From ghegyes@ksu.ksu.eduFri Mar 31 21:07:49 1995 Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 13:17:28 -0600 (CST) From: Gabriel A Hegyes To: SANET-mg Subject: SAN CALENDAR: March, 1995 CALENDAR OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EVENTS SARE/ACE CALENDAR FOR FY 1995 Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Network * Events added since last edition March 21-22, 1995 *Event: "Organic Grape and Wine Production Symposium", 3rd N.J. Shaulis Symposium Place: Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY, Jordan Hall Contact: Judy Robinson, Dept. of Horticultural Sciences, Cornell University, NYSAES, Geneva, NY 14456. (315) 787-2238 Sponsors: NY State Grape Production Research Fund, Inc.; Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA); Cornell Alternative Agriculture Program; Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program (SARE); NY State Agricultural Experiment Station March 31-April 1, 1995 *Event: Second Annual Farm Family Workshop of the Illinois Sustainable Agriculture Network (ISAN) Place: Carlinville, IL Contact: ISAN, P.O. Box 410, Greenview, IL 62642. Phone: (217) 968-5512 April 1-14, 1995 *Event: Third Annual Permaculture Design Course Place: Heartwood Institute, Garberville, CA Contact: Donna King, Island Mountain Institute. Phone: (707) 923-4301 April 2-5, 1995 *Event: International Symposium on Water Quality Modeling Place: Orlando, FL Contact: ASAE Meetings Department, 2950 Niles Rd., St. Joseph, MI 49085. Phone: (616) 429-0300 April 5-7, 1995 *Event: "Hunger, Scarcity and Policy" Place: Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Contact: Fatima Kane, World Hunger Program, Bos 1831, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. Phone: (401) 863- 2700 April 8-9, 1995 *Event: "Creating Your Natural Edible Landscape and Gardens" (a permaculture workshop) Place: Glen Rock, PA Contact: Spoutwood Farm, Dept. P1, Rd. 3, Box 66, Glen Rock, Pa 17327. Phone (717) 235-6610 April 21-May 4, 1995 *Event: Permaculture Design Course Place: Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose, TX Contact: Fossil Rim, P.O. Box 2189, Glen Rose, TX 76043. Phone: (817) 897-2960 April 27-28, 1995 *Event: President's Council on Sustainable Development, Eighth Meeting Place: Officers' Club, Presidio of San Francisco Contact: Molly Harriss Olson, PCSD, 730 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, DC 20503. Phone: (202) 408-5296. e-mail: pcsd@igc.apc.org April 29-30, 1995 *Event: Beginning Organic and Biodynamic Gardening Workshop Place: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, W2493 County Road ES, East Troy, WI 53120 Contact: Gail Kahovic at MFAI. Phone: (414) 642-3303 May 1-2, 1995 *Event: "Risks, Regulations, and Resolutions: Creating the Process" (Annual Wildlands Conference) Place: Dearborn, MI Contact: Wildlife Habitat Council, 1010 Wayne Ave., #920, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Phone: (301) 588-8994 May 8-10, 1995 Event: "Planning for a Sustainable Future: The Case of the North American Great Plains" Place: Lincoln, Nebraska Contact: Dr. Donald Wilhite, Director, International Drought Information Center, PO Box 830728, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0728 Phone: (402) 472-6707. FAX:(402) 472-6614. E-mail: agme002@unlvm.unl.edu Sponsor: Environment Canada, NOAA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln June 11-14, 1995 Event: "Sustainable Aquaculture, '95" Place: Ilikai Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii Contact: Narendra Saxena. Phone: (808) 956-6163. FAX: (808) 956-2580. E-mail: saxena@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu May 20-June 3, 1995 *Event: Permaculture Certification Course (with Bill Mollison and Scott Pittman) Place: La Tierra Community, Sebastopol, CA Contact: La Tierra, 708 Gravenstein Hwy. N., #120, Sebastopol, CA 95472. Phone: (707) 829-8191. E-mail: vitaltec@nbn.com May 31-June 1, 1995 *Event: "Taking Nature into Account" Place: The European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium Contact: Jane Dunmore, Organiser, TNA Conference, Milestone House, 39 Main Road, Long Bennington Near Newark, Nottinghamshire NG23 5DJ United Kingdom. Phone: +44 400 281018, FAX: +44 400 282337 June 13-15, 1995 *Event: "A 20-20 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment" Place: National Geographic Society, 1600 M Street, NW, Washington, DC Contact: Barbara Rose Phone: (202) 862-5600 Sponsor: International Food Policy Research Institute June 19-30, 1995 Event: An International Training Program in New Crops: Aromatic and Medicinal Plants Place: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Contact: Tom Robertson, ATTN: International Training Program in Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Continuing Education, Purdue University, 1586 Stewart Center, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1586. Phone: (317) 494-7220. FAX: (317) 494-0567. June 21-24, 1995 *Event: "Who Owns America?: Land and Resource Tenure Issues in a Changing Environment" Place: Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI Contact: CALS Conference Office, University of Wisconsin, 620 Babcock Dr., Madison, WI 53706. Phone: (608) 263- 1672 Sponsor: Land Tenure Center, North American Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison. June 21-24,1995 *Event: "We the Peoples...The Role of Civil Society in the History and Future of the United Nations", a Conference Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of UN-NGO Relations. Place: A.N.A. Hotel, San Francisco, CA Contact: Jamila Suzanne or Mark Valentine at the UN50 Committee. Phone: (415) 989-1995, FAX: (415) 989-1996, Internet address: un50@igc.apc.org Sponsors: Citizens Network for Sustainable Development; Coalition for the Presidio Pacific Center; Commonweal; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Rainforest Action Network, and UN50 Committee of San Francisco June 21-25, 1995 Event: Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment Place: Boston, Massachusetts Contact: Demetri Kantarelis, FAX: (508) 799-4502. E-mail: dkantar@eve.assumption.edu June 19-30, 1995 Event: An International Training Program in New Crops: Aromatic and Medicinal Plants Place: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Contact: Tom Robertson, ATTN: International Training Program in Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Continuing Education, Purdue University, 1586 Stewart Center, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1586. Phone: (317) 494-7220. FAX: (317) 494-0567. June 22-24, 1995 *Event: Symposium, "Principles of Ecosystem Management in the Northern Rockies", Integrating Forest, Agricultural and Wilderness Landscapes. Place: Strand Union, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Contact: Conference Services, Room 280f, Strand Union, MSU - Bozeman, Bozeman, Mt 59717-0402. Phone: (406)994- 3333, FAX: (406) 994-3228 Sponsors: Ecology and Evolution Program, MSU-Bozeman; Mountain Research Center, MSU-Bozeman; USDA Forest Service Northern Regional Offices, and Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks June 26-August 31, 1995 *Event: "Sustainable Agriculture: Principles & Practices", a summer course. Place: Student Experimental Farm, University of CA, Davis, CA Contact: Mark Van Horn, Student Experimental Farm, Department of Agronomy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. Phone: (916) 752-7645 July 1-13, 1995 *Event: "Sustainable Development for the World", 14 day intensive course. (see related course: August 6-19) Place: a farm near Eugene, OR Contact: Ianto Evans or Michael Smith, Zopilote Association, Box 123, Cottage Grove, OR 97424. Phone/FAX: (503) 942- 3021 Sponsor: Zopilote Association July 2-16, 1995 Event: Permaculture Design Course: A two-week intensive in sustainable systems design Place: Shades of Harmony Farm, Kingston, Nova Scotia Contact: Institute for Bioregional Studies, 449 University Ave., Suite 126, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 8K3. Phone: (902) 892-9578. Or Michael Pilarski c/o Friends of the Trees Society PO Box 1064 Tonasket, Washington 98855. Phone/FAX: (509) 485-2705 July 6-20, 1995 Event: A two-week intensive in sustainable systems design Place: Shades of Harmony Farm, Kingston, Nova Scotia, Canada Contact: For more information send $5.00 to the Institute for Bioregional Studies, 449 University Ave., Suite 126, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 8K3. (902) 892-9578 July 20-24, 1995 Event: "Restoration Ecology: Reconstructing Sustainable Communities" Place: Shades of Harmony Farm, Kingston, Nova Scotia Contact: Institute for Bioregional Studies, 449 University Ave., Suite 126, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 8K3. Phone: (902) 892-9578. Or Michael Pilarski c/o Friends of the Trees Society PO Box 1064 Tonasket, Washington 98855. Phone/FAX: (509) 485-2705 July 22-28, 1995. Event: Fuzzyness, Agriculture and Environment. This is a good opportunity for fuzzy people interested in environment and agriculture subjects, to meet and to exchange ideas. We are interested in organizing special sessions on both environment and agriculture. If you are working on these subjects, you are invited to submit, by e-mail, a small abstract of your work. Contact: Marcelo T. Rochae, E-mail: matrocha@carpa.ciagri.usp.br Further information about IFSA'95 may be obtained at the Internet address: //http/www.inpe.br/meetings/IFSA95/home. July 23-29, 1995 *Event: The First International Conference on Multiple Objective Decision Support Systems for Land, Water, and Environmental Management: Concepts, Approaches and Applications Place: The East West Center on the University of Hawaii's campus Honolulu, Hawaii Contact: Email: AGRSS@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.edu. FAX: 808-956-6539. Include your mailing address. Sponsors: Organizers include the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (Pacific Region), the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, the Soil and Water Conservation Society, the East West Center, the Agricultural Research Service and Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the University of Hawaii. July 23-26, 1995 *Event: The Fourth North American Agroforestry Conference: "Growing a Sustainable Future" Place: Red Lion Inn - Riverside, 2900 Chinden Blvd., Boise, ID 83714 Contact: Dr. John Ehrenreich, Conference Chairman, College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6410. Phone: (208) 885- 7600, FAX: (208) 885-6226. July 27-30, 1995 *Event: HERBS '95 Place: Chicago, IL Contact: IHA HERBS 95 Program Committee, 1202 Allanson Road, Mundelein, IL 60060. FAX: (708) 566-4580 Sponsor: International Herb Association July 28-30, 1995 Event: "Coming Home: Awakening Community Resourcefulness" Place: Shades of Harmony Farm, Kingston, Nova Scotia Contact: Institute for Bioregional Studies, 449 University Ave., Suite 126, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 8K3. Phone: (902) 892-9578. Or Michael Pilarski c/o Friends of the Trees Society PO Box 1064 Tonasket, Washington 98855. Phone/FAX: (509) 485-2705. August 6-19, 1995 *Event: "Sustainable Development for the World", 14-day intensive course. (see related course: July 1-13) Place: in the mountains of Tlaxala, central Mexico Contact: Ianto Evans or Michael Smith, Zopilote Association, Box 123, Cottage Grove, OR 97424. Phone/FAX: (503) 942- 3021 August 6-9, 1995 Event: 50th Annual Meeting, Soil and Water Conservation Society Place: Des Moines, Iowa Contact: Lloyd Wright, Program Committee Chair, Soil and Water Conservation Society, 7517 N.E. Ankeny Rd., Ankeny, IA 50021. Phone: (800) THE-SOIL August 11-13, 1995 *Event: NOFA 21st Annual Summer Conference, "Organic Farming: Rooted in the Dirt". Place: Hampshire College, Amherst, MA Contact: Julie Rawson, 411 Sheldon Road, Barre, MA 01005. Phone: (508) 355-2853 Sponsor: Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) August 12, 1995 *Event: PASA Summer Harvest Festival (Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture) Place: Walnut Acres Organic Farms, Penns Creek, PA Contact: PASA, Box 419, Millheim, PA 16854. Phone: (814) 349- 9856 August 30-September 9, 1995 Event: NGO Forum Fourth UN Conference on Women, Women in Livestock Development Place: Beijing, China Contact: Dr. Beth Miller, Heifer Project International, 1015 S. Louisiana St., Little Rock, AR 72203. Phone: (501) 376-6836; FAX: (501) 376-8906. Sponsor: WiLD October 7-8, 1995 *Event: "The Politics of Sustainable Agriculture" Place: Eugene, OR Contact: Stuart Shulman, Dept. of Political Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1284. E-mail: stu@gladstone.uoregon.edu October 9-10, 1995 *Event: "The Summit and Beyond": NGO PrepCom for the FAO 50th Anniversary and World Food Summit (tentatively scheduled for March 1996 in Rome) Place: Quebec City, Canada Contact: Secretariat, The Summit and Beyond, c/o Canadian Hunger Foundation, 323 Chapel Street, Ottawa, Canada K1N 722. FAX: (613) 237-5969, Internet: chfott@web.apc.org October 9-16, 1995 *Event: Food and Agriculture Association (FAO) 50th Anniversary and World Food Day, October 16. Place: Quebec City, Canada Contact: Symposium '95 FAO 65, Rue Sainte Anne, Bureau 100 Quebec, Canada 61R3X5. Phone: +418 691-7849, FAX: +418 691-7815 October 14-15, 1995 Event: The Future Harvest Festival: A sustainable agriculture/ sustainable living fair Place: Carroll County Fairgrounds, Westminister, MD Contact: Marty Rice, Festival Coordinator, Maryland Organic Food and Farming Association. Phone: (301) 371-4814, FAX: (301) 371-8923. October 14-15, 1995 Event: The Future Harvest Festival: A sustainable agriculture/ sustainable living fair Place: Carroll County Fairgrounds, Westminister, MD Contact: Marty Rice, Festival Coordinator, Maryland Organic Food and Farming Association. Phone: (301) 371-4814. FAX: (301) 371-8923. November 6-8, 1995 *Event: "Linkages among Farming Systems and Communities", North American Symposium, AFSRE Place: Iowa State University Contact: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, 317 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011- 1070. Phone: (515) 294-8321, FAX: (515) 294-2303 Sponsors: Association for Farming Systems Research-Extension; North Central Regional Center for Rural Development; Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture November 12-14, 1995 Event: "Research and Practice: Learning to Build Sustainable Industries for Sustainable Societies" Place: Toronto, Canada Contact: Greening of Industry Network Conference, Prof. Nigel Roome, Haub Program in Business and the Environment, Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University, 4700 Keele St., North York, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada. Phone: (416) 736-5809. November 16-17, 1995 Event: "Environmental Enhancement through Agriculture" Place: Boston, Massachusetts Contact: William Lockeretz, School of Nutrition, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02115. Phone: (617) 627-3223. FAX: (617) 627-3887. Email: wlockeretz@infonet.tufts.edu Sponsor: Tufts University, Center for Agriculture, Food and Environment; American Farmland Trust; Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture ________________________________________________________________ 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 Boulevard, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351. FAX: (301) 504-6409. INTERNET: san@nalusda.gov APPENDIX Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program Regional Research Grants Schedules The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program is a continuation of what was formerly known as LISA. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis for research and educational projects in sustainable agriculture. 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 will be included in this as they become available. Following are the addresses of the Regional centers: North Central Region Western Region Steven S. Waller, Coordinator Phil Rasmussen, 13-A Activities Bld Coordinator Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln Ag Systems Technology Lincoln, NE 68583-0704 Utah State University (402) 472-7081 Logan, UT 84322-2300 FAX: (402) 472-0280 FAX: (801) 797-4002 Internet: agdn009@unlvm. (801) 797-2230 unl.edu Internet: soilcomp@cc.usu.edu Northeast Region Southern Region Frederick R. Magdoff, Gerald F. Arkin, Co-Coordinator Coordinator Dept. of Plant & Soil Contact: Paula Ford, Program Science Manager University of Vermont University of Georgia Burlington, VT 05405 Agriculture Experiment Station (802) 656-2630 Griffen, GA 30223-1797 FAX: (802) 656-4656 (404) 412-4787; Internet: FAX:(404) 412-4789 msimpson@moose.uvm.edu Internet: sareace@gaes.griffin. peachnet.edu NORTH CENTRAL REGION: IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD and WI January 23, 1995 Deadline for receiving full proposal March 8-10, 1995 Administrative Council meets to evaluate proposals March, 1995 Technical Committee meets to evaluate proposals April 3-5, 1995 Recommendation for project funding by Administrative Council SOUTHERN REGION: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN,TX, VA and VI January, 1995 Full Proposal due at the Host Consortium Producer-Initiated Grants due at Host Consortium Feb.27-March 1, 1995 Technical Committee meets to evaluate proposals March 1-3, 1995 Administrative Council reviews proposals and approves for funding June, 1995 Call for proposals for: research grants, producer initiated grants and training grants goes out in Region's newsletter. (Anyone wishing this notification, who is not already on the mailing list, should call the Southern Region office) WESTERN REGION: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA,WY and the Island Protectorates January 9, 1995 Distribution of Producer Initiated Grants Calls for Proposal (CFP) January 10, 1995 Deadline for Submission of Chapter 3 proposals March 6-7, 1995 Chapter 1 Technical Review Committee meets March 8-9, 1995 Chapter 3 Technical Review Committee meets (Tentative) March 27-28, 1995 Administrative Council Meets to consider Chapter 1 & 3 proposals August 21-24, 1995 Administrative Council Strategic Planning Retreat (will also consider Producer-Initiated-Grants NORTHEAST REGION: CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WV January 13, 1995 SARE/ACE Research & Education Proposals due. January 20, 1995 Farmer/Grower Grants Due January 26, 1995 Northeast SARE Administrative Council meets, Elizabeth, NJ. January 27, 1995 Sustainable Agriculture & Horticultural Crops: A Symposium, sponsored by the Northeast Region SARE and ACE Programs. Features findings and accomplishments from nine Northeast projects. For more information call Meri at 802- 656-0471. January 2, 1995 SARE Training (Extension) Proposals due. February 24, 1995 Northeast SARE Extension Coordinators meet, Syracuse, NY. March 19-21, 1995 Northeast SARE Technical Committee meets March 21-23, 1995 Northeast SARE Administrative Council meets. Early April, 1995 Funding decisions for all Northeast SARE & ACE Competitive Grants will be released.