CALENDAR OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EVENTS
and
SARE/ACE Grants Calendar
July 16, 1996
Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Network
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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 Calendar, Room
304, National Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Avenue,
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351. FAX (301) 504-6409; san@nal.usda.gov
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* Events added since last edition
June 28 - September 28, 1996
*Event : OEFFA 14th Annual Farm and Market Tour Series
Place: Throughout OHIO
Contact: Sean McGovern (614) 294-3663
Sponsor: OEFFA (Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association);
IFO (Innovative Farmers of Ohio);
OCIA (Ohio Chapter of the Organic Crop Improvement Association)
July 15-20, 1996
*Event : Global Environmental Biotechnology: Approaching the Year 2000,
Third International Symposium
Place: Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Contact: Donald L. Wise, Ph.d., Conference Chair
Center for Biotechnology Engineering
342 Snell Engineering Center, Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA
(617) 373-2992; FAX (617) 373-2784; e-mail: sleidel@lynx.neu.edu
Sponsor: International Society for Environmental Biotechnology
July 20 - September 14, 1996
*Event : Summer Organic and Sustainable Tours
Place: Idaho, Utah, Washington
Contact: Tour brochure from: Peggy Adams or Nancy Taylor
P. O. Box 8596, Moscow, Idaho 83843
(208) 882-1444; e-mail: pcei@moscow.com
Sponsor: Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute
July 21 - 26, 1996
Event: Rocky Mountain Conference Symposium on Composting and
Sustainable Agriculture
Place: Denver, Colorado
Contact: R. L. Wershaw, U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 408, Federal Center,
Denver, Colorado 80225; email: rwershaw@usgs.gov
August 4 -17, 1996
*Event : Permaculture Design Course
Place: Spry Point Ark (formerly The New Alchemy Institute), Kings County,
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Contact: Phil Ferraro, Director
Institute for Bioregional Studies
449 University Avenue, Suite 126
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 8K3
(902) 892-9578
August 9 - 11, 1996
Event: Northeast Organic Farming Association 22nd Annual Summer
Conference
Place; Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts
Contact: NOFA Summer Conference
Elaine Peterson, 92 New Westminster Road, Hubbardston,
Massachusetts 01452; (508) 928-4707
August 10, 1996
Event: Summer Harvest Festival
Place: Walnut Acres, Penns Creek, PA
Contact: PASA (814) 349-9852; Walnut Acres (800) 344-9025
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA)
August 11-15, 1996 (Exhibition August 10-13)
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;
IFOAM, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
August 13-16, 1996
Event: The Delta: Connecting Points of View for Sustainable Natural
Resources
Place: Cook Convention Center, Memphis, Tennessee
Contact: National Association of Conservation Districts Delta
Conference, (202) 547-6223
August 15, 1996
*Event : Introduction to Holistic Decision Making
Place: Rochester, MN
Contact: Daniela Ibarra-Howell (505) 542-9197
or Rio de la Vista (970) 731-9659; vista@igc.apc.org
August 16-17, 1996
*Event: Share the Wealth: 1996 Holistic Resource Gathering
Place: The Kahler Hotel, Rochester, Minnesota
Contact: Center for Holistic Management
1010 Tijeras N.W.
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
(505) 842-5252; FAX: (505) 843-7900
September 1-13, 1996
* Event: Permaculture Design Course, with emphasis on dryland problems
Place: Finca La Mohea, SPAIN
Contact: Ruth Bond, Finca La Mohea, Genalguacil, 29492, Malaga, Spain
(note: mail delivery can be slow!)
Peter Bond peter@sdale1.demon.co.uk
Cost: 350 UK pounds for 2 weeks, vegetarian food and accommodations
included.
September 3-8, 1996
*Event : The Permaculture Convergence
"Connecting with Community"
Place: Almonte, Ontario, Canada
Contact: Maureen McEwan at 613-256-1224;
RR1, Almonte, Ontario, K0A 1A0
September 10-13, 1996
*Event : National Small Farm Conference
Place: Nashville, TN
Contact: Alvin Wade, Tennesee State Univ., Nashville, TN (615) 963-5533
Roy Bullock, U of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (615) 832-6802
Denis Ebodaghe, USDA-CSREES, Washington, DC (202) 401-4385;
debodaghe@morrill.esusda.gov
Sponsor: Tennessee State University; University of Tennessee;
Kellogg Foundation;
Farm Foundation; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
USDA Agricultural Research Service; USDA Forest Service;
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service;
USDA Farm Service Agency;
USDA Office of Civil Rights;
USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service;
September 12-13, 1996
Event: Recent Advances in Horticultural Science:
Implications and Applications for Industry
Place: University of Warwick, UK
Contact: Professor Chris Payne,
Association of applied Biologiest, AAB Office
c/o Horticulture Research International
Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35
Sponsor: Association of Applied Biologists
September 16-20, 1996
Event: First World Congress on Allelopathy: "A Science for the Future"
Place: Cadiz, Spain
Contact: International Allelopathic Society
famacias@merlin.uca.es; http://uca.es/allelopathy.html
Sponsor: International Allelopathic Society
September 18-21, 1996
Event: The EcoAgroForestry Century--
A New Paradigm of Sustainable Development
Place: Morris Booker College, Dermott, Arkansas
Contact: Dr. Carol Cross, 501-367-6127; FAX:501-367-8736; solync@cei.net
EcoAgroForestry Trade and Development Corporation
2801 Olive, #35A, Suite 113, PO Box 5208
Pine Bluff, AR 71611
Sponsor: The EcoAgroForestry Trade and Development Corporation (EAFTDC)
September 21, 1996
*Event : Organic Country Fair
"Celebrating Local Organic Agriculture"
Place: Pennington, NJ
Contact: Donna Batcho, NOFA-NJ; (609) 737-6848
Sponsor: NOFA-NJ (Northeast Organic Farming Association, NJ)
September 26-29, 1996
Event: 17th Annual Community Gardening Conference
Place: Montreal, Canada
Contact: (From USA) (415) 285-7548; FAX (415) 285-7586;
(From Canada) (514) 876-6363; FAX (514) 872-4583
Sponsor: American Community Gardening Association (ACGA)
September 28, 1996
*Event : 3rd Annual Country Living Field Day
Place: Augusta, OH
Contact: (330) 627-4310
Sponsor: Ohio State University Extension; Small Scale Agriculture Committee
September 28-October 7, 1996
Event: Sixth International Permaculture Conference
"Designing for a Sustainable Future"
Place: Perth, Western Australia
Contact: Sixth Permaculture Conference Secretariat, P.O. 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
October 2-3, 1996
Event: Community Food Systems:
Sustaining Farms and People in the Emerging Economy
Place: University of California at Davis
Contact: Dave Campbell; (916)752-7541; dave.c.campbell@ucdavis.edu
Gail Feenstra; (916)752-8408; gwfeenstra@ucdavis.edu
Sponsor: U. of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
Program (UC SAREP); Community Alliance with Family Farmers;
Community Food Security Coalition; California Communities Program
October 4, 1996
*Event : Centennial Celebration of Auburn University's "Old Rotation"
Place: Auburn University
Contact: Charles Mitchell, Jr. (334) 844-5489
October 4-6, 1996
*Event : 19th Annual Provender Alliance Conference
Place: Port Townsend, WA
Contact: (541) 345-3843; provender@aol.com
Sponsor: The Provender Alliance
October 7-11, 1996
Event: International Conference of Ecological Engineering
Place: Beijing, China
Contact: Prof. Chengging Yin, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences,
CAS/China, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing, China.
(+86 10) 2554806; FAX: (+86 10) 256 2775; skleac@public.bta.net.cn
Sponsor: International Ecological Engineering Society (IEES);
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment;
(SCOPE) CAST CHINA;
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, CAS/China;
Center of Applied Ecology Schattweid, Switzerland;
Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, CAS/China;
October 9-11, 1996
Event: National Seminar on Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture"
Place: University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India
Contact: President Dr. G.K. Veeresh, Vice Chancellor,
University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bangalore 560 065,
India. 080 3332442; FAX: 080-3330277;
or Dr. K. Shivashankar, Organizing Secretary,
Indian Society of Agronomy,
Bangalore Chapter, Dept. of Forestry, (same address as above).
080 3330153.
Sponsor: University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore;
Karnataka Agro Industries Corporation. Ltd.;
Department of Agriculture and Co-operation, GOI, New Delhi;
World Sustainable Agriculture Association (Indian Chapter),
and others.
October 10-19, 1996
*Event: Sustainable Agriculture Farming Conference
Place: Irkutsk, Siberia
Contact: William Mueller, Director, REAP International
1427 4th Street SW,Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404
(319) 366-4230; FAX: (319) 366-2209; 0006513571@mcimail.com
Sponsor: Reap International; Irkutsk Farmers Union;
Ministry of Agriculture of the Irkutsk Oblast
October 18-21, 1996
*Event: Natural Products Expo East
Place: Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
Contact: Expo Dept., New Hope Communications
1301 Spruce St., Boulder, CO 80302
(303) 939-8440; FAX: 939-9559; http://www.newhope.com
Sponsor: New Hope Communications; NNFA-East; Organic Trade Association
November 1-2, 1996
*Event: Small Farm Seminars and Trade Show: "Profit from Diverstiy"
Place: Columbia, MO
Contact: Chuck DeCourley, (800) 633-2535
Sponsor: Small Farm Today Magazine
November 4-6, 1996
*Event: Annual International Research Conference on
Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Reduction
Place: Orlanda, FL
Contact: Margie, MBAO: (209) 244-4710; FAX: 224-2610
Sponsor: Methyl Bromide Alternatives Outreach (MBAO);
Crop Protection Coalition; USDA; U.S. EPA
November 4 -7, 1996
Event: Eco-Informa '96: Global Networks for Environmental Information:
Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge and Application
Place: Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Convention Center,
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Contact: ERIM/Eco-Informa, P.O. Box 134001, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 48113-4001.
(313) 994-1200, ext. 3234; FAX: (313) 994-5123; wallman@erim.org.
OR: O. Hutzinger, University of Bayreuth, Eco-Informa,
Jean Paul Str. 30, D95444 Bayreuth, Germany.
(49) 921 55 21 55; (49) 921 55 22 54; FAX: (49) 921 5 46 26.
heidelore.fiedler@uni-bayreuth.de
Sponsor: Epcot Science and Technology
November 6-8, 1996
*Event: 21st Century Solutions: New Uses for Agricultural Products,
and Biomass Workshop
Place: Tulare, California
Contact: Dr.Kennith Foster, University of Arizona; 520-621-7900;
FAX:520-621-7834; http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/NUC/NUCHome.html;
or Jon Harsch, jharsch@rof.net
Sponsors: New Uses Council; USDA AARC Corp
(Alternative Agricultural Research & Commercialization Corp.);
January 11-14, 1997
Event: International Conference on Creativity and Innovation at Grassroots
for Sustainable Natural Resource Management
Place: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Contact: Prof. Anil K. Gupta, Conference Coordinator,
Centre for Management in Agriculture,
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 380 015, India.
FAX: 91-79-6427896;Ph: 91-79-407241(O); 469079(R);
anilg@iimahd.ernet.in
Sponsor: Centre for Management in Agriculture,
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and others.
January 24 - 25, 1997
* Event: The 16th Annual Organic Conference and Eco-Products Trade Show
Place: University Centre, U. of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Contact: Tomas Nimmo, Conference Co-ordinator, organix@georgian.net
Box 116, Collingwood, Ontario, L9Y 3Z4
(705) 444-0923; FAX: (705) 444-0380; http://www.gks.com/
Sponsor: Coalition of 9 groups: Canadian Organic Growers;
Ecological Farmers' Association of Ontario; Knives & Forks;
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture; Food & Rural Affairs;
OCIA-Ontario Chapter; Organic Crop Producers & Processors;
REAP-Canada; Society For Biodynamic Farming &Gardening;
University of Guelph.
February 23-25, 1997
*Event: 14th Annual California Farm Conference
Place: Riverside, California
Contact: Conference coordinator: Mark Wall,
Southland Farmers' Market Assn, 213-244-9190;
Registration: Mary Lou Weis,
Calif. Federation of Farmers' Markets, 310-618-2930;
Speaker coordinator: David Visher,
University of California Small Farm Center,
916-752-7779; dlvisher@ucdavis.edu
Publications & mail list: Barbara Wetzel,
U CAL Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP),
916-754-8547; bbwetzel@ucdavis.edu
Trade Show: Lynn Bagley,
Marin County Farmers Market Assn, 415-456-3276
March 5-8, 1997
*Event: Natural Products Expo West and Fresh Ideas Organic Table Top Exhibit
Place: Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA
Contact: Expo Dept., New Hope Communications
1301 Spruce St., Boulder, CO 80302
(303) 939-8440; FAX: 939-9559; http://www.newhope.com
Sponsor: New Hope Communications; NNFA-East; Organic Trade Association
March 19-21, 1997
*Event : International Conference on Agricultural Production and Nutrition
Place: Boston, MA
Contact: William Lockeretz, WLockeretz@infonet.tufts.edu
School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155 (USA)
Sponsor: Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture
Note: If you are interested in presenting a paper at this conference,
please mail three copies of an abstract (in English) of 200 to
300 words, to be received by September 18, 1996, toWilliam Lockeretz.
May 4-8, 1997
*Event : Beltsville Symposium XXII:
Beneficial Co-Utilization of Agricultural, Municipal and Industrial
By-Products
Place: Beltsville, MD
Contact: Virginia Hupfer, Symposium Secretary
Bldg. 003, Rm 220, BARC-West, 10300 Baltimore Ave.
Beltsville, MD 20705-2350
(301) 504-6108; FAX: 504-6357; barc97@asrr.arsusda.gov
http://www.barc.usda.gov/symp97/symp97.html
Sponsor: Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA/ARS)
June 8-9, 1997
Event: XVIII International Grassland Congress '97:
"Grasslands 2000"
Place: Winnipeg, Manitoba (6/8-12),
and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (6/15-19), Canada
Contact: amc@supernet.ab.ca; (403) 244-4487; FAX: 244-2340
Sponsor: Government of Canada; Government of Manitoba;
Government of Saskatchewan; Agricultural Institute of Canada;
Canadian Forage Council; Forage and Grassland Foundation;
Department of Western Economic Diversification; American
Society of Agronomy; Crop Science Society of America; and others...
February 23 - March 1, 1998
*Event : International Conference on Pesticide Use in Developing Countries:
Impact on Health and Environment
Place: San Jose, Costa Rica
Contact: M.Sc.Yamileth Astorga, Universidad Nacional
Apdo. 86-3000, Heredia, Costa Rica.
(506) 277-358; FAX: (506) 277-3583; ppuna@irazu.una.ac.cr
http://www.una.ac.cr/ambi/ppuna
Sponsor: Department for Research Cooperation of the
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SAREC-SIDA);
and the Universidad Nacional of Costa Rica
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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 Calendar, Room 304, National Agricultural Library, 10301
Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351. FAX: (301) 504-6409.
san@nal.usda.gov
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APPENDIX
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program
Regional Research Grants and Schedules.
The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education 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 1996-1997 grant year are included here. Schedules will
be updated as they become available. Contact your region for further
information.
Note: This grants schedule is available on the WWW at
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/san/htdocs/sare/grants.html
North Central Region Western Region
Steven S. Waller, Coordinator Phil Rasmussen, Coordinator
13-A Activities Bldg. Plants, Soils and Biomet.
Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln UMC-4820
Lincoln, NE 68583-0704 Logan, UT 84322-4820
(402) 472-7081 (801) 797-3394
FAX: (402) 472-0280 FAX: (801) 797-3376
sare001@unlvm.unl.edu soilcomp@cc.usu.edu
Northeast Region Southern Region
Frederick R. Magdoff Gerald F. Arkin
Coordinator Co-Coordinator
Dept. of Plant and Soil Sci. Contact: Paula Ford
University of Vermont Program Manager
Burlington, VT 05405 University of Georgia
(802) 656-2630 Agricultural Exp't Station
FAX: (802) 656-4656 Griffin, GA 30223-1797
msimpson@moose.uvm.edu (770)412-4787; FAX:(770)412-4789
sareace@gaes.griffin.peachnet.edu
NORTHEAST REGION: CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WV
1996
September 1 Farmer/Grower Call for Proposals mailed.
September 8 Research and Education Calls mailed.
September 15 Professional Development Calls mailed.
December 6 Farmer/Grower proposals must be postmarked.
1997
January 14 Research and Educations proposals postmarked.
January 21 Professional Development proposals postmarked.
April, 1997 Notification of funding decisions.
NORTH CENTRAL REGION: IA,IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI
1996
July 15 Call for preproposals mailed.
September 15 Preproposals due.
December 1 Invitations for full proposals mailed.
1997
January 24 Deadline for receiving full proposal.
March 5-7 Technical Committee meets to evaluate proposals.
April 14-17 Recommendation for project funding.
SOUTHERN REGION: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN,
TX, VA, VI
1996
July, 1996 Research and Education Call for Proposals mailed.
September 1 Research and Education preproposals due.
October Call for Producer Grants mailed.
November 10 Invitation for full proposals.
December 15 Full propsals are due.
1997
January 31 Producer Grant proposals are due.
March 15 Technical Committee recommendations on funding.
April, 1997 Administrative Council decisions on funding.
WESTERN REGION: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY
and the Island Protectorates.
Note: The Western Region Calls for Proposals are on the Web:
http://ext.usu.edu/wsare/
1996
July 23 SARE, ACE, & Chapter 3 Calls for Proposals mailed.
October 29 SARE and ACE proposals due in SARE office by 5 p.m.
November 5 FRG (Farmer/Rancher)Call for Proposals mailed.
November 26 Chapter 3 proposals due by 5 p.m.
1997
January 14 FRG proposals due in SARE Office by 5 p.m.
April 2-4 Administrative Council Review and funding decisions.
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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 Calendar, Room 304, National Agricultural Library, 10301
Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351. FAX: (301) 504-6409.
INTERNET: san@nal.usda.gov
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