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CALENDAR OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EVENTS, 5/96




      Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC)
         USDA/ARS/National Agricultural Library, Room 304
        10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD  20705-2351

            CALENDAR OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EVENTS
                               and
                     SARE/ACE Grants Calendar

                           May 6, 1996

          Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Network

______________________________________________________________________________
If you would like us to include your events, please send the event name,
place, contact, and sponsor, to Alternative Farming Systems Information
Center, ATTN: SAN Calendar, Room 304, National Agricultural Library, 10301
Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351. FAX: (301) 504-6409. 
INTERNET:  san@nal.usda.gov
_____________________________________________________________________________

* Events added since last edition

May 10, May 18, June 2, June 7, and  Sept. 27, 1996
* Event:  Permaculture in Maryland series of events
Place:    Heathcote Community, Freeland, Maryland
Contact:  Linda J. Felch, 410-343-DIRT
          lfelch@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu
Sponsor:  Heathcote Community, Freeland, Maryland

May 15 - 17, 1996
* Event:  Fourth Annual Conference on "Datafication":
          Sustaining the Global Network, Building New Communities
Place:    Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
Contact:  Marshall University Conferences & Institutes,
          400 Hal Greer Blvd., Huntington, WV 25755-2146
          (304) 696-3312
Sponsor:  CICNet, WVNet and others

May 18, 1996
* Event:  Kerr Field Day: Horticulture in  96
Place:    The Kerr Center Horticulture Farm, Poteau, Oklahoma
Contact:  Lara Ervin, (918) 647-9123; FAX: 647-8712; 
          6030351@mcimail.com
Sponsor:  The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Inc.

May 19 - 22, 1996
* Event:  Beltsville Symposium XXI, "Global Genetic Resources--
          Access, Ownership, and Intellectual Property Rights" 
Place:    Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, 10300 Baltimore Avenue,
          Beltsville, MD 
Contact:  Beltsville Symposium XXI/ASC Annual Meeting,
          Attn: Virginia Hupfer, Building 003, Room 220, 10300 Baltimore Avenue,
          Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350, (301) 504-6108; FAX: (301) 504-6357
Sponsor:  Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture;
          Association of Systematics Collections

May 24 -26, 1996
*Event:    Prairie Festival, "The Marriage of Ecology and Agriculture: 
           The Next 20 years"
Place:     The Land Institute, 2440 E. Water Well Road, Salina, Kansas 67401
Contact:   Matt Logan, The Land Institute, (913) 823-5376; FAX (913) 823-8728

June 3-21, 1996
Event:    Training Workshop on Sustainable Agroecosystems and Environmental
          Issues
Place:    West Texas A&M University
Contact:  (806) 656-2299; FAX (806) 656-2938; bstewart@wtamu.edu
Sponsor:  The Dryland Agriculture Institute of West Texas A&M

June 11-14, 1996
Event:    6th International Conference on Computers in Agriculture
Place:    Cancun, Mexico
Contact:  Dr.Fedro S. Zazueta (904) 392-7260; FAX: 392-4092;
          fsz@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu; http://www.agen.ufl.edu/compconf/

June 15-20, 1996
Event:    2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment
Place:    Newport, Rhode Island
Contact:  Demetri Kantarelis (508) 767-7557 or Kevin L. Hickey (508) 767-7296; 
          IEA, Economics/Foreign Affairs Department, Assumption College, 
          500 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01615-0005; FAX: (508) 799-4502;
          dkantar@eve.assumption.edu

June 17-28, 1996
*Event:   An International Training Program in New Crops: Aromatic and 
          Medicinal Plants
Place:    Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Contact:  Tom Robertson, Continuing Education
          Purdue University
          1586 Stewart Center, Room 110
          West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1586; (317) 494-7220; FAX (317) 494-0567
Sponsor:  Center for New Crops and Plant Products, Purdue University;
          Program for Collaborative Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences,
          University of Illinois

June 20, 1996
*Event:   The Texas Small Farm and Ranch Tour
Place:    Gause, Texas
Contact:  Milam County Agricultural Extension Office (817) 697-3382
Sponsor:  Milam County Agricultural Extension Service; 
          The Cooperative Extension Program at Prairie View A&M University;
          The Texas Agricultural Extension Service--Texas A&M University System.

June 20 - 22, 1996
*Event:   Cultivating Community Success: Strategic Lessons from Community
          Assessment
Place:    Heartland Center for Leadership Development, Lincoln, Nebraska 
Contact:  Heartland Center for Leadership Development, 941 O Street, Suite 920, 
          Lincoln, Nebraska 68508; (800) 927-1115; FAX: (402) 474-7672

June 22, 1996
*Event:   On-Farm Field Day
Place:    Autumn Oaks Farm, McAlester, Oklahoma
Contact:  Lara Ervin, (918) 647-9123; FAX (918) 647-8712; 6030351@mcimail.com

June 23-26, 1996 
Event:    3rd International Conference on Precision Agriculture
Place:    Bloomington/Minneapolis, Minnesota
Contact:  Gene Anderson; eanderson@mes.umn.edu
          (612) 625-7084;(800) 367-5363 (USA only);FAX: 625-2207; 
Sponsor:  Precision Agriculture Center, College of Agricultural, 
          Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota

June 26-29, 1996
*Event:   EcoAgroForestry Century Conference
Place:    Monticello, AR
Contact:  Dr. Carol Cross, 501-367-6127; FAX:501-367-8736; solync@cei.net
          EcoAgroForestry Trade and Development Corporation
          2801 Olive, #35A, Suite 113, PO Box 5208,Pine Bluff, AR 71611
Sponsor:  The EcoAgroForestry Trade and Development Corporation (EAFTDC)

July 6-20, 1996
* Event:  Permaculture Design Course
Place:    Heathcote Community, Freeland, Maryland
Contact:  Linda J. Felch, 410-343-DIRT
          lfelch@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu
Sponsor:  Heathcote Community, Freeland, Maryland

July 7-10, 1996
Event:    Rocky Mountain Rendezvous: Renew Yourself in the High Country
Place:    Keystone Resort, Colorado
Contact:  Timothy J. Kautza (515) 289-2331, ext.12
          SWCS Director of Education and Professional Development
Sponsor:  Soil and Water Conservation Society

July 8-11, 1996
Event:    The First Australian New Crops Conference: 
          New Crops, New Products, New Opportunities
Place:    The University of Queensland, Gatton College
Contact:  Sally Brown, New Crops Conference Secretariat
          The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072 Australia
          Ph: (int)+61 7 3365 6360; FAX +61 7 3365 7099; sally@ceu.uq.oz.au

July 21 - 26, 1996
*Event:   Rocky Mountain Conference Symposium on Composting and 
          Sustainable Agriculture
Place:    Denver, Colorado
Contact:  R. L. Wershaw, U.S. Geological Survey; rwershaw@usgs.gov
          Mail Stop 408, Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225;
Sponsor:  Soil and Water Conservation Society

August 9 - 11, 1996
*Event:   Northeast Organic Farming Association 22nd Annual Summer Conference
Place;    Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts
Contact:  NOFA Summer Conference
          Julie Rawson (508) 355-2853
          411 Sheldon Road, Barre, MA 01005

August 10, 1996
Event:    Summer Harvest Festival
Place:    Walnut Acres, Penns Creek, PA
Contact:  PASA (814) 349-9852; Walnut Acres (800) 344-9025
Sponsor:  Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture   (PASA)

August 11-15, 1996 (Exhibition August 10-13)
Event:    11th IFOAM Scientific Conference & 1st Organic World   Exhibition
Place:    Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact:  Secretariat: ifoam'96, Blegdamsvej 4, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.
          45 3537 2096; FAX: 45 3537 4096; ifoam96@login.dknet.dk
Sponsor:  Danish Association of Organic Agriculture;         
          International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)

August 13-16, 1996
*Event:   The Delta: Connecting Points of View for Sustainable Natural Resources
Place:    Cook Convention Center, Memphis,TN
Contact:  National Association of Conservation Districts Delta Conference, 
          202-547-6223

September 12-13, 1996
Event:    Recent Advances in Horticultural Science:
          Implications and Applications for Industry
Place:    University of Warwick, UK
Contact:  Professor Chris Payne, Association of Applied Biologists, AAB Office
          c/o Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35
Sponsor:  Association of Applied Biologists

September 16-20, 1996
Event:    First World Congress on Allelopathy: "A Science for the Future"
Place:    Cadiz, Spain
Contact:  International Allelopathic Society
          famacias@merlin.uca.es;  http://uca.es/allelopathy.html

September 18-21, 1996
Event:    The EcoAgroForestry Century--
          A New Paradigm of Sustainable Development
Place:    Morris Booker College, Dermott, Arkansas
Contact:  Dr. Carol Cross, 501-367-6127; FAX:501-367-8736; solync@cei.net
          EcoAgroForestry Trade and Development Corporation
          2801 Olive, #35A, Suite 113, PO Box 5208; Pine Bluff, AR 71611
Sponsor:  The EcoAgroForestry Trade and Development Corporation (EAFTDC)

September 26-29, 1996
Event:    17th Annual Community Gardening Conference
Place:    Montreal, Canada
Contact:  (From USA) (415) 285-7548; FAX (415) 285-7586;
          (From Canada) (514) 876-6363; FAX (514) 872-4583
Sponsor:  American Community Gardening Association (ACGA)

 September 27 - October 1, 1996
*Event:   National Extension Technology Conference
Place:    Atlanta, GA
Contact:  706-542-5387; FAX 706-542-2162;
          ceslab@uga.cc.uga.edu;http://www.ces.uga.edu/ces/netc96/html
Sponsor:  University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service

September 28-29, 1996
* Event:  Permaculture Weekend Workshop
Place:    Heathcote Community, Freeland, Maryland
Contact:  Linda J. Felch, 410-343-DIRT
           lfelch@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu
Sponsor:  Heathcote Community, Freeland, Maryland

September 28-October 7, 1996
Event:    Sixth International Permaculture Conference
          "Designing for a Sustainable Future"
Place:    Perth, Western Australia
Contact:  Sixth Permaculture Conference Secretariat, P.O. Box 568   
          Kalamunda, Western Australia, 6076
          61 9 291 9306; FAX: 61 9 291 9978; converg@eepo.com.au
Sponsor:  Permaculture Association of Western Australia

October 2-3, 1996
Event:    Community Food Systems: 
          Sustaining Farms and People in the Emerging Economy
Place:    University of California at Davis
Contact:  Dave Campbell; (916)752-7541; dave.c.campbell@ucdavis.edu
          Gail Feenstra; (916)752-8408; gwfeenstra@ucdavis.edu
Sponsor:  U. of Calif. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
          (UC SAREP); Community Alliance with Family Farmers;
          Community Food Security Coalition; California Communities Program
          
October 7-11, 1996
Event:    International Conference of Ecological Engineering
Place:    Beijing, China
Contact:  Prof. Chengging Yin, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences,
          CAS/China, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing, China.  
          (+86 10) 2554806; FAX: (+86 10) 256 2775;  skleac@public.bta.net.cn

October 9-11, 1996
Event:    National Seminar on Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture
Place:    University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India
Contact:  President Dr. G.K. Veeresh, Vice Chancellor, 
          University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bangalore 560 065,
          India.  080 3332442;  FAX: 080-3330277; 
          or Dr. K. Shivashankar, Indian Society of Agronomy, 080 3330153.
          Bangalore Chapter, Dept. of Forestry, (same address as above). 
Sponsor:  University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore; Karnataka Agro 
          Industries Corporation. Ltd.; Department of Agriculture and 
          Co-operation, GOI, New Delhi; World Sustainable Agriculture 
          Association  (Indian Chapter), and others.

October 25, 1996
*Event:   Kerr Ranch Field Day
Place:    Kerr Ranch, Poteau, OK
Contact:  Lara Ervin (918) 647-9123; FAX 647-8712; 6030351@mcimail.com
Sponsor:  The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Inc.

November 4 -7, 1996
* Event:  Eco-Informa '96: Global Networks for Environmental Information: 
          Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge and Application
Place:    Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Convention Center, 
          Lake Buena Vista, FL
Contact:  ERIM/Eco-Informa, P.O. Box 134001, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 48113-4001.  
          (313) 994-1200, ext. 3234; FAX: (313) 994-5123; wallman@erim.org. 
          OR: O. Hutzinger, University of Bayreuth, Eco-Informa, 
          Jean Paul Str. 30, D95444 Bayreuth, Germany.  
          (49) 921 55 21 55;  (49) 921 55 22 54; FAX: (49) 921 5 46 26. 
          heidelore.fiedler@uni-bayreuth.de
Sponsor:  Epcot Science and Technology

January 10-11, 1997
*Event:   16th Annual Oklahoma Horticulture Industries Show
Place:    Northeast Campus, Tulsa Junior College, Tulsa, OK
Contact:  Lara Ervin (918) 647-9123; FAX 647-8712; 6030351@mcimail.com
Sponsor:  OK Christmas Tree Assoc.; OK Fruit Growers Assoc.; OK Herb Growers 
          and Marketers Assoc.; OK Pecan Growers Assoc.; OK Vegetable 
          Assoc.; The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture;
          OK Botanical Garden and Arboretum; 
          Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service;
          Tulsa Junior College.

January 11-14, 1997
Event:    International Conference on Creativity and Innovation at Grassroots
for       Sustainable Natural Resource Management
Place:    Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Contact:  Prof. Anil K. Gupta, Conference Coordinator, anilg@iimahd.ernet.in
          Centre for Management in Agriculture, 
          Indian Institute of  Management, Ahmedabad 380 015, India. 
          FAX: 91-79-6427896;Ph: 91-79-407241(O); 469079(R);
Sponsor:  Centre for Management in Agriculture, 
          Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and others.

April 28 - May 2, 1997
*Event:   Second International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems
Place:    Delta Whistler Resort, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Contact:  David A. Swayne, University of Guelph;dswayne@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca
          Gerald Schimak, Austrian Research Center;  schimak@zdfzs.arcs.ac.at
          Ralf Denzer, Hochschule fuer Technik und Wirtschaft; 
          denzer@htw.uni-sb.de
Sponsor:  German Computer Society; University of Guelph; 
          Austrian Research Centre.

June 8-9, 1997
Event:    XVIII International Grassland Congress '97:
          "Grasslands 2000"
Place:    Winnipeg, Manitoba (6/8-12), and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 
          (6/15-19), Canada
Contact:  amc@supernet.ab.ca; (403) 244-4487; FAX: 244-2340
Sponsor:  Government of Canada; Government of Manitoba; Government 
          of Saskatchewan; Agricultural Institute of Canada;Canadian 
Forage    Council; Forage and Grassland Foundation; Department of Western 
          Economic Diversification; American Society of Agronomy; Crop Science
          Society of America; and others...


______________________________________________________________________________
If you would like us to include your events, please send the event name,
place, contact, and sponsor, to Alternative Farming Systems Information
Center, ATTN: SAN Calendar, Room 304, National Agricultural Library, 10301
Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351. FAX: (301) 504-6409. 
INTERNET:  san@nal.usda.gov
______________________________________________________________________________


APPENDIX

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program 
Regional Research Grants and Schedules.

The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program awards grants
on a competitive basis for research, education and extension training
projects in sustainable agriculture.  Grants are also available to
agricultural producers (farmers, ranchers, etc.).  Administration of the
program takes place through four regional centers, each of which has a
separate schedule for its call for proposals and other deadlines.  The
schedules for the 1995-1996 grant year are included here.  Schedules will
be updated as they become available.  Contact your region for further
information. 


North Central Region               Western Region
Steven S. Waller, Coordinator      Phil Rasmussen, Coordinator
13-A Activities Bldg.              Plants, Soils and Biomet.
Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln          UMC-4820
Lincoln, NE  68583-0704            Logan, UT  84322-4820
(402) 472-7081                     (801) 797-3394
FAX: (402) 472-0280                FAX: (801) 797-3376
agdn009@unlvm.unl.edu              soilcomp@cc.usu.edu

Northeast Region                   Southern Region
Frederick R. Magdoff               Gerald F. Arkin
Coordinator                        Co-Coordinator
Dept. of Plant and Soil Sci.       Contact:  Paula Ford
University of Vermont              Program Manager
Burlington, VT  05405              University of Georgia
(802) 656-2630                     Agricultural Exp't Station
FAX: (802) 656-4656                Griffin, GA  30223-1797
msimpson@moose.uvm.edu             (770)412-4787; FAX:(770)412-4789
                                   sareace@gaes.griffin.peachnet.edu


WESTERN REGION:  AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY 
                 and the Island Protectorates.

July 23, 1996     Send out SARE, ACE, and Chapter 3 Calls for Proposals.

October 29, 1996  SARE/ACE Proposals due in Western Region SARE office by 5 p.m.

November 5, 1996  Send out Farmer/Rancher Call for Proposals.

November 26 1996  Chapter 3 Proposals due at UC Davis RTC office by 5 p.m.

January 14, 1997  FRG Proposals due in Western Region SARE Office by 5 p.m.


NORTHEAST REGION: CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WV

September 1, 1996        Farmer/Grower Call for Proposals mailed.

September 8, 1996        Research and Education Proposals mailed.

September 15, 1996       Professional Training (Extension) Proposals mailed.

December 6, 1996         Farmer/Grower Grants postmarked. 

January 14, 1997         Training (Extension) Proposals postmarked.

January 21, 1997         SARE/ACE Research and Education Proposals postmarked.


NORTH CENTRAL REGION: IA,IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI

May 1, 1996         Deadline for receiving producer grant applications.

June 3-5, 1996      Funding decisions expected on Producer Grants.

July 15, 1996       Call for Preproposals sent out (tentative).

September 15, 1996  Deadline for Preproposals (tentative).

December 1, 1996    A) Invitation for full Proposals goes out. 
                    B) Deadline for producer grant final reports.

January 23, 1997    Deadline for full Proposals (tentative).

April 14-16, 1997   Administrative Council decisions on funding.


SOUTHERN REGION: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN, 
                 TX, VA, VI

July, 1996         Research and Education Call for Proposals mailed.

September 1, 1996  Research and Educations Preproposals due.

October, 1996      Producer Grant Call for Proposals mailed.

November 10, 1996  Full Proposals (R&E) requested on selected preproposals.

December 15, 1996  Research and Education full Proposals due.

January 31, 1997   Producer Grant Proposals are due.

April, 1997        Administrative Council meets to award grants.