CALENDAR OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EVENTS
and
SARE/ACE Grants Calendar
September 6, 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; Internet: san@nal.usda.gov
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* Events added since last edition
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-October 17, 1996
*Event : Sustainable Agriculture Production Techniques for:
Nursery and Greenhouse (9/12); Landscape and Gardening (9/21);
Turf and Golf Course (10/16); Strawberries and Vegetables (10/17).
Place: Various locations in California
Contact: Mariposa Guido (916) 756-6967; FAX: 756-7363
Sponsor: Committee for Sustainable Agriculture
September 11 - November 1, 1996
*Event: National Backyard Composting ProgramTraining Workshops
Place: Newark, DE September 11, 1996 (800) 355-4544
Pittsburgh, PA September 16, 1996 (703) 683-9025
Waukesha, WI September 26-27, 1996 (703) 836-4606
Baton Rouge, LA October15-18, 1996 (504) 388-6998
Syracuse, NY October 23-24, 1996 (607) 255-1187
Huntington, WV October 25-26, 1996 (304) 522-4211
Hanover, MD October 30-November 1 (301) 405-7357
Sponsor: The Composting Council; National Recycling Coalition;
Connecticut Department of Natural Resources; University of Maryland;
Assoc. of WV Solid Waste Authorities;
Cornell Waste Management Institute;
Delaware Commercial Composting Forum;
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center;
American Society of Horticultural Science.
September 16-18, 1996
*Event : The First Sustainable Coffee Congress
Place: National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C.
Contact: Robert Rice; rarice@sivm.si.edu
http://www.si.edu/natzoo/zooview/smbc/smbchome.htm
Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center - FSCC
National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C. 20008
202-673-4908, FAX:673-4916;
Sponsors: The Summit Foundation; USAID, Latin America;
Natural Resources Defense Council; and others...
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 23-24, 1996
*Event: 45th Annual ARI Meeting:
Survival in the 21st Century: Priorities for Agricultural Research
Place: Hyatt Regency, Bethesda, Maryland
Contact: Agricultural Research Institute FAX: 301-530-7007
9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3998
Sponsors: Bayer Corporation, Agriculture Division; ISK Biosciences Corporation;
Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture;
National Association of State Universitities and Land Grant Colleges;
others...
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 27 - October 28, 1996
*Event : Sustainable Living and Permaculture Events:
Introduction to Permaculture (9/27)
Perennial Integration (9/28 & 29)
Contour Designing Demonstration (10/28)
Place: Heathcote Intentional Community, Baltimore, MD
Contact: Linda Felch; (410) 343-DIRT; lfelch@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu
Pre-registration required for all events.
Sponsor: Heathcote Intentional Community
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 28-29, 1996
*Event : 2nd Annual Future Harvest Festival
Place: Carroll County Agriculture Center, Westminster, Maryland
Contact: Marty Rice, 301-371-4814, FAX: 371-8923
Sponsor: Maryland Organic Food and Farming Association
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 CA 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 4-6, 1996
*Event : Mid-Atlantic Biodynamic Conference
Place: Charles Town, WV
Contact: (304) 876-2373
Sponsor: Biodynamic Association
October 4-20, 1996
*Event : Permaculture Design Course
Place: Baltimore, MD
Contact: Dawn at: (814) 425 8210
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;
Dr. K. Shivashankar, Organizing Secretary, Indian Soc. of Agronomy,
Bangalore Chapter, Dept. of Forestry, (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 17-19, 1996
*Event : Permaculture Swale and Pond Building Workshop
Place: Rodale Institute, Emmaus, PA
Contact: Karle Maurer, 610-683-1424
Sponsor: Rodale Institute
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
October 19-24, 1996
*Event : ASIS Annual Meeting: Global Complexity:
Information, Chaos and Control
Place: Renaissance Harborplace, Baltimore, Maryland
Contact: American Society for Information Science
8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
301-495-0900; FAX: 301-495-0810; e-mail: asis@cni.org
Sponsor: American Society for Information Science
October 22-24, 1996
*Event : Problems of Ecological Security in Agriculture
Place: Sergiev Posad, Russia (45 minutes north of Moscow)
Contact: In the US, Will Easton, Center for Citizen Initiatives;
cciusa@igc.apc.org FAX: 415-346-3731.
Natalya Andreyeva, Secretariat of Conference, fds@glas.apc.org
FAX : 096-54-42175 ("for Andreyeva"); Tel. 096-54-61139
141300 All- Russian Agricultural College, Sergiev Posad 11
Moscow region, Russia, 141300
Sponsor: Center for Citizen Initiatives
October 25, 1996
*Event : Annual Kerr Ranch Field Day
Place: The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Poteau, Oklahoma
Contact: Lara Ervin, Kerr Center, P.O. Box 588, Poteau, Oklahoma 74953
918-647-9123
Sponsor: Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
October 25-27, 1996
*Event : Bioneers Conference: Practical Solutions for Restoring the Earth
Place: Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California
Contact: Bioneers Conference, 369 Montezuma #334, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
505-986-0366; FAX: 505-986-1644; e-mail: bioneers@nets.com
Sponsor: Collective Heritage Institute with Odwalla and others
October 26, 1997
*Event : Cancer and Pesticides Conference
Place: Laurel, MD
Contact: Dr. Diana Post (301) 652-1877; rccouncil@aol.com
Sponsor: The Rachel Carson Council
October 31 - November 1, 1996
*Event : Four-State Heartland Community Development Conference:
Forest and Woodland Resources for Sustainable Community Development
Place: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Contact: Heartland Community Development Conference, AERS, A227,
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701.
Sponsor: USDA Forest Service; Arkansas Forestry Commission;
Southern Rural Development Center; Forest Resources Center;
University of Arkansas at Monticello;
Arkansas Office of Rural Advocacy.
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 1-3, 1996
*Event : Biodynamic Association Annual Meeting:
The Role of Animals In the Biodynamic Farm
Place: Minneapolis, MN
Contact: (800) 516-7797
Sponsor: Biodynamic Association
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 Conv. Center, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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;
Alternative Agricultural Research & Commercialization Corp.
November 8-9, 1996
*Event : 13th Annual Hydroponic Grower Conference:
Place: Orlando, Florida
Contact: Mr. Dan Brentlinger, President, CropKing, Inc. cropking@cropking.com
5050 Greenwich Road, Seville, Ohio 44273
(800) 321-5656; FAX: (330) 769-2616 htttp://www.cropking.com;
Sponsor: CropKing, Inc
November 8-10, 1996
*Event : Tilth Producers Conference
Place: Leavenworth, WA
Contact: Tilth Producers, PO Box 85056, Seattle WA 98145; (206) 527-9216
Sponsor: Tilth Producers
November 8-10, 1996
*Event : 6th Annual Urban-Rural Conference:
Food, Family and Farming: Regenerating the Tapestry of Life
Place: East Troy, WI
Contact: Gail Kahovic; (414) 642-3303; FAX: 642-4028
Sponsor: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute;
Bio-Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association;
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS); and many others.
November 13-15, 1996
*Event : The Composting Council's Seventh Annual Conference:
Mapping The Future
Place: Arlington, VA
Contact: Rebecca Roe 114 South Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 739-2401; FAX 739-2407; comcouncil@aol.com
Sponsor: The Composting Council
November 21-23, 1996
*Event : Texas Renewables 96
Place: Austin, TX
Contact: Russell E. Smith, PO Box 16469, Austin, TX 78761-6469
(512) 345-6469; FAX: 345-6831
Sponsor: Texas Solar Energy Society; Texas Renewable Energy Industries Assoc.;
Texas Solar Energy Industries Association;
Lower Colorado River Authority;
Texas State Energy Conservation Office
December 6 - 8, 1996
*Event : The 1st National Organic Farmer Marketing Association Meeting
Place: Kansas City, Missouri
Contact: Bill Welsh, OFMA Chair (319) 535-7318; cvof@iquest.net
OFMA, P.O.Box 159, La Farge WI 54639. http://www.iquest.net/ofma/
Sponsor: Organic Farmers Marketing Association
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 22-25, 1997
*Event : 17th Annual Ecological Farming Conference
Place: Pacific Grove, CA
Contact: CSA, PO Box 838, San Martin, CA 95046; (408) 778-7366; FAX: 778-7186
Sponsor: Committee for Sustainable Agriculture
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.
January 28 - February 2, 1997
*Event : North American Farmers' Direct Marketing Conference:
Linking Science to Sustainable Industry Development
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Contact: Vance Corum (360) 693-5500; FAX: 693-5555
Sponsor: North American Farmers' Direct Marketing Association;
New Mexico State University; NM Department of Agriculture;
NM Farmers' Direct Association; and others...
February 5-8, 1997.
*Event : 1997 Mid-Atlantic Direct Marketing Conference: Get Connected
Place: Dover, Delaware
Contact: Carl German, Ph. (302)831-1317
February 19-23, 1997
*Event : World Aquaculture 97
Place: Seattle, WA
Contact: Conference Manager, World Aquaculture 97; worldaqua@aol.com
21710 7th Place West, Bothell, WA 98021; (206) 485-6682; FAX: 483-6319
Sponsor: World Aquaculture Society; National Aquaculture Association;
and others...
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 to William Lockeretz.
March 21-23, 1997
*Event : Biointensive Sustainable Mini-farming Workshop
Place: Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
Contact: Cynthia Raiser Jeavons, (707) 459-0150
5798 Ridgewood Road, Willits, CA 95490-9730
Sponsor: Ecology Action
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 3-5, 1997
*Event: Wind Erosion: An International Symposium/Workshop
Place: Manhattan, Kansas
Contact: USDA's Wind Erosion Research Unit (WERU) sym@weru.ksu.edu
Wind Erosion Research Unit, Throckmorton Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
913-532-6495; FAX: 913-532-6528; http://www.weru.ksu.edu/
Sponsor: USDA's Wind Erosion Research Unit (WERU)
Note: Authors intending to offer an oral/poster presentation are required
to submit an abstract (English preferred) of no more than one-page
by 31 December 1996.
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...
June 25-28, 1997
*Event : The 3rd International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment
Place: Cambridge/Boston Massachusetts
Contact: Demetri Kantarelis 508) 767-7557 or Kevin L. Hickey (508) 767-7296;
Fax: (508) 799-4502; dkantar@eve.assumption.edu
http://www.assumption.edu/html/academic/conf/iicecall.html
IEA/Kantarelis-Hickey, Assumption College
500 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01615, USA
July 30-31, 1997
*Event: The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture's
10th Anniversary Conference
Place: Scheman Building, Ames, Iowa
Contact: Rich Pirog, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture,
209 Curtiss Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
(515) 294-3711; rspirog@iastate.edu
Sponsor: Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
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.
________________________________________________________________________________
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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APPPENDIX
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.
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 Recommendations 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.
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.
______________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________
Andy Clark, Ph.D.
SAN Coordinator
c/o AFSIC, Room 304
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Ave.
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
PH: 301-504-6425
FAX: 301-504-6409
san@nal.usda.gov