Subject: CALENDAR of Sustainable Agriculture Events, 7/96 (fwd) Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC) USDA/ARS/National Agricultural Library, Room 304 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705-2351 CALENDAR OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EVENTS and SARE/ACE Grants Calendar July 16, 1996 Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Network _________________________________________________________________ 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 _________________________________________________________________ * 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 __________________________________________________________________________ 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 __________________________________________________________________________ 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. ________________________________________________________________________________ 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. 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