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.
MARCH 2000
6-9 19th Vetebrate 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; www.davis.com/~vpc/welcome.html
7-9 Farming & 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
8 Salinas Row Crops Conference, Committee for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA). 1432 Abbott St., Salinas, CA. Workshops, farm tours. Highlights: strawberry & vegetable production, how to stay financially afloat, water on & off the farm. Contact: Jo Ann Baumgartner, CSA, 406 Main Street, #313, Watsonville, CA 95076, (831) 763-2111; csaefc@csa-efc.org; www.csa-efc.org
15 Bring Farm Edges Back to Life: Vegetation Management on Streams and Canals, with Native Plants, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. field workshop, Hedgerow Farms, Winters, Yolo County. Free. Sponsors: Yolo County Resource Conservation District, Community Alliance with Family Farmers, CALFED, Audubon Calif. Contact: Paul Robins, Yolo County Resource Conservation District, (530) 662-2037 ext. 3, rcdnatives@hotmail.com
24-26 Farm to Table: Growing Healthy Foodsheds & Community, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA. Sponsors: Washington State University Coop. Ext., Cascade Harvest Coalition, & Washington State Dept. of Ag’s Sustainable Agriculture Prog. Sessions: farmland preservation, sustainable farming practices, consumer food decisions, community-based marketing, globalization of food systems, faith-based connections to the food system, community-based food processing, sustainable local foodsheds, urban agriculture, connections between farming & culinary community. Keynote speakers: Wes Jackson, Joan Dye Gussow, Chef Tom French, Fred Kirschenmann, Michael Ableman, Jack Kloppenburg/ Bill Heffernan. Information: http://foodfarm.wsu.edu/farmtotable or call (360) 417-2279 8 a.m.-5 p.m. PST to have reg. materials faxed.
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. 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.
29 Salinas Winegrape Conference, Committee for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA). 1432 Abbott St., Salinas, CA. Workshops, farm tours. Highlights: cover crops, stream bank restoration, weed management. Contact: Jo Ann Baumgartner, CSA, 406 Main Street, #313, Watsonville, CA 95076, (831) 763-2111; csaefc@csa-efc.org; www.csa-efc.org
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, CALFED, Audubon CA. Contact: Paul Robins, Yolo County Resource Conservation District, (530) 662-2037 ext. 3, rednatives@hotmail.com
28-May 2 Taproot Agriculture & Leadership Seminar, Melon Bluff Retreat Center, Savannah, Georgia. Sponsor: Learning Communities Project (partially funded by W.K. Kellogg Foundation). Focus: Multi-Functional Agriculture (how ag contributes to society through healthy food, water, wildlife habitat, regional economic opportunities). Cost: $750. Scholarships available. Information: (606) 986-5336; hhamilton@centerss.org; www.centers.org
MAY 2000
8 Pesticide Use Conference, California State University, Sacramento. Sponsors: Calif. EPA’s Dept. of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), US-EPA, Calif. Dept. of Food & Ag, University of Calif. Highlights of California’s ten years of full pesticide reporting system. Contact: DPR, 830 K St., Sacramento, CA 95814-3510; (916) 445-4300; www.cdpr.ca.gov
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