1994
August 18-20, 1994
Event: WRCC-67 Sustainable Agriculture meeting for the
Western Region. =20
Place: Cheyenne, WY.
Contact: David Granatstein, Washington State University. =20
509) 663-8181 x.222.
August 26, 1994
*Event: Second Annual Western Kansas Organic Farm Tour
Place: Marienthal, Kansas
Contact: Allan Moody. Phone: (316) 379-4472
September 6-8, 1994
Event: Second National Symposium, "Allelopathy in Sustainable=20
Agriculture, Forestry and Environment"
Place: J. N. Vyas University, Jodhpur-342 001, Rajasthan,India
Contact: Dr. Shamsher S. Narwal, Organizing Secretary, =20
Department of Agronomy, CCS Haryana Agriculture =20
University, Hisar-125 004, Haryana, India. =20
Phone: 91-1662-73721, ext. 4268. FAX: 91-1662-73552.
Sponsor: Indian Society of Allelopathy=20
September 8, 1994
*Event: Thompson On-Farm Research Field Day, featuring =20
field tours of test plots and demonstrations. =20
Place: Thompson Farm, Boone, Iowa=20
Contact: Dick and Sharon Thompson, 2035 190th St., Boone, IA. =20
(515) 432-1560.
September 17, 1994
Event: Maryland Organic Food and Farming Association (MOFFA)=20
Fall Field Day
Place: Accokeek Foundation Farm and Colonial Garden
Contact: Skip Kaufman, Accokeek Foundation Farm and Colonial=20
Garden, 3400 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, MD. =20
Phone: (301) 283-2113.
September 17-21, 1994
Event: Sustainability of Range Livestock Production Systems in=20
the West
Place: Billings, Montana
Contact: Jack Riesselman, 525 Leon Johnson, Montana State
University, Bozeman, MT 59717. Phone: (406)994-5149.
September 18, 1994
Event: New Jersey's Third Organic County Fair
Place: Pennington, New Jersey
Contact: Phone: (609) 737-6848
Sponsor: Northeast Organic Farming Association
September 21-23, 1994
*Event: The National Rural Families Conference
Place: Manhattan, Kansas
Contact: Steve Bollman, (913) 532-6984 or Charlie Griffin,=20
913) 532-6985
October 12-14, 1994
*Event: Management Intensive Grazing Workshop
Place: Linneus, Missouri
Contact: Forage Systems Research Center, Rt. 1., Box 80, =20
Linneus, MO 64653. =20
Phone: (816) 895-5121
Sponsor: Missouri Alternatives Center, University Extension
October 13-17, 1994
Event: Seeds of Hope: The Arctic to Amazonia Congress on
Community and Sustainable Forestry
Contact: Erik van Lennep, Internet: arc2amaz@igc.apc.org.
October 19-21, 1994
*Event: 3rd Annual Better Composting School
Place: Ramada Inn, Hanover, Maryland
Contact: (301) 405-4356
Sponsor: Cooperative Extension Service, Department of =20
Horticulture, Department of Agricultural =20
Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park
October 23-31, 1994
Event: 1994 International Sustainable Agriculture and Food
Security Week.
Place: Washington, DC
Contact: Thomas Forster, NGO Working Group on Sustainable
Agriculture. Phone: (808) 737-0300.=20
Internet: tforster@igc.apc.org. Or Linda Elswick, =20
WSAA, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 907 North,=20
Washington, DC 20004. Phone: (202) 347-0637. =20
Internet: wsaa@igc.apc.org=20
October 24-28, 1994
*Event: "Down to Earth: Practical Applications of Ecological=20
Economics"
Place: San Jose, Costa Rica.
Contact: Amon Z. Mattee or Thierry Lasalle, Department of =20
Agricultural Education and Extension, =20
Skoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
November 4th-5th, 1994
*Event: 20th Anniversary, Seattle Tilth: "Sustaining the
City, Nurturing the People and the Land"
Place: Seattle, Washington
Contact: Seattle Tilth, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103.=20
Phone: (206) 633-0451
Sponsor: Seattle Tilth
November 10th, 1994
*Event: 20th Anniversary, Portland Tilth
Place: Portland, Oregon
Contact: Oregon Tilth, PO Box 3588, Portland, OR 97208. =20
Phone: (503) 285-8279. FAX: (503) 289-4179.
November/December 1994
Event: 3rd International Course on Fodder Tree-Multipurpose =20
Species for Agriculture
Place: Queensland, Australia
Contact: Dr. R.C. Gutteridge or Dr. H.M. Shelton, Fodder Tree =20
Legumes, Department of Agriculture, University of =20
Queensland, Queensland, 4072 Australia. =20
Voice: (61-7) 365-2062. FAX: (61-7) 365-1188.
Sponsor: Department of Agriculture, The University of =20
Queensland.
November 7-10, 1994
Event: "Conservation and Equitable Growth: The Challenge =20
for Farming Systems." Asian Farming Systems =20
Symposium, 1994
Place: Manila, The Philippines
Contact: Symposium Coordinator, AFSS, PO Box 70, Peradeniya,=20
Sri Lanka. Phone: +94 (8) 88081/88206. =20
FAX: +94 (8) 32817/88206/32517.
November 11-13, 1994
Event: "Telling the Story: Celebrating Tilth's First Twenty =20
Years"
Place: Edgefield Manor, near Portland, Oregon
Contact: Tilth's 20th Anniversary, PO Box 3588,=20
Portland, OR 97208. Phone: (503) 285-8279.
November 12, 1994
Event: Maryland Organic Food and Farming Association (MOFFA) =20
Annual Meeting
Place: MDA Headquarters Bldg., Annapolis, MD
Contact: MOFFA, 6201 Harley Road, Middletown, MD 21769. =20
Phone: (301) 371-4814.
November 13-16, 1994
*Event: Annual International Research Conference on Methyl =20
Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Reduction
Place: Hyatt Orlando, Kissimmee, Florida =20
Contact: Gary L. Obenauf, PO Box 5335, Fresno, CA 93755. =20
Phone: (209) 244-4710. FAX: (209) 224-2610
November 13-18, 1994
Event: American Society of Agronomy (ASA)/Crop Science Society
of America (CSSA)/Soil Science Society of America =20
(SSSA) annual meetings. During this week there will =20
be several sessions related to sustainable agriculture.
Where: Seattle, WA
Contact: Steve Oberle, Chair Division A-8, 214 National Soil =20
Tilth Lab, Iowa State University, Ames IA 50011. =20
Phone: (515) 294-2421. FAX: (515) 294-8125.
Sponsor: ASA/CSSA/SSS
November 16-18, 1994
*Event: Agroecolog=A1a-Sostenibilidad Educaci=A2n
Place: Universidad Aut=A2noma San Louis Potos=A1, MEXICO
Contact: Escuela de Agronom=A1a, UASLP, Apartado Postal F-2263, =20
San Louis Potos=A1, SLP CP 78321, MEXICO
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November 18-19, 1994
*Event: 5th Annual Rural Women's Conference: "Holding It =20
Together"
Place: First Presbyterian Church, Hutchinson, Kansas
Contact: Char Hinton, FACTS Office, 1-800-532-3276 or Linda =20
Hessman, Rural Life Office, (316) 227-1500.
Sponsor: Farmers Assistance, Counceling and Training Program =20
(FACTS), Interfaith Rural Life Committee of Kansas =20
Ecumenical Ministries and the Kansas Rural Center
November 21-25, 1994
*Event: Systems-Oriented Research in Agriculture and Rural =20
Development
Place: Montpellier, France
Contact: Secretariat of the Symposium: Systems-Oriented =20
Research in Agriculture and Development. BP 5035, =20
34032 Montpellier cedex 01, France. =20
Phone: (33) 67 61 71 85. FAX: (33) 67 61 71 86.=20
Internet: Sympo94@montp.cirad.fr
December 11-16, 1994
Event: 10th International Organic Agriculture IFOAM Conference
Place: Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
Contact: IFOAM Conference, Centre for Continuing Education,=20
PO Box 84, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand.=20
Voice: (64) (3) 325-2811. FAX: (64) (3) 325-2944.
December 14, 1994
*Event: Fertilizer Research and Education Program Annual =20
Conference =20
Place: Kearny Agricultural Center, Parlier, California
Contact: Jacques Franco, FREP, California Department of Food
and Agriculture, PO Box 942871 Sacramento, CA 94271-0001.=20
Phone: (916) 653-5340. =20
December 22-25, 1994
*Event: Prairie Forum/Community Futures, '94
Place: Victoria Inn, Brandon, Manitoba.
Contact: Joy Dornian, Conference Coordinator, WESTARC Group #1 -
723 Rosser Ave Brandon MB Canada. =20
Phone: (204) 729-3451. FAX: (204) 727-7555.
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January 25-28, 1995
Event: 15th Annual Eco Farm Conference: "Seeds of =20
Sustainability...Planting Our Future"
Place: Asilomar, California
Contact: Committee for Sustainable Agriculture, P. O. Box 838, =20
San Martin, CA 95046-0838
February 23-24, 1995
*Event: CONFERENCE ON NITROGEN & WATER
Place: Everett, Washington at the Everett Pacific Hotel
Contact: Ed Adams, WSU Cooperative Extension - Spokane 601=20
W First Avenue, Spokane WA 99204-0399. =20
Phone: (509) 458-3580. Stephen Cox, United States =20
Geological Survey, 1201 Pacific Avenue,
Tacoma WA 98402. Phone: (206)593-6510.
Sponsor: Washington State University Cooperative Extension, =20
Washington State Department of Ecology, Washington =20
State Department of Health, BC Environment, and the =20
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
February 26-28, 1995
*Event: California Farm Conference
Place: Radisson Hotel, Sacramento, California
Contact: Small Farm Center, University of California-Davis, =20
Davis, CA 95616
March 11-16. 1995
Event: European Symposium for Agriculture, Environment,Rural =20
Development: "Strategy for sustainable agriculture and
rural development in Europe "
Place: Rros (Roeros), Norway.
Contact: Helge Christie, N-2540 Tolga, Norway. =20
Phone: 47-62496039. FAX: 47-62496096. =20
Email: hchristie@nn.apc.org =20
May 10-11, 1995
*Event: "Planning for a Sustainable Future: The Case of the =20
North American Great Plains"
Place: Lincoln, Nebraska
Contact: Dr. Donald Wilhite, Director, International Drought =20
Information Center, PO Box 830728, University of =20
Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0728
Phone: (402) 472-6707. FAX: (402) 472-6614. Internet:
agme002@unlvm.unl.edu
Sponsor: Environment Canada, NOAA, University of =20
Nebraska-Lincoln
June 11-14, 1995
Event: "Sustainable Aquaculture, '95"
Place: Ilikai Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii
Contact: Narendra Saxena. Phone: (808) 956-6163. =20
FAX: (808) 956-2580. =20
Internet: saxena@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu
June 21-25, 1995
*Event: Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment=20
Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Contact: Demetri Kantarelis, FAX: (508) 799-4502 or=20
Internet: dkantar@eve.assumption.edu
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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. =20
INTERNET: ghegyes@nalusda.gov =20
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APPENDIX
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
Regional Research Grants Schedules
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.=20
Grants are awarded on a competitive basis for research and
educational projects in sustainable agriculture.=20
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.=20
Following are the addresses of the Regional centers:
North Central Region =20
Steven S. Waller, Coordinator =20
13-A Activities Bld =20
Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln =20
Lincoln, NE 68583-0704 =20
(402) 472-7081 =20
FAX: (402) 472-0280 I
Internet: agdn009@unlvm.unl.edu =20
Western Region=20
V. Phillip Rasmussen, Coordinator=20
Ag Systems Technology
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-2300
(801) 797-2230
FAX: (801) 797-4002
Internet: soilcomp@cc.usu.edu
Northeast Region =20
Frederick R. Magdoff, Coordinator =20
Dept. of Plant & Soil Science =20
University of Vermont =20
Burlington, VT 05405 =20
(802) 656-2630 =20
FAX: (802) 656-0554 =20
Internet: bholtzma@moose.uvm.edu
Southern Region
Gerald F. Arkin, Co-Coordinator
Contact: Paula Ford, Program Manager
University of Georgia Agriculture Experiment Station
Griffen, GA 30223-1797
(404) 412-4787
FAX: (404) 412-4789
Internet: sareace@gaes.griffin.peachnet.edu
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NORTH CENTRAL REGION
July 15, 1994 Preproposal requestsent to individuals
interested in SARE Program
September 9, 1994 Sustainable Agriculture Extension Training
Consortium (NCETC) meeting
September 16, 1994 Preproposals received by Regional
Coordinator
November 14-17, 1994 Administrative Council meets to select =20
preproposals for further development
December 2, 1994 Invitation to submit full proposal
January 23, 1995 Deadline for receiving full proposal
March 8-10, 1995 Administrative Council meets to evaluate
proposals
March, 1995 Technical Committee meets to evaluate
proposals
April 3-5, 1995 Recommendation for project funding by =20
Administrative Council
SOUTHERN REGION
June, 1994 Newsletter
=20
September, 1994 Invitation for full SARE/ACE Proposal
Newsletter
Release Call for Producer-Initiated Grants
December, 1994 Full Proposal due at the Host Consortium
Producer-Initiated Grants due at Host
Consortium
WESTERN REGION=20
January 25-26, 1994 Technical Review Panel to meet=20
March 3-4, 1994 Administrative Council to meet=20
August 22 -26, 1994 Strategic Planning Meeting (Tentative)
NORTHEAST REGION
Proposed Schedule for FY 1994
July 27, 1994 Northeast Region SARE/ACE Administrative
Council Meeting, at the Holiday Inn at the
Bradley International Airport,=20
Windsor Locks, Conn.=20
July 27-28, 1994 Northeast Region Sustainable Agriculture
Farm Tour. We will visit 6 farm and
community projects in Connecticut,
Massachusetts and Vermont where people are
working to create a more sustainable food
and agricultural system.