 =97 21st Century Solutions: New Uses for Ag Products, and Biomass
Workshop, Tulare, CA
Nov. 6-11 =97 American Society of Specialty Cut Flower Growers Annual=
Meeting,
Denver, CO
Nov. 8-10 =97 6th Annual Urban-Rural Conference, East Troy, WI
Nov. 11-16 =97 14th International Symposium on Sustainable Farming
Systems, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nov. 13-15 =97 Composting Council's Seventh Annual Conference, Arlington, VA
Nov. 20-22 =97 New Opportunities In Composting and Organics Recycling, Des
Moines, IA
Dec. 5-7 =97 1996 Acres U.S.A. Conference, St. Louis, MO
1997
Mar. 19-21 =97 International Conference on Ag Production and Nutrition,=
Boston, MA
June 8-12/15-19 =97 XVIII International Grassland Congress '97, Winnipeg,
Manitoba/Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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