Fall, 1996 (v8n4)

Calendar

SAREP offers a regularly up-dated sustainable agricul-ture calendar on our World Wide Web Site at: http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/ Please feel free to add sustainable agri-culture events on our Web site calendar.

MONTHLY MEETINGS
Lighthouse Farm Network The Community Alliance with Family Farmers Foun-dation sponsors informal monthly meetings for grow-ers to discuss issues related to pesticide use reduction. Breakfast or lunch meetings take place in agricultural communities throughout California. Contact: Jill Klein, CAFF, 916-756-8518.

OCTOBER

2-3 Community Food Sys-tems: Sustaining Farms & People in the Emerging Economy, Alumni Center, UC Davis, Davis, CA. Sponsor: UC SAREP; co-sponsors: Community Food Security Coalition, Community Alli-ance with Family Farmers, California Communities Pro-gram at UC Davis. Speakers: Pulitzer-prize winning poet Gary Snyder; Missoula, MT mayor Daniel Kemmis; Co-lumbia University nutrition professor/author Joan Gussow. Contacts at SAREP: Dave Campbell, 916-7S2-7541 ,dave.c.campbell@ ucdavis.edu or Gail Feenstra, 91 6-752-8408, gwfeenstra@ucdavis.edu

12 Landscaping & Garden-ing Sustainable Ag Produc-tion Techniques, Mann County, CA. Sponsor: Com-mittee for Sustainable Agri-culture. Contact: Tel:
Tel: 408-763-2111408-; Fax: 408-763-2112.

16 4th Annual Fertilizer Re-search & Educ. Program (FREP) Conference, Red Lion Hotel, Modesto, CA. Spon-sor: Calif. Dept. of Food & Ag, Calif. Fertilizer Assoc., Stanislaus County Coopera-tive Extension. Topics: future of nitrate in ground water, diagnostic tools for crop pro-duction, laboratory quality assurance program, preview of orchard nutrient manage-ment video. Presentations of FREP-sponsored projects on fertilizer management strat-egies. Aimed at: agricultural supply & service organiza-tion reps, pest control advi-sors, certified crop advisors, growers, farm advisors, re-searchers, public officials. $35. Contact: Kertrina Anderson or Casey Walsh-Cady, FREP, 916-653-5340.

16 Turf & Golf Course Man-agement Sustainable Ag Pro-duction Techniques, Seal Beach, CA. Sponsor: Com-mittee for Sustainable Agri-culture. Contact: Tel: 408-763-2111408-; Fax: 408-763-2112.

17 Strawberries & Vegetables Sustainable Ag Production Techniques, Carlsbad, San Diego County, CA. Sponsor: Committee for Sustainable Agriculture. Contact: Tel: 408-763-2111408-; Fax: 408-763-2112.

18 On-Farm Composting Workshop, Hollister, CA. Funded by UC SARER Con-tact: Jill Klein, Community Alliance with Family Farm-ers, 916-756-8518.

21 Genetics, Disease and the Environment: A Public Sym-posium Concerning Genetic Susceptibility, Toxic Expo-sure & Disease, sponsored by National Institute of Envi-ronmental Health & Safety Center for Environmental Health Sciences, UC Davis, Buehler Alumni Center, UCD. National speakers, panel of occupational health/state regulatory agencies. C.M.E. credit. $60 registration. Contact: Beth Wettergreen, 916-752-4251, bmwettergreen@ucdavis.edu.

22 Sustainable Agriculture Education Workshop and In-formation Fair. Buehler Alumni Center, UC Davis. Workshop designed to in-crease communication and cooperation among organi-zations and individuals in-volved in sustainable agri-culture education in Califor-nia. Featured topics address how to integrate sustainable agriculture into mainstream curricula and programs, sus-tainable ag education for non-English speakers, BIOS/ BIFS as a model for exten-sion education, decision cases. $15. Contact David Chaney,dechaney@ucdavis.edu

25-27 Practical solutions for Restoring the Earth, Bioneers, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. Sally Fox, Ralph Paige, Wendy johnson, Fred Kirschen-mann, Bill McKibben, Allan Savory, Deborah Madison, others. Contact: Bioneers, 369 Montezuma #334, Santa Fe, NM 78501; Tel:
505-986-0366; Fax: 505-
986-1 644; bioneers@ net.com.

26 Controlled Grazing Re-search & Extension Open House, UC Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Cen-ter, Browns Valley, Calif. Speakers: Dick Diven, Dave Pratt, Roger Ingram. Tour of new controlled grazing re-search site. $15. Contact:
Roger Ingram, (916) 889-7385.

30 Sustaining Production and Profitability of Tree and Vine Crops. Pea Soup Andersen's, Selma, CA. Sci-entific forum on specific is-sues affecting the future of permanent crops in Califor-nia. Featured speakers in-clude: Len Richardson, Chuck Ingels, Frank Zalom, Charles Crabb. Contact: Mark Freeman (209) 456-726 5.

NOVEMBER

4-15 Community Supported Agriculture Course, NEWFARMS/Rural Develop-ment Service Group, Manuelitas, New Mexico. For growers considering converting part of all of farm into a CSA, those who have been apprentices, & indi-viduals wishing to start a CSA. $500. Contact: NEWFARMS, HC 69 Box 62, Rociada, NM; Tel: 505-425-8431/5457; Fax: 505-425-8520.

4-6 3rd Annual Research Conference on Methyl Bro-mide Alternatives, Orlando, Fla., Clarion Plaza Hotel. Concurrent sessions on al-ternatives to methyl bro-mide for preplant, postharvest, and structural uses. Contact: Methyl Bro-mide Alternatives Outreach, 209-244-4710. Hotel: 407-352-9700.

13-15 Mapping The Future, 7th Annual Composting Council Conference, Arling-ton, VA, Sheraton National Hotel. New products/tech-nology, organics recovery! composting, processing, marketing, equipment selec-tion. Progress reports USEPA, USDA research programs. Panel, plenary, breakout ses-sions. Contact: Composting Council, Alexandria, VA 703-739-2401

DECEMBER

6-7 California Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SAWG) annual meeting, Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz Moun-tains. Focus on organizing collaborative actions to pro-mote a sustainable food sys-tem , access to quality food for all. Contact: Calif. SAWG, P0 Box 1599, Santa Cruz, CA 95061; (408) 457-2815;
casawg@igc.apc.org

JANUARY

22-25 17th Annual Ecologi-cal Farming Conference, Asilomar, CA. Bus tour Wed.; workshops, speakers Thurs.-Sat. Contact: Com-mittee for Sustainable Agri-culture, 406 Main St., Watsonville, CA 95076; Tel: 408-763-2111,
Fax: 408-763-2112.