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: Jill Klein, CAFF, (916) 756-8518.

July

14 -25 Permaculture Design Course, Internat’l Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA), Half Moon Bay, CA. Instructors: Bill Mollison, Scott Pittman. Contact: IIEA, PO Box 620930, Woodside CA 94062; (415) 365-2993; dblume@igc.org; http://members.aol.com/ourfarm1/permaculture

25-26 Global Challenges in Ecosystem Management in a Watershed Context, internat’l symposium with 52nd annual conference of Soil & Water Conservation Society (SWCS), Toronto, Canada. Contact: SWCS, 7515 NE Ankeny Rd., Ankeny, IA 50021; Tel: (515) 289-2331 or (800) 843-7645; Fax: (515) 289-1227; http://www.swcs.org; email: swcs@swcs.org

August

3-5 Organic Rules! Are We Ready? 3rd Organic National Business & Regulatory Leadership Conference, Claremont Resort, Oakland, CA. Sponsor: Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF). Speakers include SAREP associate director Jill Shore Auburn, Bob Anderson, Craig Weakly, Betsy Lydon, John Blackstone (CBS News). Topics: Internat’l trade & verification, World Wide Web, Eco-labeling, Food Safety, Regulatory Impact Reports. Natural Business Financial & Investment Symposium Aug. 3. Fees: 1 day $160, 2 days $280, conf. & symposium $350. Lodging through Claremont Resort. Contact: OFRF, PO Box 440, Santa Cruz, CA 95061; (408) 426-6670; Fax: (408) 426-6670; research@ofrf.org

September

4-6 Sustainable Tree Care Conference - An Intensive Course in Soil Fertility, Tree Health & Insect/Disease Resistance, Univer. of Calif., Los Angeles. Sponsors: Internat’l Society of Arboriculture, Calif. Arboretum Foundation, Committee for Sustainable Agriculture, World Sustainable Agriculture Association, Calif. Urban Forests Council, Resource Conservation District of the
Santa Monica Mountains, McCullough’s Tree Care. 30 hrs. continuing educ. Contact: Sustainable Tree Care Conference, 2931 Markridge Rd., La Crescenta, CA 91214; Tel: (818) 248-4425; Fax: (818) 248-9522;email:sustainable treecare.org

17 Your Access to the European Union Organic Food Market - A Practical Primer for the US Organic Food Industry, Baltimore, MD. Sponsor: Internat’l Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements-EU-Group. 1-day seminar prepares US processors, certifiers, traders to access European organic food market. Registration by email to Hanspeter Schmidt, 100574.1042@compuserve.com

October

19-24 2nd Internat’l Congress for Vector Ecology, Orlando, FL. Contact: Gilbert Challet, PO Box 87, Santa Ana, CA 92702; Tel: (714) 971-2421, ext. 148; Fax: (714) 971-3940.