Calendar

* SAREP WEB CALENDAR

SAREP offers a sustainable agriculture calendar at: 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 at 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, reggie@cruzio.com.

AUGUST

19 Organic Foods 2000: Challenges and Opportunities, Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers, Seattle, Wash. Co-sponsored by the American Association of Cereal Chemists & the American Phytopathological Society. To register: (651) 454-7250; Fax: (651) 454-0766; aacc@scisoc.org; or write to: AACC, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121

SEPTEMBER

16 Fairfield-Suisun Food Security Harvest Faire, St. Mark’s Church, Fairfield, Solano County. Faire funded by SAREP. Contact: Diane Metz, UC Cooperative Extension, Solano County, (707) 421-6790.

OCTOBER

10-11 Community Food Security Symposium, Sponsors: UC Food Security Workgroup, SAREP. Site: UC Berkeley. Keynote speakers: Jan Poppendieck, Hunter College; Kathy Lawrence, Just Food. Panels, round table discussions, concurrent sessions, tours. Contact: Lucia Kaiser, UC Davis, (530) 754-9063; llkaiser@ucdavis.edu

19-20 Understanding the Challenges & Opportunities for Eco-labels & Eco-brands, Food Alliance conference, Portland Hilton, Portland, Ore. Contact: Theresa Steig, (206) 524-5302; www.thefoodalliance.org

20-22 Bioneers Conference: Revolution form the Heart of Nature–Visionary & Practical Solutions for Restoring the Earth. Marin Center, San Rafael, Calif. Speakers: Wes Jackson; Joel Salatin; Paula Gunn Allen; Alice Walker. Contact: Bioneers/CHI, 901 W. San Mateo Rd., Ste. L, Santa Fe, NM; Tel (toll free): (877) 246-6337 or (505) 986-0366; Fax: (505) 986-1644; chisf@bioneers.org; www.bioneers.org.

29-31 Community Food Security Coalition 4th Annual Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Presentations on food, farming, hunger, policy, youth & communities, rural-urban issues, regional issues. Contact: Community Food Security Coalition, PO Box 209, Venice, CA 90294; Tel: (310) 822-5410; Fax: (310) 822-1440; asfisher@aol.com

31-Nov 2 Marketing Outreach Conference for Limited Resource Farmers and Ranchers, Coop. State Research, Educ. & Exten. Service/USDA’s Ag. Marketing Service, Double Tree Inn, Modesto, CA. Marketing skills, tools, & opportunities required for success. Karen Jameson, Ag. Marketing Service, (202) 720-5731, Karen.Jameson@usda.gov

NOVEMBER

17-19 16th Annual California Farm Conference: Healthy Farms, Healthy Communities, Santa Rosa Junior College. Sponsors: Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, UC Small Farm Center, UC Cooperative Extension, Santa Rosa Junior College, Golden Gate Marketing Assoc., USDA Farm Services Agency, Southland Farmers Market Assoc. 2-day registration: $90; half-day short course: $25. Call (530) 888-9206; www.californiafarmconference.com; or email: fullcircle@jps.net

27-30 Managing Watersheds in the New Century, 8th Biennial Watershed Management Council Conference, Asilomar Conference Center, Monterey/Carmel. Watershed Management Council, c/o PSRP, Univer. of Calif., One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616-8688; (510) 273-9066; Fax: (510) 530-4640; wmc@watershed.org

JANUARY 2001

24-27 21st Annual Ecological Farming Conference, Asilomar, CA. Contact: Committee for Sustainable Agriculture, 406 Main St., Ste. 313, Watsonville, CA 95076; (831) 763-2111; www.csa.org