January 13-15, 1995
Event: 1995 Annual Conference of the Southern Sustainable
Agriculture Working Group (SAWG)
Place: Gulf State Park Resort Hotel and Convention Center,
Gulf Shores, Alabama
Contact: Keith Richards, PO Box 324, Elkins, AR 72727. Phone:
501-292-3714. E-mail: HN3551@handsnet.org.
January 21, 1995
*Event: Second Annual Meeting of the Innovative Farmers of Ohio
Place: Stratford Ecological Center, Delaware, Ohio
Contact: Louise Warner, Innovative Farmers of Ohio, 3083
Liberty Rd., Delaware, OH 43015.
Phone: (614) 983-2467.
January 23-25, 1995
*Event: Sustainable Agriculture Critical Policy Issues: The
1995 Farm Bill Debate
Place: Washington, DC
Contact: Jon Hiler, Membership & Community Service. Phone:
616.428.6327
FAX: 616.429.3852. email: hilerj@aol.com or
hiler@asae.org
Sponsor: The Council for Agricultural and Science Technology
(C.A.S.T.)
January 25-28, 1995
Event: 15th Annual Eco Farm Conference: "Seeds of
Sustainability...Planting Our Future"
Place: Asilomar, California
Contact: Committee for Sustainable Agriculture, P. O. Box 838,
San Martin, CA 95046-0838
January 27-29, 1995
*Event: 14th Winter Conference of the Northern Plains
Sustainable Agriculture Society
Place: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Contact: NPSAS, HC 5, Box 104, Landon, ND 58249.
Phone: (701) 256-2424.
*February 2, 1995
Event: Irrigation and Nutrient Management, a conference and
trade fair,
Place: Salinas, California
Contact: Debbie Roberts, University Extension, UC Davis,
Davis,CA 95616-8727. Phone: (916) 757-8899 or 757-8777.
February 2-5, 1995
Event: North American Farmers Direct Marketing Conference
Place: Knoxville, Tennessee
Contact: Phone: (615) 694-6545
February 10-17, 1995
*Event: A Full Week of Berry Conferences
Place: Sheraton Plaza Hotel, Orlando, Florida
Contact: North American Bramble Growers and International Ribes
Association: Paul Otten, 2124 University Avenue, W.,
St. Paul, MN 55114-1838. (612) 659-2418.
FAX: (612)659-2464; North American Strawberry Growers
Association: Bill & Treva Courter, PO Box 160,
W. Paducah, KY 42086. Phone/FAX: (502) 488-2116
February 3-4, 1995
*Event: "Farming for a Greener Future," the 4th annual
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
conference
Place: University Park, Pennsylvania
Contact: Farming for the Future, 306 Ag Administration Building,
University Park, PA 16802, or PASA, P.O. Box 419,
Millheim, PA 16854.
February 4, 1995
*Event: Indiana Sustainable Agriculture Association's 3rd
Annual Conference
Place: Frankfort, Indiana
Contact: ISAA, 1145 Krannert Building, Room 640, Purdue
University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1145.
February 7-8, 1995
*Event: "Introduction to Permaculture"
Place: Sante Fe, New Mexico
Contact: Thomas Mack, Sol y Sombra Foundation, 4018 Old Santa Fe
Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Phone: (505) 982-2752.
February 7-9, 1995
*Event: The New York State Direct Marketing Conference
Place: Batavia, New York
Contact: Ken Silsby, Conference Chair. Phone: (716) 433-2651.
February 7-9, 1995
*Event: "Prosperity Through Diversity": The 1995 annual
gathering of the Center for Holistic Resource
Management
Place: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Contact: Center for Holistic Resource Management, P.O. Box 7128,
Albuquerque, NM 87194. Phone: (505) 842-5252.
February 10-17, 1995
Event: A Full Week of Berry Conferences
Place: Sheraton Plaza Hotel, Orlando, Florida
Contact: North American Bramble Growers and International
Ribes Association: Paul Otten, 2124 University
Avenue, W., St. Paul, MN 55114-1838.
(612) 659-2418. FAX: (612)659-2464; North
American Strawberry Growers Association: Bill &
Treva Courter, PO Box 160, W. Paducah, KY 42086.
Phone/FAX: (502) 488-2116
February 17-19, 1995
*Event: National Nutritional Foods Association Annual Trade
Show
Place: Dallas, Texas
Contact: NNFA, 150 E Paularino, #285 Costa Mesa , CA 92626.
Phone: (714) 966-6632
February 18, 1995
*Event: "Heartland Roundup"
Place: Kansas State University Student Union, Manhattan,
Kansas
Contact: Kansas Rural Center, PO Box 133, Whiting, KS 66552.
Phone: (913) 873-3431.
Sponsor: Heartland Network
February 22-23, 1995
*Event: "Farming for the Future: Partners in Stewardship"
Place: Syracuse, NY
Contact: Department of Soil and Atmospheric Science, Attn: Pam
Kline,144 Emerson Hall College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.
(607) 255-2177
Sponsors: Cornell Cooperative Extension, American Agriculturist
magazine, Cornell University Farming Alternatives
Program, Northeast Organic Farming Association-New
York, Agway, Soil Conservation Service, New York Sust-
tainable Agriculture Working Group, and many others
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 W
First Avenue, Spokane WA 99204-0399.
Phone: (509) 458-3580. Stephen Cox, United States
Geological Survey, 1201 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
98402. Phone: (206)593-6510.
Sponsor: Washington State University Cooperative Extension,
Washington State Department of Ecology, Washington
State Department of Health, BC Environment, and the
U.S.Environmental Protection Agency
February 23, 1995
*Event: Texas Sustainable Agricultural Working Group Annual
Conference
(Held in Conjunction with the Texas Direct Marketing
Conference)
Place: Holiday Inn South, Austin, Texas
Contact: Phone: (512) 472-2073
February 24-25, 1995
*Event: 2nd National Conference for Beginning Farmers
Place: Columbia, Missouri
Contact: Cathy Erickson, 2510 River Bye Road, Adel, Iowa, 50003.
Phone: (515) 993-4889.
Sponsor: Center for Rural Affairs. Successful Farming Magazine.
With financial support from John Deere Life Insurance,
John Deere Credit and Farm Credit Services of Missouri
and Illinois.
February 24-25, 1995
*Event: Texas Direct Marketing Conference
Place: Holiday Inn South, Austin, Texas
Contact: (512) 472-2073
*February 24-25, 1995
Event: The Pacific Northwest Farm Direct Marketing
Conference. Preconference tours will be held February
22-23;
Place: British Columbia, Canada
Contact: Pacific Northwest Farm Direct Marketing Association,
PO Box 722, Prosser, WA 99350-0722.
Phone: (509) 786-1000.
February 25 - 26, 1995
*Event: Cultivating Change The Ohio Ecological Food & Farm
Association s 16th Annual Conference.
Place: Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio
Contact: Sean McGovern, OEFFA, P.O. Box 02234,
Columbus, OH 43202. Phone: (614) 294-3663
February 26-28, 1995
Event: California Farm Conference
Place: Radisson Hotel, Sacramento, California
Contact: Small Farm Center, University of California-Davis,
Davis, CA 95616
February 28 & March 1, 1995
*Event: Illinois Crop Protection Workshop
Place: The Chancellor Hotel & Convention Center, Champaign,
Illinois
Contact: Conferences & Institutes, Phone: (217) 333-2888. FAX:
(217) 333-9561.
Email: crop_protect@c3po.ceps.uiuc.edu
Sponsor: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service;
Illinois Natural History Survey; Office of Continuing
Education & Public Service, Division of
Conferences & Institutes.
February 28-March 2, 1995
*Event: The 4th International IFOAM Conference on Trade in
Organic Products
Place: Wiesbaden, Germany
Contact: IFOAM Trade Conference 95, Sunder & Rottner, Von-
Vollmar-Str. 4, D-91154 Roth, Germany.
Phone: 9171-4011.
*February 28-March 3, 1995
Event: International Erosion Control Association Annual
Conference
Place: Atlanta, Georgia
Contact: John T. Price. Phone: (616) 530-8230.
March 3, 1995
*Event: Leopold Center's Fifth Annual Meeting, "Partners and
Projects: A Farming and Research Exchange"
Place: Scheman Building, Ames, Iowa
Contact: Rich Pirog, Education Coordinator.
Phone: (515) 294-1845.
Email: leopold@exnet.iastate.edu
March 6-24, 1995
*Event: Planning for Sustainable Development in the Asia-
Pacific Region
Place: Bangkok, Thailand
Contact: Dr. Gopal B. Thapa, Assistant Professor SERD, AIT
GPO Box 2754, Bangkok 10501 Thailand. Phone: 524-6072.
FAX: 524-6071
Sponsor: Asian Institute of Technology
March 11-16. 1995
Event: European Symposium for Agriculture, Environment,Rural
Development: "Strategy for sustainable agriculture and
rural development in Europe "
Place: Rros (Roeros), Norway.
Contact: Helge Christie, N-2540 Tolga, Norway.
Phone: 47-62496039. FAX: 47-62496096.
Email: hchristie@nn.apc.org
March 13-14 & 15-16
*Event: 1995 Field Crop Pest Management Short Course
Place: Chancellor Hotel and Convention Center
Contact: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Conferences
and Institutes, 302 E. John St., Suite 202,
Champaign, IL 61820. Phone: (217) 333-2883.
FAX: (217) 333-9561.
Sponsor: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Cooperative
Extension Service, Division of Conferences &
Institutes.
May 8-10, 1995
Event: "Planning for a Sustainable Future: The Case of the
North American Great Plains"
Place: Lincoln, Nebraska
Contact: Dr. Donald Wilhite, Director, International Drought
Information Center, PO Box 830728, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0728
Phone: (402) 472-6707. FAX:(402) 472-6614.
E-mail: agme002@unlvm.unl.edu
Sponsor: Environment Canada, NOAA, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
June 11-14, 1995
Event: "Sustainable Aquaculture, '95"
Place: Ilikai Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii
Contact: Narendra Saxena. Phone: (808) 956-6163.
FAX: (808) 956-2580.
E-mail: saxena@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu
June 21-25, 1995
Event: Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment
Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Contact: Demetri Kantarelis, FAX: (508) 799-4502. E-mail:
dkantar@eve.assumption.edu
June 19-30, 1995
*Event: An International Training Program in New Crops:
Aromatic and Medicinal Plants
Place: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Contact: Tom Robertson, ATTN: International Training Program in
Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Continuing Education,
Purdue University, 1586 Stewart Center, West Lafayette,
IN 47907-1586. Phone: (317) 494-7220.
FAX: (317) 494-0567.
July 2-16, 1995
*Event: Permaculture Design Course: A two-week intensive in
sustainable systems design
Place: Shades of Harmony Farm, Kingston, Nova Scotia
Contact: Institute for Bioregional Studies, 449 University Ave.,
Suite 126, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
C1A 8K3. Phone: (902) 892-9578. Or Michael Pilarski
c/o Friends of the Trees Society PO Box 1064 Tonasket,
Washington 98855. Phone/FAX: (509) 485-2705
July 6-20, 1995
Event: A two-week intensive in sustainable systems design
Place: Shades of Harmony Farm, Kingston, Nova Scotia, Canada
Contact: For more information send $5.00 to the Institute for
Bioregional Studies,
449 University Ave., Suite 126, Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island, Canada C1A 8K3. (902) 892-9578
*July 20-24, 1995
Event: "Restoration Ecology: Reconstructing Sustainable
Communities"
Place: Shades of Harmony Farm, Kingston, Nova Scotia
Contact: Institute for Bioregional Studies, 449 University Ave.,
Suite 126, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
C1A 8K3.
Phone: (902) 892-9578. Or Michael Pilarski c/o
Friends of the Trees Society PO Box 1064
Tonasket, Washington 98855. Phone/FAX: (509) 485-2705
July 28-30, 1995
*Event: "Coming Home: Awakening Community Resourcefulness"
Place: Shades of Harmony Farm, Kingston,
Nova Scotia
Contact: Institute for Bioregional Studies, 449 University Ave.,
Suite 126, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
C1A 8K3. Phone: (902) 892-9578. Or Michael Pilarski
c/o Friends of the Trees Society PO Box 1064 Tonasket,
Washington 98855. Phone/FAX: (509) 485-2705.
July 27-30, 1995
*Event: HERBS 95
Place: Chicago, Illinois
Contact: IHA HERBS 95 Program Committee, 1202 Allanson Road,
Mundelein, IL 60060. FAX: (708) 566-4580
Sponsor: International Herb Association
August 6-9, 1995
*Event: 50th Annual Meeting, Soil and Water Conservation
Society
Place: Des Moines, Iowa
Contact: Lloyd Wright, Program Committee Chair, Soil and Water
Conservation Society, 7517 N.E. Ankeny Rd.,
Ankeny, IA 50021. Phone: (800) THE-SOIL
August 30-September 9, 1995
*Event: NGO Forum Fourth UN Conference on Women, Women in
Livestock Development
Place: Beijing, China
Contact: Dr. Beth Miller, Heifer Project International, 1015 S.
Louisiana St., Little Rock, AR 72203.
Phone: (501) 376-6836; FAX: (501) 376-8906.
Sponsor: WiLD
October 14-15, 1995
*Event: The Future Harvest Festival: A sustainable agriculture/
sustainable living fair
Place: Carroll County Fairgrounds, Westminister, MD
Contact: Marty Rice, Festival Coordinator, Maryland Organic Food
and Farming Association. Phone: (301) 371-4814.
FAX: (301) 371-8923.
November 12-14, 1995
Event: "Research and Practice: Learning to Build Sustainable
Industries for Sustainable Societies"
Place: Toronto, Canada
Contact: Greening of Industry Network Conference, Prof. Nigel
Roome, Haub Program in Business and the Environment,
Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University,
4700 Keele St., North York, Ontario M3J 1P3,
Canada. Phone: (416) 736-5809.
November 16-17, 1995
*Event: "Environmental Enhancement through Agriculture"
Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Contact: William Lockeretz, School of Nutrition, Tufts University,
Medford, MA 02115. Phone: (617) 627-3223.
FAX: (617) 627-3887. Email: wlockeretz@infonet.tufts.edu
Sponsor: Tufts University, Center for Agriculture, Food and
Environment; American Farmland Trust; Henry A. Wallace
Institute for Alternative Agriculture
July 22-28, 1995.
Event: Fuzzyness, Agriculture and Environment. This is a good
opportunity for fuzzy people interested in environment
and agriculture subjects, to meet and to exchange
ideas. We are interested in organizing special
sessions on both environment and agriculture. If you are
working on these subjects, you are invited to
submit, by e-mail, a small abstract of your work.
Contact: Marcelo T. Rochae, E-mail: matrocha@carpa.ciagri.usp.br
Further information about IFSA'95 may be obtained at
the Internet address:
//http/www.inpe.br/meetings/IFSA95/home.
July 23-29, 1995
Event: The First International Conference on Multiple
Objective Decision Support Systems for Land, Water, and
Environmental Management: Concepts, Approaches and
Applications
Place: The East West Center on the University of Hawaii's
campus Honolulu, Hawaii
Contact: Email: AGRSS@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.edu.
FAX: 808-956-6539. Include your mailing address.
Sponsors: Organizers include the World Association of Soil and
Water Conservation (Pacific Region), the International
Society on Multiple Criteria Decision
Making, the Soil and Water Conservation Society, the
East West Center, the Agricultural Research Service and
Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
and the University of Hawaii.
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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.
INTERNET: ghegyes@nalusda.gov
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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
Steven S. Waller, Coordinator Phil Rasmussen,
13-A Activities Bld Coordinator
Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln Ag Systems Technology
Lincoln, NE 68583-0704 Utah State University
(402) 472-7081 Logan, UT 84322-2300
FAX: (402) 472-0280 FAX: (801) 797-4002
Internet: agdn009@unlvm. (801) 797-2230
unl.edu Internet:
soilcomp@cc.usu.edu
Northeast Region Southern Region
Frederick R. Magdoff, Gerald F. Arkin,
Co-Coordinator Coordinator
Dept. of Plant & Soil Contact: Paula Ford, Program
Science Manager
University of Vermont University of Georgia
Burlington, VT 05405 Agriculture Experiment Station
(802) 656-2630 Griffen, GA 30223-1797
FAX: (802) 656-4656 (404) 412-4787;
Internet: FAX:(404) 412-4789
@moose.uvm.edu Internet:
sareace@gaes.griffin.
peachnet.edu
NORTH CENTRAL REGION: IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD
and WI
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
Administrative Council
SOUTHERN REGION: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN,
TX, VA and VI
January, 1995 Full Proposal due at the Host Consortium
Producer-Initiated Grants due at Host
Consortium
WESTERN REGION: AL, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA,
WY and the Island Protectorates
January 9, 1995 Distribution of Producer Initiated
Grants Calls for Proposal (CFP)
January 10, 1995 Deadline for Submission of Chapter 3
proposals
March 6-7, 1995 Chapter 1 Technical Review Committee
meets
March 8-9, 1995 Chapter 3 Technical Review Committee
meets (Tentative)
March 27-28, 1995 Administrative Council Meets to consider
Chapter 1 & 3 proposals
August 21-24, 1995 Administrative Council Strategic
Planning Retreat (will also consider
Producer-Initiated-Grants
NORTHEAST REGION: CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WV