Calendar

*SAREP WEB CALENDAR AND ONLINE COURSE
SAREP offers a regularly updated sustainable agriculture calendar on our World Wide Web site at: www.sarep.ucdavis.edu (click “Calendar” on top menu bar). Please feel free to add sustainable agriculture events. In addition, we offer an online course for pest control advisers and others titled Ecological Pest Management in Grapes. Up to 11 CE credits for California PCAs. (See www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/courses/ )

*NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR
The National Agricultural Library maintains a calendar as part of AgNIC 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: Molly Johnson, (530) 756-8518, ext. 30, molly@caff.org; www.caff.org

APRIL
4 Sustainable Ag Series, UC Davis. 1st in a series Fridays, spring/fall qtrs. @ UCD. “The Science of Sustainable Agriculture in a Context of Disciplinary & Private Knowledge, “ William B. Lacy, UCD vice provost/prof. All lectures are 12:10 to 1 P.M., Rm. 3001, Plant & Environmental Sciences bldg., UCD. (See www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/newsltr/v15n1/sa-3.html)

8-10 Artisan Cheese Production Workshop, Orland. 3-day workshop for novice & experienced cheese makers, focusing on commercial cheese making. Hands-on experience in small-scale cheese production; information on safe production of a food product on the farm, demands of vertical integration of a business, design/maintenance of curing rooms, equipment selection/layout, plant design, cost of production analysis, artisan cheese marketing & market research, challenges of direct marketing/promotion. Hands-on cheese making at Pedrozo Dairy & Cheese Company; classroom lectures at Glenn County Cooperative Extension office. Contact Barbara Reed, (530) 865-1107, bareed@ucdavis.edu.

8-10 4th Nat’l IPM Symposium/Workshop, Indianapolis, IN. “Building Alliances for the Future of IPM.” Register online: www.conted.uiuc.edu/ipm
or http://nautilus.outreach.uiuc.edu/conted/conference.asp?ID=244. Speakers include SAREP’s Sean Swezey, Jenny Broome. Information: ipmsymposium@ad.uiuc.edu.

11 Sustainable Ag Series, UC Davis. “Intensive Cereal Production Systems for Global Food Security & Protection of Natural Resources,” Kenneth Cassman, University of Nebraska. (See Apr. 4 listing.)

18 Sustainable Ag Series, UC Davis. “Globalization & Its Impact on California Agriculture,” William Friedland, UC Santa Cruz. (See Apr. 4 listing.)

25-29 California Grazing Academy/Low-Stress Livestock Handling School, UCCE Sierra Research and Extension Center, Browns Valley. Emphasizes practical application of controlled grazing principles to improve environment, increase ranch profit. Maximum hands-on experience. Cost: $295 includes meals, lodging and course materials. Contact: Roger Ingram (530) 889-7385; rsingram@ucdavis.edu; http://ceplacernevada.ucdavis.edu/

MAY
2 Sustainable Ag Series, UC Davis. “Strategies for Sustainability in Agriculture: A European Perspective,” Floor Brouwer, Ag Economics Res. Institute, The Hague, Netherlands. (See Apr. 4 listing.)

9 Sustainable Ag Series, UC Davis. “Measuring Sustainability: Learning by Doing, “ Simon Bell, Center for Complexity & Change, The Open University, UK. See Apr. 4 listing.

16 Sustainable Ag Series, UC Davis.. “Civic Agriculture & Food Citizenship: Sustaining Local Food Systems in a Globalizing Environment,” Thomas Lyson, Cornell University. (See Apr. 4 listing.)

23 Sustainable Ag Series, UC Davis. “Agricultural Production & Climate Changes,” Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA, Goddard Institute for Space Studies. (See Apr. 4 listing.)

30 Sustainable Ag Series, UC Davis. “Economic Policies to Encourage Sustainable Agriculture–Some Examples from Irrigated Crop Production,” Richard Howitt, Agricultural & Resource Economics, UCD. (See Apr. 4 listing.)

JUNE
6 Sustainable Ag Series, UC Davis. “Intensive Agriculture & the New Malthus: A Perspective from India,” Glenn Davis Stone, Washington University, St. Louis. (See Apr. 4 listing.)

18–20 American Society for Enology & Viticulture 54th Annual Meeting, Reno, NV. Includes all-day session “Science of Sustainable Viticulture,” June 20, including talks by SAREP’s Jenny Broome, Chuck Francis, Cliff Ohmart, Kris O’Conner, Glenn McGourty, Paul Dolan, Mitchell Klug, John Williams, Kendra Baumgartner, John Reganold. For more information contact American Society for Enology and Viticulture, (530) 753-3142, society@asev.org or on the Web http://www.asev.org