From 71042.2023@compuserve.comMon Feb 12 11:49:08 1996 Date: 12 Feb 96 09:09:12 EST From: Bill Duesing <71042.2023@compuserve.com> To: Almanac Information Server Subject: Re: Northeast Organic Calendar A calendar of Conferences sponsored by the state chapters of the Northeast Organic Farming Association and other organizations. February 16 Garlic: Perspectives and Possibilities with Dr. Phil Simon, a leader in varietal research and seed production, Geneva Experiment Station, Geneva, NY . 9am -noon. Contact the Garlic Press, 2079 Washburn Rd., Stanley, NY 14561, (716) 526-5779, evenings. 16 Continuing the Transition: Practical Solutions for Managing the Ecological Landscape, Boxborough, MA, Ecological Landscaping Association and UMass Extension. Contact M. L. Altobelli, (508) 874-1373. 17 NOFA/VT Winter Conference, Innovations in Organic Agriculture. Eliot Coleman, keynote speaker. Goddard College, Plainfield, VT. Contact NOFA/VT, Box 697, Richmond, VT 05477, (802) 434-4122 22-24 North American Farmers' Direct Marketing Conference, Saratoga `Springs, NY. tours Feb. 20-22. Contact (413) 527-6572. 23-25 1996 National CSA Conference, Capital, CSA, and Community Renewal, Kimberton, PA, Contact Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Assoc., Box 550, Kimberton, PA 19442, (800) 516-7797. 28-29 Farming for the Future, A Leadership Initiative For Community Agriculture Development, Cazenovia, NY. Contact Farming Alternatives Program, 423 Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, (607) 255-9832. March 1 Deadline for mailing certification applications (See p. 2). 2 PACE Solar Home and Renewable Energy Tour and Environmental Exposition will visit five unique solar/energy efficient homes in the East Windsor-Ellington-Somers-Tolland area . Contact PACE, 101 Lawton Road, Canton, CT 06019-2209, (860) 693-4813. 9 NOFA/CT Winter Conference,Why Organic? The Link Between Food, Health, Community and Environment. Wethersfield, CT. Contact: NOFA/CT, Box 386, Northford, CT 06472, (203) 484-2445. 9 NOFA/NJ Winter Conference, Sustaining the Vision. Fred Kirschenmann, keynote speaker. Cook College, New Brunswick, NJ. Info, NOFA/NJ, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington, NJ 08534, (609) 737- 6848 9-10 NOFA/NY Winter Conference, Celebrate Biodiversity, Tompkins/Cortland Community College, Dryden, NY. Info: NOFA/NY, Box 21, S. Butler, NY 13154, (315) 365-2299. 16-17 New England Environmental Conference at Tufts University, 177 College Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, (617) 627-3162 20 Connecticut Agriculture Day at the State Capitol. (203) 743-9249. NOFA/CT will be there. 23 PEAS (Providing Education through Agriculture for Students) Conference, Memorial School, Natick MA. Contact Amy Wales, Box 144, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370-0144. (413) 625-9720.