Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Network and the
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, NAL
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/AFSIC Calendar, Room 304,
National Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Boulevard,
Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351. FAX: (301) 504-6409.
INTERNET: ghegyes@nalusda.gov
Updated: June 11, 1993
*** Events added since last edition
June 1-September 30, 1993.
***Event: Tours of Heritage Farm. Heritage Farm is the home of
Seed Savers Exchange which has been collecting and
storing Heirloom varieties from all over the world.
Contact: Kent Whealy, Seed Savers Exchange, RR 3, Box 239,
Decorah, IA 52101.
June 18 - 19, 1993
Event: Application of Advanced Information
Technologies: Effective Management of Natural
Resources.
Place: Sheraton Spokane Hotel, Spokane, Washington.
Contact: ASAE Meetings Dept., 2950 Niles Rd.,
St. Joseph, MI
Sponsor: The American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
49085-9659. (616) 429-0300.
June 20-26, 1993
Event: "International Workshop on Sustainable Land
Management for the 21st Century"
Place: University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta,
Canada
Contact: Conference Services, University of Lethbridge, 4401
University Dr., Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, T1K 3M4
June 23-26, 1993
Event: Environmental Education 2000 - International
Conference.
Place: Leesburg, VA.
Contact: Alliance for Environmental Education, 51 Main Street,
P.O. Box 368, The Plains, VA 22171.
VOICE: (703) 253-5812. FAX: (703) 253-5811,
EMAIL: alliance@igc.apc.org.
June 27-29, 1993
***Event: 1993 Arkansas Rural Development Conference.
Place: Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Contact: (501) 682-6011 VOICE.
June 28-July 9, 1993
***Event: Second International School of Rural Development.
Place: Galway, Ireland.
Contact: Dr. Seamus Grimes, Department of Geography, University
College, Galway, Ireland. (353) 912-4411 VOICE
(353) 912-5700 FAX. gfygrimes@bodkin@ucg.ie INTERNET.
June 28-August 20, 1993
Event: Introduction to Sustainable Agricultural
Systems (Agronomy 192)
Place: Student Experiment Farm, University of California,
Davis. 8 units of California credit. Limited
enrollment, space should be reserved by
May 14, 1993.
Contact: Mark Van Horn, Student Experiment Farm, Dept.
of Agronomy,
University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
(916) 752-7645.
July 6-10, 1993
***Event: Canadian Seed Trade Association Annual Convention
Place: Chateau Whistler Resort, British Columbia.
Contact: CSTA, 207-2948 Baseline Road, Ottawa,
Ontario K2H 8T5, Canada. (613) 829-9527 VOICE.
July 8, 1993
***Event: Agriculture Conservation and Environmental Center
Field Day
Place: Ridgway, IL.
Contact: Bill Tieberand, Ridgway Seed Company, P.O. Box 88,
Ridgway, IL 62979. (618) 269-3430 VOICE.
(618) 269-3341 FAX.
July 10, 1993
***Event: "From the Farm to Your Table, Organically: People,
Plans and Process."
Place: Fullerton, North Dakota
Contact: Farm Verified Organic, Inc., RR #1, Box 40A,
Medina, ND 58467. (701) 486-3578 VOICE.
(701)486-3580 FAX.
Sponsor: Farm Verified Organic, Inc.
July 10-14, 1993
Event: Food Choices 2000: Sustainable Food Choices for
the 21st Century,
Place: Hawaii.
Contact: Oldways Preservation & Trust, 45 Milk Street,
Boston, MA 02109, (617) 695-0600, (617) 426-7696.
July 13, 1993
Event: Annual Field Day, "Building New Roads from Market to
Market".
Place: North Dakota State University Carrington Research
Extension Center, Carrington, ND.
Contact: John Gardner, NDSU Carrington Research Extension
Center, Box 219, Carrington, ND 58421.
VOICE: (701) 652-2951. FAX: (701) 652-2055.
July 14-15, 1993
Event: Leopold Center Annual Conference
Contact: Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, 126 Soil
Tilth Building, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
50011-3120, (515) 294-3711
July 17-September 18, 1993
Event: OEFFA's 11th Annual Farm Tour/Workshop Series. Six
weekends of farm tours.
Contact: Holly Fackler, (419) 687-7665 VOICE. Or Kamyar Enshayan,
(614) 292-3786 VOICE.
Sponsor: OEFFA and Ohio State University.
July 25-30, 1993
Event: 4th International Conference on Desert Development
Place: Mexico City, Mexico
Contact: Manuel Anaya Garduna. Executive Secretary, Scientific IV
ICDD, Colegio do Post-graduados, Montecillo, Edo.l de
Mexico 56230. Mexico. VOICE: (52) 595-45701.
FAX: (52) 595-4573. Or P.O. Box 91, Chapingo,
Edo. de Mexico. 56230.
Mexico.
Sponsor: International Desert Development Commission in
collaboration with the Government of Mexico.
August 5, 1993
***Event: 13th Annual Sustainable Agriculture Tour
Place: Farms in south central Nebraska
Contact: Center for Sustainable Ag. Systems, 221 Keim Hall,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583-0949.
(402) 472-2056 VOICE
Sponsor: Center for Sustainable Ag. Systems and Nebraska
Sustainable Ag. Society.
August 8-11, 1993
***Event: "Exploring Conservation Frontiers."
Place: Fort Worth, TX
Contact: SWCS, (515) 289-2331 VOICE or 1-800-THE SOIL
Sponsor: SWCS
August 13-20, 1993
Event: Ethnosciences International Workshop
Place: Emerson College, Sussex, UK
Contact: Tadue Caldas, Emerson College, Forest Row, Sussex
RH18 5JX, UK. VOICE: +44-342-824622.
FAX: +44-342-824949.
August 13-15, 1993
Event: 10th Annual Summer Conference & Celebration of Rural
Life
Place: Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts
Contact: Julie Rawson, 411 Sheldon Road, Barre, MA 01105
(508)355-2853
Sponsor: Natural Organic Farmers Association
August 15-18, 1993
Event: North American Agroforestry Conference
Place: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Contact: Dr. Richard D. Schultz, (515) 294-7602
August 30-September 2, 1993
Event: First Biomass Conference of the Americas:
Energy, Environment, Agriculture, and Industry.
Place: Radisson Hotel Burlington, Burlington, Vermont.
Contact: NREL conferences Group, National Renewable Energy
Laboratory, 1617 Cole Blvd.,
Golden, CO 80401. (303)231-1158.
September 2, 1993
***Event: Agronomy Day
Place: Agronomy-Plant Pathology South Farm,
University of Illinois.
Time: 7:00am-2:00pm
Contact: Sharon Conatser, (217) 333-4424 VOICE.
Sponsor: University of Illinois
September, 1993
Event: Sustainable Agriculture in the North and in the South.
Place: Germany or the Netherlands (to be announced).
Contact: European Ecumenical Organization for Development (EECOD),
174 rue Joseph II, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium.
September, 5-13 1993
Event: International Conference on "The Experience of
Integrated Resource Management (IRM) for Sustainable
Agriculture"
Place: Beijing, P.R. China
Contact: Professor Cheng Xu, Vice President, Beijing
Agricultural University, Beijing, P.R. China, Phone:
86-1-258-2244 (Ext. 271), FAX: 86-1-258-2332 or
Professor Shu Geng, Department of Agronomy and Range
Science, University of California, Davis, CA
95616-8515, (916) 752-6939, FAX: 916-752-4361
A limited number of brochures are available from
Jill Auburn through Internet: jsauburn@ucdavis.edu
September 7-9, 1993
Event: The 3rd International IFOAM Conference: Trade in
Organic Foods
Place: Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Contact: New Hope Communications/IFOAM Conference, ATTN: Expo
Registration Department, 1301 Spruce Street,
Boulder, CO 80302.
(303) 939-8440.
Sponsors: The International Federation of Organic Agriculture
Movements, The Organic Foods Production Association
of North America and New Hope Communications
September 14-18, 1993
Event: The Sixth National Urban Forest Conference
Place: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
Contact: NUFC, P.O. Box 2000, Washington, DC 20013-2000
September 20-24, 1993
Event: 1st International Conference on Diffuse (nonpoint)
Pollution: Sources, Prevention, Impact and
Abatement
Place: Chicago, IL
Contact: IAWPRC, c/o Dr. Vladimir Novotny, Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Marquette
University, 1515 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI
53233
Sponsor: International Association for Water Pollution
Research and Control (IAWPRC)
September 25, 1993
***Event: COLDFRAMES, Learn how to extend your growing
season by building a mini-greenhouse. $5.00 per person.
Place: Fox, Arkansas.
Contact: Meadowcreek Project, PO Box 100, Fox, AR 72051
(501) 363-4500 VOICE.
September 27-October 1, 1993
Event: International Symposium on Nitrogen Utilization and
Losses in Ecological Agriculture.
Place: The Agricultural University of Copenhagen
Contact: The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
Dept. of Agricultural Sciences, Ecological
Agriculture, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Copenhagen.
+45 3528 3456.
FAX:+45 3528 3468.
Sponsor: Danish Ministry of Agriculture
October 1-3, 1993
***Event: New England ECO-EXPO and Green Business Conference,
Place: Boston, Massachusetts. Now being organized.
Contact: Eco-Expo, 14260 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 201,
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. (818) 906-2700 VOICE.
October 5-7, 1993
Event: 3rd International Kyusei Nature Farming Conference,
"Nature Farming for a Sustainable Agriculture".
Place: Santa Barbara, California.
Contact: Assistant Conference Coordinator, Nature Farming Research
& Development Foundation, 6495 Santa Rosa Rd., Lompoc, CA
93463. Or Susan Randall, (805) 737-1536
October 12-16, 1993
Event: North American Symposium, Association for Farming
Systems Research-Extension.
Place: University of Florida
Contact: AFSRE/NA Symposium, University of Florida, PO Box
110240, Gainsville, FL 32611-0240.
VOICE: 904-392-5830. FAX: 904-392-8634.
October 24-26, 1993
Event: Conference on Science and Sustainability:
Reshaping Agricultural Research and Education.
Place: Seattle, WA.
Contact: Norma Fuentes-Scott, (509) 335-2921, Colette
DePhelps, (509) 335-2887.
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APPENDIX
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
Regional Research Grants Schedules
The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
program is a continuation of what was formerly known as LISA.
Grants are awarded on a competitive basis for research and
educational projects in sustainable agriculture.
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
will be included in this calendar as they become available.
Following are the addresses of the Regional centers:
North Central Region Western Region
Steve Waller, Coordinator David Schlegel, Coordinator
Agriculture Hall Office of the Vice Pres., DANR
Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln University of California
Lincoln, NE 68583-0704 Oakland, CA 94612-3560
(402) 472-2973 (510) 987-0029
Northeast Region Southern Region
Frederick R. Magdoff, William H. Brown
Coordinator Louisiana State University
Dept. of Plant & Soil A M College, PO Box 25055
Science Drawer E, University Station
University of Vermont Baton Rouge, LA 70893-0905
Burlington, VT 05405 504-388-1766
(802)656-2630
NORTH CENTRAL REGION
Proposed Schedule for FY-1993
January 15, 1993
Deadline for receiving full proposal
March 8-10, 1993
Technical Committee meets to evaluate proposals
April
Submit Plan of Work to USDA
April 5-7, 1993
Recommendation for approval by Administrative Council
WESTERN REGION
Proposed Schedule for FY-1993
January 26-27, 1993
Technical Review Panel Meets
February 25-26, 1993
Administrative Council Meets
March
Submit Plan of Work to USDA
March
Notification of Funding Recommendations
April
Issue Contracts
NORTHEAST REGION
Proposed Schedule for FY-1993
January 29, 1993
Deadline for submitting proposals to the regional
coordinator's office.
March 22-23, 1993
Technical committee meets to evaluate proposals for
recommendation to the administrative council.
March 23, 1993
Joint meeting of the technical committee and
administrative council.
March 23-24, 1993
Administrative council evaluates proposals and selects
projects for proposed funding.
April
Submit Plan of Work to USDA
April 5, 1993
Letters sent notifying project coordinators about funding
decisions.
SOUTHERN REGION
Proposed Schedule for FY-1993
January 7, 1993
Full Proposals due
February
Submit Plan of Work to USDA
February 8-10, 1993
Technical Committee Meeting
February 10-11, 1993
Administrative Council Meeting
February 19, 1993
Notification of Funding Recommendations
March 15, 1993
Revised Proposals due
Early April, 1993
Issuance of Contracts