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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.