Updated:
14 February 1994
Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Network/Alternative
Farming Systems Information Center
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
* Events added since last edition
February 1, 1994
*Event: Kossuth County (Iowa) Crop Clinic
Place: Methodist Church, Algona, Iowa
Contact: John Ley, Kossuth County Extension Director.
(515) 295-2469.
Sponsor: Leopold Center For Sustainable Agriculture
February 4-6, 1994
Event: Farm Conference, '94
Place: Doubletree Hotel, Ventura, California
Contact: Lynn Bagley, Marin County Farmers' Market, 1114 Irwin
Street San Rafael, CA 94901. (415) 456-3276.
February 14 and 15, 1994
Event: Sustainable Agriculture: The Quiet Revolution
Place: Earl Brown Center on the St. Paul Campus of the
University of Minnesota.
Contact: Philip O. Larsen, Department of Plant Pathology,
University of Minnesota 1991 Upper Buford Circle St.
Paul, MN 55108. Phone (612) 625-1999 or
(612) 625-8200 ; FAX [612] 625-9728
Email address: phill@puccini.crl.umn.edu
Sponsor: Minnesota Extension Service and College of
Agriculture, University of Minnesota; W.K.Kellogg
Foundation; Cenex/Land O'Lakes; Minnesota
Institute for Sustainable Agriculture; and Cargill,
Inc., Fertilizer Division.
February 18-19, 1994
Event: 6th Annual Farming for Profit and Stewardship
Conference.
Place: Columbia River Red Lion Hotel, near Jantzen Beach,
Portland, Oregon.
Contact: John Luna, Oregon State University Horticulture
Department, AGLS 4017, Corvallis, OR 97331-7304.
(503) 737-5430.
February 26, 1994
*Event: "Sustainable Agriculture and Quality of Life," Nebraska
Sustainable Agriculture Society Annual Meeting
Place: Columbus, Nebraska
Contact: Pam Murray, Center for Sustainable Agriculture Systems,
221 Keim Hall, Institute of Agriculture and Natural
Resources, Lincoln, NE 68583-0949. Voice: (402)
472-2056. FAX: (402) 472-7904.
Internet: CSAS001@unlvm.unl.edu.
March 4-5, 1994
*Event: Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference
Place: Sinsinawa, Wisconsin
Contact: (608) 625-2602
March 4, 1994
*Event: Northeast Iowa Grazing Conference
Time: 12:30pm to 4:00pm
Place: Northeast Iowa Community College, Calmar, Iowa
Contact: Connie Hvitved, Continuing Education Coordinator,
(800) 728-2256, ext. 219.
Sponsor: Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
March 4-5, 1994
Event: Sixth Annual Transitions Farmers Conference
Place: Auburn, New York
Contact: Farming Alternatives Program, (607) 255-9832
Sponsor: Cornell Farming Alternatives Program, American
Agriculturist Magazine, New Farm Magazine, New York
State Department of Agriculture and Markets and New
York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, among
others.
March 8, 1994
*Event: Nutrient Management Workshop
Time: 9:30am to 4:00pm
Place: Oakland Community Center, Oakland, Iowa
Contact: Marco Bruske, ISU Extension Crops Specialist,
(712) 323-2300. OR Darrell Busby, ISU Extension
Livestock Specialist, (712) 482-6449.
Sponsor: Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
March 10-13, 1994
*Event: Natural Products Expo West
Place: Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California
Contact: Barbara Moody, Natural Product Expo West,
1301 Spruce St., Boulder, CO 80302. (303) 939-8440.
March 10-11, 1994
*Event: Public Voice's National Food Policy Conference.
Place: Washington, DC
Contact: Public Voice, 1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, #522,
Washington, DC 20036. Voice: (202) 659-5930.
March 12-13, 1994
*Event: "Cultivate Community," the annual conference of
Northeast Organic Farmers Association of New York
Place: Tompkins/Cortland Community College, Dryden, N.Y.
Contact: NOFA-NY, P.O. Box 21, South Butler, N.Y. 13154.
Voice: (315) 365-2299.
March 16-17, 1994
*Event: Michigan Grazing Conference
Place: Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Contact: Ben Bartlett, MSU Extension dairy/livestock agent.
Voice: (906) 228-4830.
March 18-23, 1994
*Event: The 59th North American Wildlife and Natural
Resources Conference
Place: Anchorage, AK
Contact: Wildlife Management Institute, 1101 14th St., NW,
#801, Washington, D.C. 20005.
March 18-20, 1994
*Event: "A New Day for American Corn and American Corn
Farmers," the 1994 convention of the American Corn
Growers Association
Place: Kansas City, MO
Contact: The ACGA, 218 E. Bedford St., Dimmitt, TX 70927
Voice: (806) 647-4224.
March 19-November 15, 1994
*Event: Tillers International workshops on small farm and
rural economic development
Contact: Peter Rice, Tillers, 5239 South 24th,
Kalamazoo, MI 49002. Voice: (616) 344-3233.
FAX: (616) 385-2329.
March 22-23, 1994
*Event: Wildlands Conference, including vegetative and
wetlands management
Place: Houston, TX
Contact: Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Council, 1010 Wayne Ave.,
#920, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Voice: (301) 588-8994.
March 23-27, 1994
*Event: Annual Assembly of the Rural Coalition
Place: Sea Islands, S.C.
Contact The Coalition, P.O. Box 5199,
Arlington, VA 22205-0299. Voice: (703) 534-1845.
March 28-30, 1994
*Event: "Site-Specific Management for Agricultural
Systems"
Place: Bloomington/Minneapolis, MN
Contact: Gene Anderson, Program Director, University of
Minnesota, Educational Development System, 405 Coffey
Hall, 1420 Eckles Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108.
Voice: 1-800-367-5363 or (612) 625-7084.
April 3-14, 1994
*Event: New Zealand agroforestry tour
Contact: Professional Forestry Services, P.O. Box 424,
Rotorua, New Zealand. Voice: 64-7-349-4523.
FAX: 64-7-345-5083.
April 6-9, 1994
*Event: "People's Rights and Security: Sustainable
Development Strategies for the 21st Century"
Place: Mexico City, Mexico; contact Society for International
Development -- USA Chapters Center, 1401 New York Ave.,
#1100, Washington, DC 20005.
April 11-16, 1994
Event: Organic Coffee Production
Place: Tapachula/Chiapas Mexico
Contact: AMAE c/o Jose Dardon Hernandez, Calle Central
Pontiente No. 14-A Tapachula, Chiapas MEXICO, CP 30700
Tel: +52-962-51682. Fax: +52-962-60455
April 11-12, 1994
*Event: "Applied Research and Education in Sustainable
Agriculture: What Have We Learned?"
Place: Indianapolis, Indiana
Contact: Pam Murray, Center for Sustainable Agriculture Systems,
221 Keim Hall, Institute of Agriculture and Natural
Resources, Lincoln, NE 68583-0949. Voice: (402)
472-2056. FAX: (402) 472-7904.
Internet: CSAS001@unlvm.unl.edu.
April 19-22, 1994
Event: Second National IPM Symposium/Workshop
Place: Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Contact: Ronald J. Kuhr, Department of Entomology, Box 7613,
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
27695-7613.
May 30 to June 24 1994
Event: Legumes in Cropping Systems of the Tropics and
Subtropics
Place: Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany
Contact: The Course Coordinator, Centre for Agriculture in the
Tropics and Subtropics (790), University of Hohenheim,
70593 Stuttgart, Germany; tel: +49 (0711) 459-3742;
Fax: +49 (0711) 459-3315; Telex: 722 959 UNIHO-D.
June 9-12, 1994
Event: A Conference on Cuisine, Agriculture, and Social Change
Place: Westward Look Resort, Tucson, Arizona
Contact: Ann Tinsley, Dept. of Nutritional
Sciences, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721
Sponsor: The Agriculture, Food and Human Values
Society and the Association for the Study of Food and
Society
June 19-23, 1994
*Event: 1st International Symposium on Ecosystem Health &
Medicine: Integrating Science, Policy and Management
Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Contact: Office of Continuing Education, 159 Johnston Hall,
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G2W1.
Voice: (519) 767-5000. FAX: (519) 767-0758.
Internet: cpartlan@oac.uoguelph.ca
August 7-10, 1994
*Event: "Agroforestry and Sustainable Systems"
Place: Fort Collins, Colorado
Contact: Kim Isaacson, Center for Semiarid Agroforestry, Rocky
Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, UNL East
Campus, Lincoln, NE 68583-0822. (402) 437-5178.
August 13-21, 1994
*Event: International Conference on Organic and Sustainable
Agriculture
Place: Beijing Agricultural University, Beijing, Peoples'
Republic of China
Contact: Mike Rennekar, Director, Agriculture Programs, Citizen
Ambassador Program, Dwight D. Eisenhower Building,
Spokane, WA 99202. Voice: (509) 534-0430.
FAX: (509) 534-5245.
September 6-8, 1994
Event: Second National Symposium, "Allelopathy in Sustainable
Agriculture, Forestry and Environment"
Place: J. N. Vyas University, Jodhpur-342 001, Rajasthan,
India
Contact: Dr. Shamsher S. Narwal, Organizing Secretary,
Department of Agronomy, CCS Haryana Agriculture
University, Hisar-125 004, Haryana, India.
Voice: 91-1662-73721, ext. 4268. FAX: 91-1662-73552.
Sponsor: Indian Society of Allelopathy
September 18, 1994
*Event: New Jersey's Third Organic County Fair
Place: Pennington, New Jersey
Contact: (609) 737-6848
Sponsor: Northeast Organic Farming Association
November 21-25, 1994
Event: Systems-Oriented Research in Agriculture and Rural
Development
Place: Montpellier, France
Contact: Ms. Ann Lichens-Park, NBAP. Voice: (202) 401-4892.
FAX: (202) 401-4888. OR Ms. Anne-Marie Seng-Sourinho,
Direction Scientifique, CIRAD-SAR. Voice: 67617185.
FAX: 67617186.
November/December 1994
Event: 3rd International Course on Fodder Tree
Legumes-Multipurpose Species for Agriculture
Place: Queensland, Australia
Contact: Dr. R.C. Gutteridge or Dr. H.M. Shelton, Fodder Tree
Legumes, Department of Agriculture, University of
Queensland, Queensland, 4072 Australia.
Voice: (61-7) 365-2062. FAX: (61-7) 365-1188.
Sponsor: Department of Agriculture, The University of
Queensland.
December 11-16, 1994
*Event: 10th International Organic Agriculture IFOAM Conference
Place: Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
Contact: IFOAM Conference, Centre for Continuing Education, PO Box
84, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Voice: (64) (3) 325-2811. FAX: (64) (3) 325-2944.
1995
June 11-14, 1995
*Event: "Sustainable Aquaculture, '95"
Place: Ilikai Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii
Contact: Narendra Saxena. Voice: (808) 956-6163.
FAX: (808) 956-2580.
Internet: saxena@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu
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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
Internet: agdn009@unlv. Internet: danrdsx@uccvma.ucop.edu
unl.edu
Western Region (After March 1,
1994)
Phil Rassmussen, Coordinator
Ag Systems Technology
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-2300
(801) 750-2230
soilcomp@cc.usu.edu
Northeast Region Southern Region
Frederick R. Magdoff, Gerald F. Arkin, Coordinator
Coordinator Agriculture Experiment Station
Dept. of Plant & Soil Griffen, GA 30223-1797
Science (404) 228-7263
University of Vermont Internet:dirgrf@gaes.griffin.
Burlington, VT 05405 peachnet.edu
(802) 656-2630
Internet: bholtzma@moose.uvm.edu
NORTH CENTRAL REGION
November 18-20, 1993: Combined Administrative
Council/Technical Committee meeting,
St. Louis, MO
November 25, 1993: Invitation to submit full proposal
January 17, 1994: Deadline for receiving full proposal
February 1, 1994 Producer-Initiated Grant Applications
Available
March 7-11, 1994: Combined Administrative
Council/Technical Committee meets to
evaluate proposals
May 1, 1994 Producer-Initiated Grant Applications
Due. No FAXed applications accepted.
WESTERN REGION
January 25-26,1994 Technical Review Panel to meet
February 22-24, 1994 Administrative Council to meet
August 22 -26, 1994 Strategic Planning Meeting
NORTHEAST REGION
Proposed Schedule for FY 1994
Early October 1993: Request for Proposals sent to people
interested in the SARE Program
January 19, 1994: Deadline for submitting proposals to
the regional coordinator's office
January 26, 1994: Deadline for submitting Farmer/Grower
proposals to regional coordinator's
office
March 19-22, 1994: Technical committee meets to evaluate
proposals for recommendation to the
administrative council
March 22-23, 1994: Administrative council meets to
consider recommended projects and allocate funds
Early April, 1994: Grant applicants will be notified about
funding decisions
SOUTHERN REGION
January 31-
February 4, 1994 Administrative Council and Technical
Committee Meetings
February Notification of status of proposals and
producer initiated grants
February Initiate negotiation with project
coordinators of successful proposals
March , 1994 Newsletter
Develop Plan of Work for submission to
USDA-CSRS and EPA
Release Call for Proposal for Regional
Training Consortium/Network
Release Call for Proposal for Regional
Training Projects
April, 1994 Submit Plan of Work to USDA-CSRS and EPA.
April, 1994 UGA issue subcontracts to project
coordinators
May Regional Training Consortium/Network
proposal due.
Regional Training Projects proposal due.
June 13-15, 1994 Regional Administrative Council Meeting
June, 1994 Newsletter
Release 1995 Call for SARE/ACE Preproposal
August, 1994 SARE/ACE Preproposals due at the Host
Consortium
September, 1994 Invitation for full SARE/ACE Proposal
October, 1994 Newsletter
Release Call for Producer-Initiated Grants
December, 1994 Full Proposal due at the Host Consortium
Producer-Initiated Grants due at Host
Consortium