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 “Course, 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.

* MONTHLY MEETINGS

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.

NOVEMBER 1999

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. 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: Community Alliance with Family Farmers, UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, Center for Urban Education on Sustainable Agriculture, California Federation of Certified Farmers Markets, Golden Gate Farmers Market Association, UC Cooperative Extension (Alameda/Contra Costa counties), USDA Farm Service Agency, Ecology Center of Berkeley. Short courses, tours, tasting. Raddison Hotel. Contact: Kinene Barzin, (510) 588-5444; kbarzin@compuserv.com; Tom Haller or David Visher at CAFF, (530) 756-8518 x16; http://www.caff.org/farmconference.html

17 Bring Farm Edges Back to Life: Vegetated Roadsides & Ditches, 2-hour field workshop, Borchard Farms’ CB Ranch, Woodland, Yolo County. Free. 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 

30 Fertilizer Research/SAREP Conference, Modesto. Calif. Dept. of Food & Ag’s (CDFA) Fertilizer Research & Educ. Prog. (FREP) 7th annual conference jointly organized with UC SAREP, Doubletree Hotel. Focus: relationship between nutrient management & soil & environmental quality. Contact: Debbie Scott, (916) 653-5340, dscott@cfda.ca.gov

DECEMBER 1999

14-15 Pest Science Conference 1999, UC Davis. Sponsors: UC IPM, coop. Exten., & 9 UCD depts. Tues. 9am-4:30pm; Wed. 9am-1pm. Freeborn Hall, UCD. Fee: $125. Credit: 1.0 CUs. 10hrs-PCA hours. 10hrs-CCA. Contact UC Extension, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-4852; (800) 752-0881; http://universityextension.ucdavis.edu/registration/enrollmpf.html

JANUARY 2000

19-22 20th Annual Ecological Farming Conference, Asilomar, CA. 2000 theme: Riding the organic wave: 20 years on the crest of Eco-Agriculture! Bus tour Wed.; workshops, speakers Thurs.-Sat. Contact: Committee for Sustainable Agriculture, 406 Main St., Ste. 313, Watsonville, CA 95076; (831) 763-2111; csaefc@csaefc.org; http://www.csa-efc.org.

FEBRUARY 2000

TBA Bring Farm Edges Back to Life: Tailwater Pond Design & Construction for Wildlife & Water Conservation, 2-hour field workshop, Rominger Bros. Ranch, Winters, Yolo County. Free. 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, rednatives@hotmail.com  

10-11 Conservation Tillage Conferences, 2 locations: Thurs., Feb. 10, UC West Side Research & Extension Center, Five Points, CA, & Fri., Feb. 11, UC Davis Western Equipment & Technology Center, Davis, Calif. Presentations on successful reduced tillage crop production systems, equipment & management. Speakers from throughout U.S. Topics: management goals, innovative practices, equipment, results. Contact: Kitty Schlosser, UCD Vegetable Research & Information Center, (530) 752-1748; meschlosser@ucdavis.edu

MARCH 2000

TBA Bring Farm Edges Back to Life: Vegetation Management on Streams & Canals with Native Plants, 2-hour field workshop, Hedgerow Farms, Winters, Yolo County. Free. 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, rednatives@hotmail.com 

6-9 19th Vertebrate Pest Conference, Mission Valley Hilton Hotel, San Diego, CA. Conference chair: Terrell Salmon, Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616. (530) 752-8751; Fax: (530) 752-4154; tpsalmon@ucdavis.edu; http://www.davis.com/~vpc/ welcome.html

7-9 Farming and Ranching for Profit, Stewardship & Community, USDA Western Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program conference, Portland, Oregon. For producers, researchers, ag extension agents, scientists, policymakers, agribusiness representatives, educators. Will highlight SARE-funded research/education projects on cropping systems, grazing/livestock, biological pest control, community food systems, direct marketing. 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

27-29 Soil, Food & People: A Biointensive Model for the New Century Ecology Action conference, UC Davis, Davis, CA. Co-sponsors: University Extension-UC Davis, UNICEF, Wallace Inst. for Alternative Ag, CARE International, Columbia Foundation, Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, The Hearst Corp., Alice Waters. Exploration of natural, human, global resources of the new century. Designed for professors, ag extension agents, farmers, development professionals, food systems specialists, ag policy managers, teachers, water & soil agency agents, farm organization reps. Poster session deadline Jan. 14. Speakers include: William Lacy, UC Davis; John Jeavons, Ecology Action; Louise Jackson, UC Davis; Jeff Mitchell, UC Kearney Ag Center; Mas Masumoto, farmer/writer; Marty Strange, Center for Rural Affairs; Kate Clancy, Wallace Inst. for Alter. Ag; Kathleen Merrigan, USDA Ag Marketing Service. Contact: University Extension, 1333 Research Park Dr., University of California, Davis, CA 95616-4852; (530) 752-0881; Fax: (530) 757-8777.

APRIL 2000

TBA Bring Farm Edges Back to Life: Winter Cover Crops in Annual Row Crops for Soil Quality & Winter Runoff Reduction, 2-hour field workshop, Yolo County. Free. 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, rednatives@hotmail.com