Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)
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 Calendar,
Room 304, National Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Boulevard,
Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351.
FAX: (301) 504-6409. INTERNET: san@nalusda.gov
* Events added since last edition
June 26-September 30, 1995
Event: Organic On-Farm Workshops
Place: Throughout Vermont
Contact: Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
(NOFA-VT)
NOFA-VT Summer Workshops, PO Box 697, Richmond, VT 05477
(802) 434-4122
August 3-October 29, 1995
Event: Sustainable Agriculture Field Days
Place: Throughout Wisconsin
Sponsor: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
Protection
"Call your local extension agent and watch or listen to
local news media and statewide agricultural media for
other notices or further information."
September 18-22, 1995
Event: "North American Workshop on Monitoring for Ecological
Assessment of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems."
Place: near Mexico City
Contact: Michael J. Munster, EMAP (919) 515-3311; FAX: 515-3593;
mike@arrc.ncsu.edu
1509 Varsity Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606
Sponsor: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
September 19-26, 1995
Event: International Symposium on Biodiversity of Agriculture -
for a sustainable future
Place: Beijing, China
Contact: Sandra Bukkens, Organizing Secretariat, Instituto
Nazionale della Nutrizione, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178
Rome, Italy. Phone: 39-6-50 32 421
FAX: 39-6-51 95 70 31
Giampietro@IN8800.INGRM.IT
September 22-29, 1995
Event: Introduction to Biodynamics for Beginners in Agriculture
Place: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
W2493 County Road ES, East Troy, WI 53120
Contact: Walter Goldstein, (414) 642-3303
Sponsor: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
September 29-October 1, 1995
Event: Fall Harvest Organic-Biodynamic Gardening & Food
Preserving Workshop
Place: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
W2493 County Road ES, East Troy, WI 53120
Contact: Gail Kahovic (414) 642-3303
Sponsor: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
October 6-7, 1995
*Event: Fifth Annual Eco-Fair Texas
Place: Austin Convention Center
Contact: Carole Berry (512) 452-4571; FAX: (512) 452-5255
Sponsor: Austin American Statesman; KLBJ Radio
October 7, 1995
*Event: Hoes Down Harvest Festival
A benefit for the Committee for Sustainable Agriculture
Place: Full Belly Farm, Yolo County, California
Contact: (916) 796-3464
Sponsor: Committee for Sustainable Agriculture
October 7-8, 1995
Event: "The Politics of Sustainable Agriculture"
Place: Eugene, Oregon
Contact: Stuart Shulman, Dept. of Political Science,
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1284;
stu@gladstone.uoregon.edu
October 9-10, 1995
Event: "The Summit and Beyond": NGO PrepCom for the FAO 50th
Anniversary and World Food Summit (tentatively scheduled
for March 1996 in Rome)
Place: Quebec City, Canada
Contact: Secretariat, The Summit and Beyond, c/o Canadian Hunger
Foundation, 323 Chapel Street, Ottawa, Canada K1N 722.
FAX: (613) 237-5969, chfott@web.apc.org
October 9-16, 1995
Event: Food and Agriculture Association (FAO) 50th Anniversary
and World Food Day, October 16.
Place: Quebec City, Canada
Contact: Symposium `95 FAO 65, Rue Sainte Anne, Bureau 100
Quebec, Canada 61R3X5.
Phone: +418 691-7849, FAX: +418 691-7815
October 10-11, 1995
Event: "The Next Generation of Legal, Regulatory and Marketing
Issues Facing the Organic Products Industry."
Second national business and regulatory conference on the
term organic.
Place: Claremont Resort, Oakland, CA
Contact: OFRF, P.O. Box 440, Santa Cruz, CA 95061
(408) 426-6606 FAX: (408) 426-6670
Sponsor: Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF)
October 10-14, 1995
*Event: Globescope '95 Conference (Sustainability Conference)
Place: Radisson Plaza Hotel, Mark Center, Arlington, Virginia
Contact: Global Tomorrow Coalition
1325 G St. NW, Suite 1010; Washington, DC 20005-3104
October 12-13
*Event: Air Quality: Perceptions and Realities for Compost,
Wastewater, and Animal Production Industries
Place: Beltsville, MD
Contact: Rebecca Roe, 114 South Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 739-2401; FAX: 739-2407
Sponsor: The Composting Council; Compost Science and Utilization;
USDA-ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC)
October 14-15, 1995
Event: The Future Harvest Festival: A sustainable agriculture/
sustainable living fair
Place: Carroll County Fairgrounds, Westminister, Maryland
Contact: Marty Rice, Festival Coordinator, Maryland Organic Food
and Farming Association.
Phone: (301) 371-4814; FAX: (301) 371-8923
October 22-25, 1995
Event: Third National Symposium, "New Crops: New Opportunities,
New Technologies"
Place: Adam's Mark Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana
Contact: Continuing Education, Business Office, Purdue University,
1586 Stewart Center, Room 110, West Lafayette, Indiana
47907-1586. Phone: (317) 494-7220; FAX: (317) 494-0567
Sponsor: Indiana Center for New Crops and Plant Products, Purdue
University; numerous agencies and societies co-sponsors
Octover 25-26, 1995
*Event: Privatization of Technology and Information Transfer in
U.S. Agriculture: Research and Policy Implications
Place: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Memorial Union
Contact: Steven Wolf (608) 262-6049; FAX 262-6022;
wolf@ssc.wisc.edu;
1450 Linden Drive, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI 53706
Sponsor: US-EPA; Ciba Plant Protection; University of Wisconsin
American Society of Agronomy; Dow Elanco; USDA;
The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture;
The Soil and Water Conservation Society;
October 27-29, 1995
Event: MFAI's 5th Annual Urban-Rural Conference
Place: St. Peter's School, East Troy, Wisconsin, 53120
Contact: Gail Kahovic (414) 642-3303
Sponsor: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (MFAI)
November 5-8, 1995
*Event: "Linkages among Farming Systems and Communities"
The North American Symposium of AFSRE
Place: Ames, Iowa
Contact: Rick Exner (515) 294-1923; dnexner@iastate.edu;
Room 2104 Agronomy Hall, Iowa State University,
Ames, IA 50011
Sponsor: The Association for Farming Systems Research and
Extension (AFSRE)
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
November 6-8, 1995
Event: "Linkages among Farming Systems and Communities",
North American Symposium, AFSRE
Place: Iowa State University
Contact: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development,
317 East Hall, Iowa State University,
Ames, IA 50011-1070.
Phone: (515) 294-8321. FAX: (515) 294-2303.
Sponsors: Association for Farming Systems Research-Extension
(AFSRE); Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development;
November 6-8, 1995
Event: 1995 International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide
Alternatives and Emissions Reduction
Place: Red Lion Inn, San Diego, California
Contact: Methyl Bromide Alternatives Outreach, P. O. Box 5377,
Fresno, California 93755.
Phone: (209) 244-4710 FAX: (209) 224-2610
Sponsor: Methyl Bromide Alternatives Outreach; co-sponsors: The
Crop Protection Coalition; USDA; EPA
November 9, 1995
*Event: Kerr Field Day: Livestock, Forage and Agroforestry
Place: Poteau, Oklahoma
Contact: Lara Ervin (918) 647-9123; P.O. Box 588, Poteau, OK 74953
Sponsor: Kerr Center
November 10-11, 1995
Event: CropKing 12th Annual Hydroponic Grower Conference
Place: Delta-Orlando Resort, Orlando, FL
Contact: Dan Brentlinger, President, P.O. Box 310,
Medina, OH 44258
(216) 725-5656; FAX: (216) 722-3958
Sponsor: CropKing Inc.
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 12-14, 1995
Event: Community Supported Agriculture Conference
Place: Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Contact: Jered Lawson, c/o CASFS, 1156 High Street,
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(408) 459-3964; FAX: (408) 459-2799; farmcsa@aol.com
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
wlockeretz@infonet.tufts.edu
Sponsor: Tufts University, Center for Agriculture, Food and
Environment; American Farmland Trust; Henry A. Wallace
Institute for Alternative Agriculture
November 30-December 2, 1995
Event: "Celebrating 25 Years of Eco-Agriculture"
Place: Stouffer Airport Renaissance Hotel, St. Louis, MO
Contact: Acres U.S.A., P.O. Box 8800, Metairie, LA 70011-8800
(800) 355-5313; (504) 889-2100; FAX: (504) 889-2777;
acresusa@aol.com
Sponsor: Acres U.S.A.
December 1-3, 1995
*Event: "Healthy Farms, Healthy People, Healthy Communities"
1995 Annual Upper-Midwest Community Supported Agriculture
Conference
Place: Madison, Wisconsin
Contact: Wil Burns (608) 256-6312; wcburns1@students.wisc.edu
Margaret Krome (608) 238-1440; mkrome@aol.com
2524 Chamberlain Ave., Madison, WI 53705
Sponsor: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute;
Minnesota Food Association; Philadelphia Community Farm;
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems;
Land Stewardship Project
Note: Cost is $45 before November 15, $50 after November 15.
December 12-15, 1995
Event: National Agricultural Ecosystem Management Conference
Place: New Orleans, Louisiana
Contact: Conservation Technology Information Center, 1220 Potter
Drive, Room 170, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906
Phone: (317) 494-9555 FAX: (317) 494-5969
January 19-21, 1996
Event: 1996 Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
(SAWG) Annual Conference
Place: Radisson Plaza Hotel, Lexington, Kentucky
Contact: Keith Richards, P. O. Box 324, Elkins, Arkansas 72727
Phone: (501) 292-3714; HN3551@handsnet.org
January 24-27, 1996
Event: Ecological Farming Conference (16th Annual)
Place: Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA
Contact: CSA, P.O. Box 838, San Martin, CA 95046
(408) 778-7366; FAX: (408) 778-7186; zea@well.com;
http://www.well.com/user/zea/EcoFarm.html
Sponsor: Committee for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA)
February 2, 1996
*Event: Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society Western Area
Conference
Place: Ogallala, Nebraska
Contact: Jane Sooby, High Plains Ag Lab
3257 Rd. 109, Sidney, NE 69162-3129
(308) 254-3918
Cris Carusi, Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society
P.O. Box 736, Hartington, NE 68739 (402) 254-2289
Sponsor: Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society
February 20-25, 1996
*Event: The 1996 North American Farmers' Direct Marketing
Conference
Place: Saratoga Springs, New York
Contact: Monika Roth, (607) 272-2292; FAX: 272-7088;
monika_roth@cce.cornell.edu
Cornell Cooperative Extension, 615 Willow Avenue,
Ithaca, NY, 14850
February 24, 1996
*Event: Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society Annual Meeting
Place: Columbus, Nebraska
Contact: Cris Carusi, Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society
P.O. Box 736, Hartington, NE 68739 (402) 254-2289
Sponsor: Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society
June 11-14, 1996
*Event: 6th International Conference on Computers in Agriculture
Place: Cancun, Mexico
Contact: Dr. Fedro S. Zazueta (904) 392-7260; FAX: 392-4092;
fsz@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
www.agen.ufl.edu/~fzazueta/
June 15-20, 1996
*Event: 2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference on the
Environment
Place: Newport, Rhode Island
Contact: Demetri Kantarelis (508) 767-7557 or
Kevin L. Hickey (508) 767-7296
IEA, Economics/Foreign Affairs Dept., Assumption College
500 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01615-0005
FAX: (508) 799-4502; dkantar@eve.assumption.edu
July 8-11, 1996
Event: The First Australian New Crops Conference
New Crops, New Products, New Opportunities
Place: The University of Queensland Gatton College
Contact: Sally Brown, New Crops Conference Secretariat,
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072 Australia
Ph: (int) +61 7 3365 6360; FAX: +61 7 3365 7099
Sally@ceu.uq.oz.au
August 11-15, 1996
Event: 11th IFOAM Scientific Conference & 1st Organic World
Exhibition
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact: Secretariat: ifoam'96, Blegdamsvej 4,
DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.
45 3537 2096; FAX: 45 3537 4096; ifoam96@login.dknet.dk
Sponsor: Danish Association of Organic Agriculture
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
(IFOAM)
September 28-October 7, 1996
*Event: Sixth International Permaculture Conference
"Designing for a Sustainable Future"
Place: Perth, Western Australia
Contact: Sixth Permaculture Conference Secretariat, PO Box 568
Kalamunda, Western Australia, 6076
61 9 291 9306; FAX: 61 9 291 9978; converg@eepo.com.au
Sponsor: Permaculture Association of Western Australia
APPENDIX
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program Regional
Research Grants Schedules
The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program
awards grants on a competitive basis for research, education, and
extension training projects in sustainable agriculture. Grants are
also available to agricultural producers (farmers, ranchers, etc.)
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 for the 1995-1996
grant year are included. Some dates are tentative. Schedules will
be updated as they become available. Contact your region for
further information. Following are the addresses of the Regional
centers:
North Central Region Western Region
Steven S. Waller, Coordinator Phil Rasmussen, Coordinator
13-A Activities Bld Ag Systems Technology
Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln Utah State University
Lincoln, NE 68583-0704 Logan, UT 84322-2300
(402) 472-7081 (801) 797-2230
FAX: (402) 472-0280 FAX: (801) 797-4002
Internet: agdn009@unlvm.unl.edu Internet: soilcomp@cc.usu.edu
Northeast Region Southern Region
Frederick R. Magdoff, Gerald F. Arkin, Co-Coordinator
Coordinator Contact Paula Ford, Program Mgr.
Dept. of Plant & Soil Science University of Georgia
University of Vermont Agriculture Experiment Station
Burlington, VT 05405 Griffin, GA 30223-1797
(802) 656-2630; F:(802) 656-4656 (404) 412-4787; F:(404)412-4789
msimpson@moose.uvm.edu sareace@gaes.griffin.peachnet.edu
NORTH CENTRAL REGION: IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD
and WI
September 15, 1995 Preproposals received by Regional
Coordinator
November 13-15, 1995 Administrative Council meets to select
preproposals for further development
December 4, 1995 Invitation to submit full proposal.
January 22, 1996 Deadline for receiving full proposal
February 2, 1996 Producer Grant applications available
from the Regional Office
March 6-8, 1996 Technical Committee meets to evaluate
proposals
April 3-5, 1995 Recommendation for project funding by
Administrative Council
May 1, 1996 Producer Grant Applications are due
June 3-5, 1996 Funding decisions expected on Producer
Grant awards (tentative)
SOUTHERN REGION: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN,
TX, VA and VI
June, 1995 Call for proposals for: research grants,
producer initiated grants and training
grants goes out in Region's newsletter.
(Anyone wishing this notification, who is
not already on the mailing list, should
call the Southern Region office)
October 13, 1995 Preproposals due at the SARE/ACE office.
November 21, 1995 Project coordinators notified of
preproposal status.
December 1, 1995 Producer grant proposals due at SARE/ACE
office.
January 5, 1996 Deadline for submitting full proposals.
February 12-15, 1996 Technical Committee recommendations for
funding; Administrative Council decisions
on funding
February 13, 1996 Producer Grant Subcommittee and Admin.
Council decide funding
March-July, 1996 Notification to applicants, and signing of
contracts.
WESTERN REGION: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT,
WA, WY and the Island Protectorates
September 1, 1995 Calls for Proposals for SARE, ACE and
Chapter 3 grants go out
November 6, 1995 Farmer/Rancher Grant Call for Proposals
goes out
November 8, 1995 SARE, ACE-1 and ACE-2 proposals are due by
5:00 p.m.
December 6, 1995 Chapter 3 Proposals due by 5:00 p.m.
January 17, 1996 Farmer/Rancher Grants due by 5:00 p.m.
January 9, 1995 Distribution of Producer Initiated
Grants Calls for Proposal (CFP)
January 10, 1995 Deadline for Submission of Chapter 3
proposals
March 12-13, 1996 Farmer/Rancher Grants subcommittee meets
March 19-22, 1996 Administrative Council Review and funding
decisions
April 22, 1996 Award/Rejection letters go out;
Proposal revisions requested.
June 16, 1996 Proposal revisions due
July 15, 1996 Plans of Work due in Washington, DC
August 12-16, 1996 Administrative Council Strategic Planning
Retreat
NORTHEAST REGION: CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WV
September 15, 1995 Farmer Grower applications available
October 10, 1995 SARE/ACE Call for Proposals issued
October 10, 1995 Chapter 3 - SARE Training (Extension)
Call for Proposals issued
December 15, 1995 Farmer/Grower Grants due
January 12, 1996 SARE Training (Extension) Proposals due
January 19, 1996 SARE/ACE Research & Education Proposals
due