The Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems (CSAS) in the
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is an interdisciplinary
center formed in 1991 for the purpose of bringing together people
and resources to promote an agriculture that is efficient,
competitive, profitable, environmentally and socially sustainable
for the indefinite future. Electronic versions of the CSAS
bimonthly newsletter are sent to SANET, PENPages, and the
internal IANRNEWS 10-14 days before those on our mailing list
receive their hard copy. They are also available along with other
sustainable ag information on the gopher: IANRVM.UNL.EDU.
(Note: The electronic version is not sent to individual e-mail
addresses.) To be added to the "hard copy" newsletter mailing
list, or for questions or comments, contact the newsletter
editor, Pam Murray, Coordinator, Center for Sustainable
Agricultural Systems, 221 Keim Hall, University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, NE 68583-0949, 402-472-2056, fax -4104, e-mail:
csas001@unlvm.unl.edu.
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CONTENTS:
IMPACT GROUPS ARE FORMING ACROSS NEBRASKA
MAY 1 IS DEADLINE FOR SARE PRODUCER GRANTS
CORPORATE FARMING EXPANDS
IMPORTANT SUSTAINABLE AG SUPPORTER DIES
REGIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM IS OFF AND RUNNING
ON-FARM MANURE CALIBRATION PROGRAM
CALLS FOR PAPERS
SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENTS
CRAFTING SUSTAINABLE FARM PROGRAMS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
A BETTER ROW TO HOE
NEW ROTATIONAL GRAZING LISTSERVER
OUTSTANDING CSAS SECRETARY
POSTER MATERIALS AVAILABLE: SUSTAINING PROFITABLE AGRICULTURE
OECD POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AND WORKSHOPS
ORGANIC CERTIFICATION CONTACT
RESOURCES
DID YOU KNOW...
COMING EVENTS
IMPACT GROUPS ARE FORMING ACROSS NEBRASKA
Several groups across the state have already applied to the
IMPACT project for sustainable agriculture activities and
research/demonstration projects. This is a collaborative effort
involving the Center for Rural Affairs, the Nebraska Sustainable
Agriculture Society and UNL, and is funded in part by the W.K.
Kellogg Foundation under its Integrated Farming Systems
Initiative (see May-June CSAS newsletter). Additional support is
provided by the USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education (SARE) Program.
The applications we have received reflect the diverse needs of
Nebraska producers and other community members who want to live
and farm sustainably. Farmers in eastern Nebraska are interested
in learning more about the impact of managed grazing along
streambanks on water quality and the riparian ecosystem. Farmers
in central Nebraska are interested in using bees to make sweet
clover cover crops profitable in fallow years. Rural women's
groups in western and eastern Nebraska are forming to learn more
about marketing, long-term financial planning, value-added
agriculture, child care, and sustainability issues directly
affecting their families and communities. Groups can receive up
to $3,500 to support their activities. If you and your fellow
sustainable-minded neighbors have an idea you want to pursue,
call the IMPACT office, 402-254-2289, for an application or for
help in applying. Applications for the next round of funding are
due March 31, 1995. SOURCE: Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture
Society newsletter, Winter 1995.
MAY 1 IS DEADLINE FOR SARE PRODUCER GRANTS
For the fourth year in a row the North Central Region (NCR) SARE
Program will again sponsor its Implementing Sustainable
Agriculture Producer Grant Program. Individual or group grants of
up to $5,000 will be awarded on a competitive basis to producers
in the twelve-state region, which includes Nebraska. In the first
three years, 87 grants were awarded for demonstration and on-farm
research projects, including rotational grazing, field trials,
farmer networks, alternative crops, composting, equipment modifi-
cations, and biocontrol measures. All projects are required to
include a means for disseminating information through a field
day, publication or workshop.
Funding decisions will be made in late July 1995, with funds
available in mid-fall. Application packets are available from the
NCR SARE Program, 13A Activities Bldg., University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, NE 68583-0840, 402-472-7081.
CORPORATE FARMING EXPANDS
Rising input costs and low market prices have forced many
producers, both large and small, to link up with processing and
marketing companies under contractual agreements. This year over
99% of the nation's poultry growers are farming under contract
with a handful of processors. Under these agreements, producers
are required to pay for building equipment, land and labor costs.
The processing and marketing companies provide the animals, feed,
medicine and most importantly, the management directions turning
once independent farmers into factory workers on their own land
earning close to minimum wage. Similar trends are already
emerging in the pork, beef and vegetable sectors. SOURCE: Farm
Aid News, Dec. 15, 1994, Institute for Agriculture and Trade
Policy.
IMPORTANT SUSTAINABLE AG SUPPORTER DIES
Ken Taylor, founder of the Minnesota Food Association, passed
away January 6. His contributions will long be felt in the
sustainable agriculture community, and his humor, wisdom and
foresight will be greatly missed in the North Central Region SARE
Administrative Council, on which he served since its inception.
Ken worked to insure that the producer and consumer were never
forgotten or minimized, as the direction of this regional USDA
program was developed. His keen insight into their worlds and his
knack for finding the similarities rather than the differences in
the goals of sustainable agriculture organizations contributed to
creating a regional program that constantly reevaluated itself in
terms of the ultimate benefit to the producer and consumer as
well as the researcher and educator.
An article in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune mentioned Taylor's
work to unite farmers, coop managers, food shelf operators,
University of Minnesota officials and food company executives
that eventually led to the University's Sustainable Agriculture
Institute and urban gardening projects. Submitted by Steven
Waller
REGIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM IS OFF AND RUNNING
In our July-August 1994 newsletter you read about a grant
received by the CSAS for training Extension agents and other
agricultural professionals in sustainable agriculture techniques
and systems. The grant is from the North Central Region
Sustainable Research and Education (SARE) Program.
The first workshop of the North Central Sustainable Agriculture
Training Program (NCSATP) was held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, January
4-6. Seventy-six people from the region's twelve states helped
plan the new program. The group included farmers, members of
nonprofit organizations, federal agency personnel, and Extension
administrators, specialists and educators. These participants
indicated in a pre-workshop survey the three most frequent
questions they hear: What is sustainable agriculture? Is it
profitable/economically feasible? Is it organic farming?
Two main themes surfaced during discussions: sustainable
agriculture must be viewed in a framework of social, economic,
and environmental factors; and training must be inclusive, in
terms of trainers and audience. Participants assembled several
topics and teaching methods for a train-the-trainer workshop.
Identified focus areas included:
- Community connections and enhancing involvement;
- On-farm tours;
- Facilitation skills;
- Team building activities;
- Participatory learning methods, such as case studies and
focus groups;
- Evaluation techniques; and
- Integrative approaches, such as Holistic Resource
Management.
The highlight of the meeting was the listening session in which
farmers discussed their opinions and experiences regarding
Extension and sustainable agriculture. Many people commented that
the session was a powerful tool for bringing new perspectives
into a workshop, and said they would incorporate the idea into
their training programs.
The NCSATP is planning two train-the-trainer workshops in March
and April. Contact Heidi Carter at the CSAS office for more
information. Submitted by Heidi Carter
ON-FARM MANURE CALIBRATION PROGRAM
The UNL Water Center has funded an on-farm manure calibration
program for eastern Nebraska. The goal of the program is to
calibrate manure spreaders on producers' farms, take soil and
manure samples, and plan a farm-wide manure application program.
The program has the capacity to weigh manure spreaders
conveniently on the farm with portable wheel scales that allow
quick calibration. We are planning three field demonstrations
this spring. Anyone interested in this program can contact
Charles Shapiro, NEREC, Box 111, Concord, NE 68728, 402-584-2803,
email: nerc006.unlvm.unl.edu. Submitted by Charles Shapiro
CALLS FOR PAPERS
Three 1995 conferences have issued calls for papers:
Oct. 7-8, Eugene, OR. "The Politics of Sustainable Agriculture."
Department of Political Science at the University of Oregon
invites interested scholars and activists to submit a short
prospectus on their research, which may include but is not
limited to work in the following areas: U.S. and/or comparative
agricultural policy; international agricultural development;
economic globalization, free trade, and farm self-sufficiency;
agricultural ethics and agrarian reform movements; technology and
the implication of agricultural modernization; agriculture and
intellectual property rights; agriculture and new social
movements. Featured speakers at this interdisciplinary conference
will be Wes Jackson, Angus Wright, Patricia Allen, and Peter
Rosset. Peer-reviewed proceedings featuring the outstanding
papers presented at the conference will be published. Submit
prospectus by April 15 to Stuart Shulman, Dept. of Political
Science, U. of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1284, email:
stu@gladstone.uoregon.edu.
Nov. 6-8, Ames, IA. "Linkages among Farming Systems and
Communities." Assoc. for Farming Systems Research-Extension
(AFSRE) invites posters, panels and papers that feature advances
in farming systems research and extension, including: on-farm
monitoring of soil and water quality, biodiversity,
profitability, and quality of life; relationship of farming
systems and communities; linking farming systems to food systems.
Abstracts and proposals should be sent by August 1 to Cornelia
Flora, 317 East Hall, Iowa State U. Ames, IA 50011-1070,
515-294-8321.
Nov. 16-17, Boston, MA. "Environmental Enhancement through
Agriculture." Organizers-Center for Agriculture, Food and
Environment at Tufts U., American Farmland Trust, and Wallace
Institute for Alternative Agriculture-invite papers on both
general strategies and specific examples of positive agriculture-
environment interactions. They may be descriptive, practice-
oriented, theoretical or empirical. Three copies of a 150-250
word abstract should be sent by April 14 to William Lockeretz,
School of Nutrition, Tufts U., Medford, MA 02155, 617-627-3223.
SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. John Zimmerman, a preeminent ornithological scholar from
Kansas State University, will present two seminars at the East
Campus Union: March 9, 4:00, "Cheyenne Bottoms: Wetland in
Jeopardy;" March 10, 10:00, "The Effects of Fire and Grazing on
the Avian Community of the Tallgrass Prairie."
Dr. Robert L. Thayer, landscape architect from U.C. Davis, will
deliver a Hyde Memorial Lecture on "Technology, Nature and
Sustainability," April 13, 4:00-5:00 at the Sheldon Art Gallery.
On April 14, 4:00-5:00 he will present "The Bioregenerative
Landscape" at the East Campus Union. Dr. Thayer's areas of
expertise include landscape architecture dealing with new town
developments and the siting of wind energy farms, and the
environmental benefits of low water input landscapes.
CRAFTING SUSTAINABLE FARM PROGRAMS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
Overall, the most serious consequence of the GATT Final Act for
U.S. producers is its impact on the U.S. farm movement toward
economic, environmental and social sustainability. There are a
number of specific provisions within the agreement that work
against current efforts to encourage farmers to farm in more
environmentally sustainable ways. First, in Annex 2 of the GATT
text, local, state or federal governments are specifically
prohibited from providing economic incentives to encourage
farmers to adopt environmentally sound production techniques.
Second, the lower farm prices and lower farm income resulting
from GATT will make it much more difficult for farmers to move
toward more sustainable practices. Lower farm prices have
traditionally resulted in:
- increased land under cultivation;
- cultivated land farmed with more chemical intensity to
increase yields;
- organic producers encounter more difficulty in market;
- agricultural land is more rapidly converted to industrial
and commercial uses;
- families owning their land are forced out and replaced by
absentee/corporate owners; and
- diversified livestock producers are replaced by large-scale
feedlots.
Third, the GATT Final Act specifically allows for the replacement
of domestic farm programs with GATT-legal "decoupled" government
payments. Family farmers have traditionally opposed this type of
farm subsidy which they call "welfare payments." Past and
current decoupling proposals in the U.S. call for a 30% cut in
CCC loan rates and the elimination of set-asides and other supply
management-type programs.
The National Farmers Union and National Family Farm Coalition are
working with Citizens Trade Campaign to monitor the impacts of
GATT on family farmers, rural economies, the environment, food
prices and food quality. These groups will continue working with
Congress and the Administration to create viable economic and
environmental opportunities through the 1995 farm bill and in
drafting yearly budget acts, and by pressuring GATT members when
they reconvene in five years to revisit agriculture provisions.
SOURCE: Farm Aid News, Dec. 6, 1994. The Institute for
Agriculture and Trade Policy.
A BETTER ROW TO HOE
The Northwest Area Foundation has released a report summarizing
the findings of its six-year, $4.5 million study to evaluate the
impact of a shift toward sustainable agriculture on the economy,
environment, and rural communities in the eight-state region
served by the Foundation. According to the Executive Summary of
"A Better Row to Hoe," Key findings were:
- Sustainable agriculture is a modern, emerging, and highly
adaptable management technology. It relies on sound
management and intensive, often site-specific information.
- Sustainable agriculture has real and measurable
environmental benefits, including reduced toxins in soil and
water, less erosion, enhanced wildlife habitat, and lower
energy use.
- Sustainable agriculture can be economically competitive with
conventional agriculture, as evidenced by the performance of
the best sustainable farmers. However, to become the
technology of choice for most farmers, the management
systems and technology required of sustainable agriculture
must be further developed, refined, and taught.
- Current public policies, especially federal commodity
programs, discourage the adoption of sustainable
agriculture.
- Sustainable agriculture can provide new farming and business
opportunities for people in rural communities, but local
business infrastructure must respond to the different
production and market needs of sustainable farmers.
- It may be even easier to start a farm with sustainable
practices than to convert one that is heavily invested in
conventional practices and technologies. Many beginning
farmers may find sustainable agriculture attractive because
it depends more on skilled labor and management and less on
capital resources. Major policy recommendations are:
- Federal farm commodity programs should be reformed to reward
environmental performance, remove penalties for converting
to sustainable agriculture, and end the discrimination
against sustainable farmers (who have fewer acres in
subsidized crops because they have planted soil-conserving
crops instead).
- Greater emphasis should be placed on sustainable agriculture
in research and education programs to strengthen the
technology base of sustainable agriculture.
- A comprehensive rural development policy will help
sustainable agriculture by developing the business
infrastructure to support sustainable farming and by
providing off
- farm income opportunities that many farmers--both
sustainable and conventional--need. At the same time, rural
development will benefit from the new farm and business
opportunities fostered by sustainable agriculture.
- Private lenders and public credit programs should increase
access to capital and accompanying management assistance
programs for beginning farmers who practice sustainable
agriculture. (See Resources to order.)
NEW ROTATIONAL GRAZING LISTSERVER
There is a new listserver for people interested in management-
intensive rotational grazing and seasonal dairying. GRAZE-L is a
joint project of Taranaki Polytechnic in New Zealand and the
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of
Wisconsin. To subscribe, send the message SUBSCRIBE GRAZE-L to
the following address: listserv@taranaki.ac.nz. For more informa-
tion, contact Michele Gale-Sinex: gale-sinex@ae.agecon.wisc.edu.
OUTSTANDING CSAS SECRETARY
We're pleased to announce that Michele Strickler, CSAS secretary
since August 1992, is the January recipient of the Outstanding
Employee Award at the Institute of Agriculture and Natural
Resources. She is extremely capable, efficient, and enthusiastic,
and we are fortunate to have her on our team. Congratulations,
Michele, and thanks!
POSTER MATERIALS AVAILABLE: SUSTAINING PROFITABLE AGRICULTURE
A set of poster materials highlighting Cooperative Extension
agricultural programs is available for checkout by Extension
staff. These materials, designed to fit on a Downing display
board (supplied by borrower), are flexible so all or part of the
set can be used to highlight what may be of interest to a
specific audience.
Cooperative Extension has four priority initiatives that have the
common theme of sustainability and profitability. This display
highlights the main goals, objectives and activities of the
Promote Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Integrated Crop
Management, Conservation Reserve Program, and Integrated Resource
Management programs. Included in the display are pictures
relevant to each initiative. Contact the CSAS office to borrow
the display. Submitted by Charles Shapiro
OECD POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AND WORKSHOPS
Funding for post-doctoral fellowships or sponsorship of workshops
are available for the topic of "Biological Resource Management
for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, 1995-1999."
Sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), these activities can be focused on one of
four themes:
- safe exploitation of micro-organisms in plant/soil systems
- quality of animal production
- utilization and ecology of new organisms
- surface and ground water quality and agricultural practices
Deadline for submitting proposals is March 10, 1995; decisions on
funding will be made during the same month, and the arrangements
for the activity completed during 1995. For further information,
contact Jim Schepers, Univ. of Nebraska, 402-472-1513, email:
jscheper@unlinfo. unl.edu
ORGANIC CERTIFICATION CONTACT
For questions regarding organic certification, contact: Dave
Welsch, Certification Coordinator, OCIA NE #1, Rt 2, Box 63,
Milford, NE 68405, 402-826-5361.
RESOURCES
"Small Farm Handbook," $20 + $2.90 s&h payable to UC Regents, ANR
Publications, U. of California, 6701 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, CA
94608-1239, 510-642-2431. Brochure says 38 authors--research-
ers, farm advisors, small farm specialists, and farmers--have
combined their expertise to produce 12 chapters: requirements for
successful farming, the basics, finances, marketing, selling your
product, enterprise ideas, growing crops, raising animals,
postharvest handling of perishable crops, alternative
agriculture, labor management, keeping the family farm healthy.
Includes worksheets and resource/reference lists.
"Pesticide Information Notebook," 2nd edition, $23, Cornell
Resource Center, Attention: Pesticides, 7 Business and
Technology Park, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850. Contains
139 pesticide information profiles describing the health and
environmental effects of specific pesticides and 17 toxicology
information briefs offering short descriptions covering
pesticide-related issues such as carcinogenicity, ecological
effects, and epidemiology.
"A Better Row to Hoe," (executive summary and full report), free,
Communications Dept., Northwest Area Foundation, 332 Minnesota
St., #E-1201, St. Paul, MN 55101-1373. Also available is
"Planting the Future," a book to be published by Iowa State
University Press which reports on this research. Request order
form from the Foundation.
"Lean, Mean and Green," $7.50, Wallace Institute for Alternative
Agriculture, 9200 Edmonston Rd., #117, Greenbelt, MD 20770, 301-
331-8777. Report discusses a new environmentally-based approach
to farm income support called a Green Support Program.
"Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development:
New Directions for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 1994,"
Dr. Mohamed S. Zehni, Interdepartmental Working Group on
Environment and Sustainable Development, Food and Agriculture
Organization, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy;
fax: 396 5225-5731; email: mohamed.zehni@fao.org. Outlines
strategies to achieve sustainable agriculture and rural
development (SARD) focusing on the issues and areas of action
connected with SARD that are highlighted in UNCED's Agenda 21.
"Thompson On-Farm Research, with Wallace Institute, 1994 Report,"
$10, Thompson On-Farm Research, 2035 190th St., Boone, IA
50036-7423, 515-432-1560. Describes in detail successes and
failures in crop and livestock trials being conducted at the
Thompson Farm in Boone, Iowa.
Earthworm pubs: "Worms Eat My Garbage," by Mary Appelhoff, c.
1982, $8.95, Flowerfield Enterprises, 10332 Shaver Rd.,
Kalamazoo, MI 49002, 616-327-0108; describes the world of worms,
the materials needed for your vermiculture project, and
continuously informs readers about the earthworms' relationship
with soil quality. Worm Digest, quarterly newsletter about worms
and worm composting, $4.50/yr., Worm Digest, Box 544, Eugene, OR
97440-9998. The following are available from Shields
Publications, POB 669, Eagle River, WI 54521, 715-479-4810:
"Raising Earthworms for Profit" by Earl Shields, 1994, $7, for
those interested in raising earthworms to be sold as bait or to
be used in making vermicompost, this is a comprehensive guide
which details each step involved in creating either a small- or
large-scale earthworm-raising enterprise; "Earthworm Buyer's
Guide 1994-95," $5, provides a listing of earthworm hatcheries in
the USA and Canada; "Raising the African Night Crawler or
Tropical Giant Worm," by Charlie Morgan, 1970, $5, provides
specific information on bins, bedding, feeds and feeding,
harvesting, packing and shipping, and selling the nightcrawlers.
"Organic Market News," $65/yr., Farmer's Information Network, POB
2067, Santa Clara, CA 95055-2067, 408-247-6778. Contains
comprehensive wholesale price report for over 120 varieties of
organically grown fresh fruit, herbs, and vegetables 21 times per
year; will be developing a new monthly price report on organic
beans and grains.
"GreenWorld's Almanac & Directory of Environmental Organizations,
1994," $29.95, GreenWorld Environmental Publications Co., 253 A
26th Street, Suite 306, Santa Monica, CA 90402, 310-815-8867.
Reference guide lists North American organizations working on
environmental issues including atmosphere, global warming,
ecosystem protection, biodiversity, population, forest
conservation, land use, water conservation, wildlife, pesticides,
pollution, transportation, and waste management.
DID YOU KNOW...
Regarding farm income:
- A USDA report shows that 65% of U.S. crop subsidies goes to
17% of farmers. Since these payments are a sizable part of
small farm income, the loss of the payments due to federal
budget cuts may affect small farms more than large ones. The
biggest impact of cuts would be in the Corn Belt and the
northern Plains, which together get half of federal outlays.
- The highest percentage of earning from agriculture of any
county in the U.S. occurs in Wheeler County, Nebraska.
Nebraska counties also placed second through sixth in the
national list and had five other counties in the top 25.
- USDA estimates farm income in 1995 will be $2 billion or
more lower than income in 1994.
- The UNL Bureau of Business Research forecasts that net farm
proprietors' income will show a drop for 1994 of 7.5% from a
year earlier. In 1995, the Bureau expects that net farm
income will recover to near 1993 levels and continue to
improve in 1996.
- The USDA reports that the index of prices received by
farmers from 1982 to 1993 rose only 7.5% while input costs
rose over 23%.
- Nationwide, 90% of all farm operator households rely on
off-farm sources to supplement their farm income.
- The "Kiplinger Agriculture Letter" notes that on average
small farmers, with gross annual sales of less than $50,000,
lose money on their farms.
- Family farmers continue being forced from their land at a
rate of 32,500 each year, or 600 farm families each week.
A Minnesota company is converting soy flour and recycled
newspapers into a substitute for hardwood. By 1997 they hope to
be turning more than one million bushels of soybeans into the
construction material they call Environ.
A new wheat-based kitty litter has been patented and is now being
produced for the $700 million-a-year industry. It contains
enzymes that make sewage break down faster, plus the wheat
neutralizes the ammonia smell.
The National Public Policy Education Committee surveyed 10,000
farmers in 15 states regarding USDA's missions. Forty-one percent
of respondents want all federal commodity programs to be
gradually phased out, while about a third want to keep present
programs, with the youngest, oldest and largest farmers most
supportive of the status quo.
Since 1986, introductions of organic food products have increased
by 400% and organic beverages by 1,450%.
In December Karl Stauber, former vice president of the Northwest
Area Foundation and long-time supporter of sustainable
agriculture, was appointed Acting Deputy Under Secretary of
Agriculture for Research, Education and Economics.
The potential exists for hog wastes to be routinely used as
fertilizer for Paulownia trees which can then be harvested for
timber in 12 years or less.
A recent poll of Iowa farm families shows 75% of farmwomen almost
always maintain the family's business records, 60% work off-farm
full- and part-time to help support their family, and 60% perform
field work while caring for their children and performing other
farm chores.
The 1992 Census of Agriculture shows the average age of Nebraska
farmers has increased to almost 51.
Senate leadership has a "Top 10" list of regulations to be
changed or eliminated. At the top is the Endangered Species Act.
Others include regulations stemming from the Clean Water Act, the
Delaney clause, and rules involving use of wetlands in
agricultural areas.
The ten-time, corn-growing champion from Illinois credits his
success (300+ acres in 1994) to his 200 buffalo who fertilize his
fields in return for corn on their menu.
COMING EVENTS
Contact CSAS office for more information:
- Feb. 28-Mar. 1 -- 1995 Platte River Basin Ecosystem
Symposium; Kearney, NE.
- Mar. 3 -- Leopold Center annual conference; Ames, IA.
- Mar. 17-18 -- Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Agriculture:
The Art of Marketing; Kearney, NE.
- Apr. 6 -- Trade, Development, and the Environment: Global
Issues and Global Policies. Presentation to be given by
Jessica Tuchman Mathews, Washington Post columnist, at 3:30
in the Lied Center, Lincoln, NE.
- May 8-10 -- Planning for a Sustainable Future: The Case of
the North American Great Plains; Lincoln, NE. (See Sep-Oct
CSAS newsletter for details.)
- June 11-14 -- Sustainable Aquaculture, '95; Honolulu.
"We need to live off of nature's interest rather than nature's
capital." Wes Jackson
Pam Murray, Coordinator
Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems
and Center for Grassland Studies
U. of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0949
V: 402-472-2056 F: -4104