January 7, 1997
Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Network
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* Events added since last edition
January 13-17, February 24-28, July 26, 1997
*Event: Take Your Farm To School: A Three Part Course
Place: East Troy, WI
Contact: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, Inc.
W2463 County Road ES, East Troy, WI 53120
PHONE: (414) 642-3303; FAX: (414) 642-4028
Sponsor: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
January 16-19, 1997
*Event : Southern SAWG Annual Conference & Trade Show
Place: Radisson Hotel, Gainesville, FL
Contact: Florida Organic Growers
(352) 377-6345
January 17-19, 1997
*Event : 1997 National Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Conference:
Sounding the Call: Urgent Questions of Apprenticeship, Training and Education
Place: Kimberton, PA
Contact: The Bio-Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association, Inc.
POB 550, Kimberton, PA 19442;
1-800-516-7797; FAX: (610) 983-3196
Sponsor: The Bio-Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association, Inc.
January 18, 1997
*Event : The Innovative Farmers of Ohio Fourth Annual Conference
Place: London, OH
Contact: Keith Dix, IFO Program Coordinator
1842 Bell Rd., Wooster OH 44691
(330) 262-1842; FAX: (330) 262-8978; kdix814@aol.com
Sponsor: Innovative Farmers of Ohio
January 21, 1997
*Event : Making It in the Northeast: Small-Scale Food Processing on the Rise
Place: Syracuse, NY
Contact: Alison Clarke, New York State Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
121 N. Fitzhugh St., Rochester, NY 14614
716-232-1463; FAX: 716-232-1465
Sponsor: New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NYSAWG);
Farming Alternatives Program at Cornell;
the New York Food Venture Center;
New York Department of Agriculture and Markets.
The conference is funded through a grant from NE-SARE.
January 22-25, 1997
Event 17th Annual Ecological Farming Conference
Place: Pacific Grove, CA
Contact: CSA, P.O. Box 838, San Martin, CA 95046; (408) 778-7366; FAX 778-7186
Sponsor: Committee for Sustainable Agriculture
January 22-29, 1997
*Event : Ranching for Profit School
Place: St. George, UT
Contact: Elaine Kelly (505) 898-7417 or (505) 821-4214
Ranch Management Consultants
7719 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107
Sponsor: Ranch Management Consultants
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 24-25, 1997
*Event : Eco-Fair Texas
Place: Austin, TX
Contact: Laura Engle (512) 418-8708
January 24-26, February 14-16, March 14-16, April 18-20, 1997
*Event : Introduction to Biodynamic Agriculture for Beginners: A Four-Weekend Course
Place: East Troy, WI
Contact: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, Inc.
W2463 County Road ES
East Troy, WI 53120
PHONE: (414) 642-3303
FAX: (414) 642-4028
Sponsor: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, Inc.
Various dates, 1997
*Event : CMC Compost and CMC Humus Management seminars
CMC Humus Management Seminars
January 27-29 Hollister, CA
February 17-19 Lancaster, PA
CMC (Controlled Microbial Composting) Compost Seminars
Jan. 30 - Feb. 4 Hollister, CA
February 24-27 Lancaster, PA
Advanced* CMC Compost Seminars (Above classes and compost experience required)
February 5-6 Hollister, CA
February 20-21 Lancaster, PA
Contact: East Coast: George Leidig, Autrusa Compost Consulting
P.O. Box 1133, Blue Bell, PA 19422
(610) 825-2973; FAX: (610) 825-3982
West Coast: Patty Herbert, Herbert Ranch
P.O. Box 65, Hollister, CA 95024
(408) 637-5517; FAX: (408) 637-0139
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 2-5, 1997
*Event : AgNet: International Agricultural Marketing for
Small Farmers & Producers Conference
Place: Harvey Hotel; Jackson, MS
Contact: LPI (202) 496-0980; FAX: (202) 833-2682
February 5-8, 1997.
Event : 1997 Mid-Atlantic Direct Marketing Conference: Get Connected
Place: Dover, Delaware
Contact: Carl German, Ph. (302)831-1317
February 6 - 7, 1997
*Event: 1997 Farmer-Led Watershed Initiatives Conference
Place: Good Counsel Academy, Mankato, Minnesota
Contacts: Jim Kleinschmit or Emily Green, IATP
1313 5th St. SE, Suite 303, Minneapolis, MN 55414
(612) 379-5980; FAX (612) 379-5982; water@mtn.org
Sponsor: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
Know Your Watershed Initiative
February 6-7, 1997
*Event : 1997 North Central Regional Aquaculture Conference
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Contact: Susan Umberger; stumberger@cea.purdue.edu
(800) 359-2968 ext. 92U; or (317) 494-7217; FAX: (317) 494-0567;
Sponsor: Indiana Aquaculture Association;
Illinois Aquaculture Industry Assoc.;
North Central Regional Aquaculture Center;
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program; Purdue University CES;
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
February 10-14, 1997
*Event : Feeding & Balancing The Soil: A Five Day Intensive Short Course on Sustainable Soil Fertility
Place: Valley Center, CA
Contact: The Center For Living In Harmony
13802 Little Creek Lane, Valley Center, CA 92082
(619) 749-9634; FAX: (619) 749-0720
Sponsors: The Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County;
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service San Diego Field Station; The Center For Living In Harmony.
February 11-12, 1997
*Event : Southeastern Sustainable Animal Waste Management
Workshop & Trade Show
Place: University of Georgia Rural Development Center, Tifton, GA
Contact: Phone (912) 386-3416; jwerner@uga.cc.uga.edu
February 18-20, 1997
*Event : 1997 New York State Direct Marketing Conference
Place: Owego, NY
Contact: Andrea Eichorn at (607) 692-3919;
or Monika Roth at (607) 272-2292; mroth@cce.cornell.edu
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 20-22, 1997
*Event : Restoring Community through Consensus
Place: Maui, HI (also Austin TX -- March 1997 TBA)
Contact: Contact Jeff or Karen Goebel: (509)334-7140
February 21-22, 1997
*Event : 1997 Annual Meetings of the Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society
and the Nebraska Fruit and Vegetable Growers:
Grow Better , Not Bigger
Place: Columbus, NE
Contact: Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society (NSAS), (402) 254-2289;
http://www.netins.net/showcase/nsas
Sponsor: Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems (CSAS);
Organic Crop Improvement Association
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
February 25-28, 1997
*Event : International Erosion Control Association 28th Annual Conference:
Erosion Control and the Environment -- Working in Harmony
Place: Nashville, TN
Contact: International Erosion Control Association
PH: (800) 455-4322; FAX: (970) 879-8563; ecinfo@eica.org
P.O. Box 774904, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477-4904
Sponsor: International Erosion Control Association
March 2-9, 1997
*Event : Ranching for Profit School
Place: Kerrville, TX
Contact: Elaine Kelly (505) 898-7417 or (505) 821-4214
Ranch Management Consultants
7719 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107
Sponsor: Ranch Management Consultants
March 3-4, 1997
*Event : Conservation Tillage Conference
Place: Ada, OH
Contact: Cindy Folck (419) 673-0456
March 3-9, 1997
*Event: The Netherlands Farm Tour
Place: The Netherlands
Contact: Emily K. Green, Watershed Program Coordinator
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
1313 5th St. SE, Suite 303, Minneapolis, MN 55414 USA
(612) 379-5980; FAX: (612) 379-5982; egreen@iatp.org
Sponsor: The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP);
Center for Agriculture and the Environment (CLM), Utrecht,
The Netherlands
March 4-5, 1997
*Event : Experiential Learning in Sustainable Agriculture
Place: Minneapolis, MN
Contact: Darrell Cox, Univ. of MN, 612-625-2738; coxxx015@tc.umn.edu
Sponsor: Department of Agronomy & Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota;
Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
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 6-8, 1997
*Event: Mississippi Association of Cooperatives
Silver Anniversary Celebration
Place: Jackson, MS
Contact: Daisy Campbell @ (601) 354-2750
March 6-8, 1997
*Event: Building Watershed Partnerships in the Southeast
Place: Chattanooga, TN
Contact: Christine Olsenius @ (410) 849-2975; FAX (410) 849-2976; cholsenius@aol.com
Sponsor: SWCS, and The 6th Annual North American Lake Management Society
March 7-9, 1997
*Event : Biointensive Sustainable Mini-Farming
Place: Willits, CA
Contact: Ecology Action (707) 459-0150
5798 Ridgewood Road, Willits, CA 95490-9730
Sponsor: Ecology Action
March 11-14, 1997
*Event : Cover Crops, Soil Quality, and Ecosystems.
Place: Sacramento, CA
Contact: Jennifer Pemble jenp@swcs.org; 1-800-THE-SOIL ext. 18
Sponsor: Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS)
March 12-13, 1997
*Event : Farming For The Future Leadership Workshop
Place: Painted Post, NY
Contact: Joan Padula; jmp32@cornell.edu; (607) 255-9832
Sponsor: Cornell Farming Alternatives Program
March 13-14, 1997
*Event : Northeast Regional Partnership for Food Security conference
Place: Hartford, CT
Contact: Mark Winne, (860) 296-9325
March 16 - 27, 1997 (Trip dates); Actual conference dates: March 20-23, 1997
*Event: Sustainable Agriculture Conference
Place: Irkutsk, Russia
Contact: William Mueller, REAP International
1427 4th Street SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
319-366-4230; FAX: 319-366-2209; reapintl@dhinternet.com
Sponsors: REAP International; Ministry of Agriculture; Local governments
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
March 20- 21, 1997
*Event : Second International Conference on Invasive Spartina
Place: Olympia, WA
Contact: Spartina Conference, Washington State University - Long Beach,
2907 Pioneer Road, Long Beach WA 98631
FAX: (360) 642-2031; pattenk@coopext.cahe.wsu.edu
Sponsor: Washington State University Cooperative Extension;
Washington Sea Grant;
The Willapa Alliance; Coastal Resource Science Center;
Washington State Department of Agriculture.
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: John Jeavons
March 22, 1997
*Event : 4th Annual PEAS Conference
Providing Education through Agriculture for Students
Place: Natick, MA
Contact: Stacia Caplanson, NOFA/MASS
P.O. Box 99, Wales, MA 01081
(413) 245-7402
Sponsor: Northeast Organic Farming Association; Massachusetts Audubon Society;
The Natick Community Organic Farm.
April 12 - 26, 1997
*Event : Dryland Permaculture Design Course
Place : Mlaga Province, Southern Spain
Contact: Larry Buckle, El Gato 31, Con, 29100, Mlaga, Spain
tel: +34 (9)52 119032
or Peter Bond, peter@sdale1.demon.co.uk; tel: +44 (0)1524 701623
http://www3.uji.es/~bort/la_mohea/pcrsuk.html
April 14-15, 1997
*Event : Interactions: Investigating Ecosystem Dynamics at the Watershed Level
Place: Athens, GA
Contact: Jennifer Pemble; jenp@swcs.org
1-800-THE-SOIL (1-800-843-7645) ext. 18 http://www.swcs.org
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)
May 5-7, 1997
*Event : International Symposium: Native Plants as Minor Crops
Place: Richland, WA
Contact: Native Plants As Minor Crops CE-Conference Planning
PO Box 646230, Pullman WA 99164-6230
FAX: (509) 335-2959; edercj@wsu.edu
Dr. Link (509)372-7372, slink@tricity.wsu.edu
Dora Rumsey (509)372-7256, rumsey@tricity.wsu.edu
May 22-25, 1997
*Event : International Conference on Sustainable Urban Food Systems
Place: Toronto, CANADA
Contact: Jennifer Welsh (Nutrition); (416) 979 5000 (ext:6931); jwelsh@acs.ryerson.ca
Mustafa Koc (Sociology); (416) 979 5000 (ext:6210); mkoc@acs.ryerson.ca
Centre for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson Polytechnic University
Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3 Canada
http://www.acs.ryerson.ca/~foodsec/sufs.html
Sponsor: Ryerson Centre for Studies in Food Security;
FoodShare, Metro Toronto;
International Development Research Centre, IDRC;
Toronto Food Policy Council; Toronto Food Research Network
May 25-28, 1997
*Event : 8th Global Warming International Conference & Expo (GW8)
Place: New York, NY
Contact: Prof. Sinyan Shen, Chair, International Progam Committee
c/o Global Warming International Center, 22W381 75th Street,
Naperville, IL 60565-9245, USA
(630) 910-1551; FAX: (630) 950-1561; syshen@megsinet.net
http://www2.msstate.edu/~krreddy/glowar/glowar.html
Sponsor: Global Warming International Center (GWIC) USA; Columbia University
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)
June 5-6, 1997
*Event : 3rd ENOF Workshop: "Resource Use in Organic Farming"
Place: Ancona, Italy
Contact: Dr. Juan Isart, Coordinator, ENOF Concerted Action
University of Ancona, Via Brecce Bianche, I-60131 ANCONA, Italy
tel +39-(0)71-220-4929; fax +39-(0)71-220-4858
Sponsor: European Network for Scientific Research Coordination
in Organic Farming
June 8-9, 1997
Event: XVIII International Grassland Congress '97:
"Grasslands 2000"
Place: Winnipeg, Manitoba (6/8-12), and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (6/15-19),
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 21-22, 1997
*Event : 1997 PNW Bamboo Agro-forestry Workshop
Place: Port Townsend, WA
Contact: Gib Cooper; 541/247-0835; bambugib@harborside.com
Sponsor: Washington State University Agricultural Extension
The American Bamboo Society:
Southern California, Northern California
and Pacific Northwest chapters.
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 22-25, 1997
*Event: Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference
Place: Ontario, Canada
Contact: Jennifer Pemble jenp@swcs.org; 1-800-THE-SOIL (1-800-843-7645)
ext. 18
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
September 16-19, 1997
*Event : International Symposium on Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming
Place: Institute of Soil and Water Conservation
26 Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, Peoples Republic of China
Contact: PHONE: +86-910-701-2411; FAX: +86-910-701-2210
office@ms.iswc.ac.cn; http://soils.ecn.purdue.edu/~sedf97/sedf97.html
Sponsor: Institute of Soil and Water Conservation;
Soil and Water Conservation Society
September 17-19, 1997
*Event : Australian National Landcare Conference
Place: Australia
Contact: Andrew Curtis; PHONE: +61-8-83039339; FAX: +61-8-83039320
landacre@pi.sa.gov.au
http://www.pi.sa.gov.au./landcare/natconf.htm
September, 1997
*Event : Integrated Catchment/Watershed Management Workshop
Place: Canberra, Australia
Contact: Centre for Water Policy Research,
The University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351
PH: 61 67 732 420; FAX: 61 67 733 327; cwpr@metz.une.edu.au
Sponsor: The Soil and Water Conservation Society of Australia;
The River Basin Management Society; Centre for Water Policy Research
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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INTERNET: 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.
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) 656-0471 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
1997
January 14 Research and Education proposals postmarked.
January 21 Professional Development proposals postmarked.
March 15-17 Technical Committee review of proposals.
March 17-19 Decisions on funding by Administrative Council.
April, 1997 Notification of funding decisions.
NORTH CENTRAL REGION: IA,IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI
1997
January 24 Deadline for research and education full proposal.
February 14 Deadline for Professional Development proposals.
March 5-7 Technical Committee meets to evaluate proposals.
April 14-17 Administrative Council funding decisions.
2nd week Nov. Administrative Council meeting.
SOUTHERN REGION: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN, TX, VA, VI
1997
January 31 Producer Grant proposals are due.
February 11 Deadline for Professional Development proposals.
March 15 Technical Committee recommendations on funding.
April 1-3 Administrative Council decisions on funding.
November 4-6 Administrative Council meeting.
WESTERN REGION: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY and the Island Protectorates.
1997
January 14 FRG proposals due in SARE Office by 5 p.m.
March 3-5 SARE, ACE, Professional Development proposal review.
Apr. 30-May 2 Administrative Council Review and funding decisions.
August 25-29 Administrative Council Strategic Planning Meeting.
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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
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