From san@nal.usda.govFri Mar  1 21:47:37 1996
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 16:53:08 -0500 (EST)
From: "Andy Clark, SAN Coordinator" <san@nal.usda.gov>
To: sanet-mg <sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu>
Cc: Sustainable Agriculture Network <san@nal.usda.gov>
Subject: CALENDAR OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EVENTS


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

Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)

February 26, 1996

___________________________________________________________________
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, MD 20705-
2351.  FAX (301) 504-6409; Internet: san@nal.usda.gov
___________________________________________________________________

* Events added since last edition

February 27-March 2, 1996
Event:    Third National IPM Symposium/Workshop
Place:    Sheraton-Washington Hotel, Washington, DC
Contact:  Carol Kramer, 1301 New York Avenue NW, Washington DC
          20005-4788; (202)219-0453; FAX: 219-0029;
          ckramer@econ.ag.gov
Sponsor:  Economic Research Service, USDA

February 28-29, 1996
* Event:  Farming for the Future, A Leadership Initiative for
          Community Agriculture Development
Place:    Cazenovia, New York
Contact:  Farming Alternatives Program, 423 Warren Hall, Cornell
          University, Ithaca, New York 14853. (607) 255-9832

February 28 - March 6, 1996
* Event:  The Ranching for Profit School, with Dr. Stan Parsons
Place:    Kerrville, Texas
Contact:  Elaine Kelly, Ranch Management Consultants, Inc.,
          7719 Rio Grande Blvd., NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107
          (505) 898-7417 or (505) 821-4214

March 1-2, 1996
* Event:  7th Annual Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference,
          "Organic Agriculture: Practical Approaches to Making it
          Grow"
Place:    Sinsinawa Mound Center, Sinsinawa, Wisconsin
Contact:  Jackie Renner, MDA (612) 297-1629
          Prescott Bergh, ESAP (612) 215-0367
          Faye Jones, Conference Coordinator (715) 772-3153
          http://www.mda.state.mn.us
Sponsor:  Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Michael Fields
          Agricultural Institute, and others

March 2-4, 1996
* Event:  National Organic Marketing Cooperative Feasibility Study
          National Forum 
Place:    St. Mary's Center, St. Mary's College, Leavenworth, KS
Contact:  Allen R. Moody c/0 Heartland Mill, Inc., 
          RR1, Box 2, Marienthal, KS 67863
          (316) 379-4472; FAX (316) 379-4459

March 4-5, 1996
* Event:  19th Annual National Food Policy Conference, "Consumers,
          Industry & Government: Shifting Responsibility for Food
          Policy"
Place:    Washington Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC
Contact:  Public Voice, 1101 Fourteenth Street, NW, Suite 710,
          Washington, DC 20005  (202) 371-1840
Sponsor:  Public Voice for Food & Health Policy and National Food 
          Processors Association

March 7, 1996
* Event:  Sustainable Cotton Conference, Committee for Sustainable
          Agriculture
Place:    Kern Ag Pavillion, Bakersfield, California
Contact:  CSA Cotton, P.O. Box 2371, Davis, California 956-2371.
          (916)756-6967; FAX: (916) 756-7363
Sponsor:  Gap Foundation, CA Integrated Waste Management Board,
          U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Peaceful Valley
          Farm Supply, Rincon Vitova, Sustainable Cotton Project

NOTE:     Contact CSA for information on a series of Sustainable
          Agriculture Production Techniques Conferences:
          Turf & Golf Course, March 28; Prunes, April 4; Almonds &
          Walnuts, April 4; Citrus & Olives, April 4; Grapes, April
          11;  Wine Grapes, April 14; dates to be announced:
          Strawberries; Vegetables; Citrus & Avocado; Greenhouse &
          Nursery; Stone Fruits & Almonds; Livestock & Dairy; and
          Tropical Farming.
          
March 9, 1996
* Event:  NOFA/CT Winter Conference, "Why Oganic? The Link Between 
          Food, Health, Community and Environment"
Place:    Wethersfield, Connecticut
Contact:  NOFA/CT, Box 386, Northford, CT 06472.  (203) 484-2455
Sponsor:  NOFA/Connecticut

March 9, 1996
* Event:  NOFA/NJ Winter Conference, "Sustaining the Vision"
Place:    Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New
          Jersey
Contact:  NOFA/NJ, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington, New Jersey 08534
          (609) 737-6848
Sponsor:  NOFA New Jersey

March 9-10, 1996
* Event:  NOFA/NY Winter Conference, "Celebrate Diversity"
Place:    Tompkins/Cortland Community College, Dryden, New York
Contact:  NOFA/NY, Box 21, S. Butler, NY 13154.  (325) 365-2299
Sponsor:  NOFA New York

March 16-17, 1996
* Event:  "It's Simple...Farms = Food"
Place:    Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio
Contact:  OEFFA, PO Box 82234, Columbus, OH 43202
          (614) 294-3663; FAX (614) 291-3276
Sponsor:  Ohio Ecological food and Farm Association (OEFFA);
          Ohio Chapter of the Organic Crop Improvement Association

March 18-20, 1996
* Event:  Tomorrow's Farms Conference:  "Connecting our farm and
          gardens with urban growth." 
Place:    Natural Bridge Hotel and Conference Center
          Natural Bridge, Virginia
Contact:  Tomorrow's Farms Conference, Sedalia Center
          Route 1, Box 687, Big Island, VA  25626-9735
          (804) 299-5080
Sponsor:  Virginia Association for Biological Farming; Virginia
          Cooperative Extension Service; The Sedalia Center;
          Voyager Foundation.

March 21-22, 1996
* Event:  Davis Cover Crop Workshop
Place:    University of California, Davis, California
Contact:  Julie McNamara, SAFS Information Specialist, Agronomy and
          Range Science Dept., U.C. Davis, Davis, California 95616. 
          (916) 752-8940; FAX: (916) 752-4361;
          jrmcnamara@ucdavis.edu
Sponsor:  U.C. Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems Project, and
          the U.C. Cover Crops Workgroup

March 21-23, 1996
Event:    International Kenaf Association's 8th Annual Conference
Place:    Albuquerque, NM
Contact:  Jim Keith, P.O. Box 20399, Albuquerque, NM 87154; 
          (505) 294-0293
Sponsor:  International Kenaf Association (IKA)

March 23-April 6, 1996
* Event:  Permaculture Design Course
Place:    Rodale Institute
Contact:  (610) 683-1400

March 30-April 1, 1996
Event:    First Annual National Electronic Publishing Conference
Place:    Grand Hyatt, Washington DC
Contact:  www.lib.virginia.edu/etext/newmedia.html
Sponsor:  Library of Congress and the University of Virginia


April 8-11, 1996
* Event:  Nonpoint Source Management Workshop
          "Toward Achieving a Sustainable Environment"
Place:    Nebraska City, NE
Contact:  Elbert Traylor, NDEQ; (402) 471-2585
Sponsor:  Bridging the Gap, Inc; Heatland All Species Project;
          EPA Region 7; Missouri DNR, Missoure Stream Teams;
          Nebraska DEQ; Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks;
          Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Iowa DNR;
 
April 12-14, 1996
* Event:  Public Interest Science Conference 1996
Place:    University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Contact:  (541) 346-5146; pisc@darkwing.uoregon.edu
          http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~pisc

April 13-25, 1996
Event:    Permaculture Design Course with Bill Mollison
Place:    North Central Texas
Contact:  Kirby Fry or Inger Myhre (817) 897-9402; FAX: 897-3785;
          72530.1353compuserve.com
Sponsor:  Cross Timbers Permaculture Institute

April 17-19, 1996
* Event:  "Advances in Soil Quality for Land Management: Science,
          Practice and Policy"
Place:    Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Contact:  Paul Ryan  053 279223; FAX 053 279240; 
          pryan@fs3.ballarat.edu.au;
          http://www.ballarat.edu.au/science/soilsymp.htm
Sponsor:  Alcoa (Australia) Ltd; Central Highlands Water;
          City of Ballarat; McCain Foods (Aust); Pivot;
          Dairy Research and Development Corporation;
          Land and Water Resources R&D Corporation;

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; www.agen.ufl.edu/-frazueta/

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

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

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; IFOAM        
          International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements

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
Sponsor:  International Allelopathic Society

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 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:  University of California 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, Organizing Secretary, Indian Society of
          Agronomy, Bangalore Chapter, Dept. of Forestry, (same
          address as above).  080 3330153.
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.

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, Florida
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 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, Centre for
          Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of
          Management, Ahmedabad 380 015, India. FAX: 91-79-6427896;
          Phone: 91-79-407241(O) 469079(R); anilg@iimahd.ernet.in
Sponsor:  Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of
          Management, Ahmedabad, and others.

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, MD 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

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

January 22, 1996    Deadline for receiving full proposal

February 2, 1996    Producer Grant applications available
                    from the Regional Office

March 6-8, 1996     Technical Committee meets to evaluate proposals

April 3-5, 1996     Recommendation for project funding
                    by Administrative Council.

May 1, 1996         Producer Grant Applications are due.

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




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

January 5, 1996     Deadline for submitting full proposals.

February 12-15      Technical Committee recommendations on funding;
                    Administrative Council decisions on funding.

February 13, 1996   Producer Grant decisions on funding.

March-July, 1996    Notification to applicants, contracts signed.


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

March 1, 1996       Technical Review Panels for SARE/ACE Grants.

March 12-13, 1996   Farmer/Rancher Grants subcommittee meets.

March 19-22, 1996   Administrative Council funding decisions.

April 22, 1996      Award/Rejection letters sent; 
                    Proposal revisions requested.

June 16, 1996       Proposal revisions due.

July 15, 1996       Plans of Work due in Washington, DC

August 12-16, 1996  Administrative Council Strategic Planning mtg.


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

December 15, 1995   Farmer/Grower Grants due.

January 12, 1996    SARE Training (Extension) Proposals due.

January 19, 1996    SARE/ACE Research and Education Proposals due.

January 31, 1996    Farmer/Grower funding decisions.

March 16-18, 1996   SARE/ACE and Extension grant funding decisions.


___________________________________________________________________
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, MD 20705-
2351.  FAX (301) 504-6409; Internet: san@nal.usda.gov
___________________________________________________________________

