Calendar
* SAREP WEB CALENDAR
SAREP offers a regularly updated sustainable agriculture calendar on our World Wide Web site at:http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/ (click on "Courses, Workshops, Events"). Please feel free to add sustainable agriculture events.
*NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR
The National Agricultural Library maintains a calendar as part of AgNIC at http://www.agnic.org It links to more than 1,200 major national and international agricultural conferences.
* MONTHLYMEETINGS
Lighthouse Farm Network The Community Alliance with Family Farmers Foundation sponsors informal monthly meetings for growers to discuss issues related to pesticide use reduction. Contact: Reggie Knox, CAFF, (831) 457-1007.
JULY
26
Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems (SAFS) Annual Field Day, UC Davis Agronomy
Farm, 8 a.m.-noon. Established in 1988 & partially funded by SAREP. 1999 SAFS project
field day focus is water-plant relationships & water management to increase
agricultural productivity & sustainability. Speaker: John Luna, Oregon State
University. Contact: Durga Poudel ( ddpoudel@ucdavis.edu
), (530)752-2023.
AUGUST
7-12
Ecological Society of America(ESA)-84th Annual
Meeting, Spokane, Wash. Joint meeting with International Society for Ecological
Modeling. Field trips, workshops, displays. Contact: ESA, 2010 Mass Ave. NW, Suite 400,
Washington, D.C.20036; (202) 833-8733; eshq@esa.org
; http://esa.sdsc.edu
15-20
International Congress on Ecosystem
Health: Managing for Ecosystem Health, Sacramento. Co-organizers: UC Davis, UC
Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Internat'lSociety of Ecosystem Health,
Multidisciplinary views of ecosystem health management. Technical sessions, field tours,
presentations, forums. Contact:Genetic Resources Conservation Program, ehc@ucdavis.edu , Web site: www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/centers/iseh/ecosystemhealth.html
SEPTEMBER
21
Food Safety Issues & Small Farms,
Watsonville, CA. Sponsor: Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF). Contact: Sam
Earnshaw, (831) 471-9915 or Reggie Knox, (831) 457-1007, reggie@cruzio.com
OCTOBER
TBA
Bring Farm Edges Back to Life, 2-hour field
workshops, Yolo County. Sponsors: Yolo County Resource Conservation District, Community
Alliance with Family Farmers, UC SAREP/International Tree Crops Institute. Contact: Paul
Robins, Yolo County Resource Conservation District, (530) 662-2037 ext. 3, rcdnatives@hotmail.com .
1
Horses and Water Quality Protection: Outreach to
the San Francisco Bay Area Horse Community, San Mateo County. Sponsors: Foundation for
the Advancement of Environmental Education, Council of Bay Area Resource Conservation
Districts, UC SAREP. Contact: Lisa Woo Shanks,(707) 794-8692 ext. 123, Lisa. Shanks@ca.usda.gov or Maxine Durney, USDA
Natural Resources Conservation Service, (707)762-2983.
2
Horses and Water Quality Protection: Outreach to the San Francisco Bay Area Horse
Community, East Bay. See Oct.1.
3
Horses and Water Quality Protection: Outreach to the San Francisco Bay Area Horse
Community, Marin County. See Oct.1.
NOVEMBER
TBA
Bring Farm Edges Back to Life, 2-hour field workshops, Yolo County. Sponsors: Yolo
County Resource Conservation District, Community Alliance with Family Farmers,
SAREP/International Tree Crops Institute. Contact: Paul Robins, Yolo County Resource
Conservation District, (530) 662-2037 ext. 3, rcdnatives@hotmail.com
.
1-4
International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions
Reductions, San Diego. Sponsors: Methyl Bromide Alternatives Outreach, The Crop
Protection Coalition, US-EPA, US Dept. of Agriculture. Topics: alternatives to methyl
bromide for preplant, postharvest and structural uses. Oral or poster presentation
submissions due August 6, 1999. Information: www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr/altmet99.html or (559)436-0692; gobenauf@agrc.cnchost.com
7-9
Cultivating the Farm-City Connection: 1999 Small Farm Conference, Berkeley, Calif.
Sponsors: UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, Center for
Urban Education on Sustainable Agriculture, Calif. Fed. of Certified Farmers Markets,
Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Golden Gate Farmers Market Assoc., UC Cooperative
Extension (Alameda/Contra Costa),USDA Farm Service Agency, Ecology Center of Berkeley.
Short courses, tours, tasting. Contact: Kinene Barzin, (510)588-5444; kbarzin@compuserv.com
DECEMBER
TBA Bring Farm Edges Back to Life, 2-hour field workshop, Yolo County. See Nov.
MARCH 2000
7-9
Farming and Ranching for Profit, Stewardship and Community, USDA Western Region
Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) prog. conference, Portland,
Oregon. For producers, researchers, Ag extension agents, scientists, policymakers,
agribusiness reps, educators. SARE-funded research/education cropping systems,
grazing/livestock, biological pest control projects highlights. Contact: Gina Hashagen,
Dept. of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR at (541)737-5477 or Mary
Staben, (541) 737-5437, stabenm@bcc.orst.edu
APRIL 2000
10-Oct.13
Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture: 6-month Organic Gardening/Farming Training
Course, Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, UC Santa Cruz. Hands-on
learning, classes. Application deadline: Sept. 1 (international applicants), Nov. 1 (US,
Canada). Contact: Apprenticeship Info, CASFA, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA
95064; (831) 459-2321; http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/casfs
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