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CALENDAR of EVENTS -- All Short Notice!
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC)
CALENDAR OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EVENTS
February 21, 1997
Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)
Special Note: This edition contains only additions to the January 7
CALENDAR. Most of the events occur within about 1 month of today.
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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
February 28 - March 1, 1997
*Event: Farm Direct Marketing Conference
Place: Cavanaugh's at Yakima Convention Center
Contact: Pacific Northwest Farm Direct Marketing Assoc. (509) 547-5538
Sponsor: PNWDMA. Trade Show opens February 27.
February 28, 1997 (and additional dates)
*Event: Community Food Security Coalition Workshops
Sponsor: Community Food Security Coalition
Feb 28: Washington, DC Contact: Zy Weinberg, Public Voice 202-371-1840
March 6: Austin, TX Contact: Kate Fitzgerald, Sustainable Food Ctr,
512-385-0080
March 8: Loveland, CO ( part of Western SAWG conference- 1/2 day)
Contact: John Fawcett-Long, WSAWG, 206-935-8738
March 10: Portland, OR ( co-sponsored with World Hunger Year)
Contact: Deb Lippoldt, Oregon Food Bank, 503-282-0555
March 15: Hartford, CT ( part of NE Regional Food Conference, 1/2 day)
Contact: Mark Winne, Hartford Food System,
860-296-9325
March 18: East Troy, WI Contact: Gail Kahovic, Michael Fields Ag. Inst.,
414-642-3303
March 21: Los Angeles, CA Contact: Michelle Mascarenhas, LACFSN, 310-450-6897
March 1-2, 1997
*Event: Soul and Soil - Feeding Field and Communities
Place: O.S.U./A.T.I., Wooster, Ohio
Contact: OEFFA Conference, P.O. Box 82234, Columbus, Ohio
Sponsor: Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association
March 4, 1997
*Event: Future Trends in Animal Agriculture.
Conflict Resolution in Agricultural Issues: Working to
Reconcile Differences
Place: Regal University Hotel, Durham, North Carolina
Contact: David Brubaker, 717-733-2238; FAX 717-627-1847;
E-mail: dbrubak@aol.com
Sponsor: Future Trends, 145 S. Spruce Street, Lititz, Pennsylvania 17543
March 5, 1997 and additional dates
*Event: Sustainable Agriculture Production Techniques Conference Series
Place: Visalia, California, March 5; Selma, California, April 9;
Modesto, California, April 10; Escondida, California, May 8;
Encinitas, California, May 9; Santa Cruz, California TBA
Hopland, California, June 19;
Contact: Committee for Sustainable Agriculture,
408-763-2111, FAX 408-763-2112
March 5-6, 1997
*Event: 21st Century Agriculture -- Creating a Sustainable Future
Place: Aberdeen, SD
Contact: Tom Hanson at 701-857-7679 (fax 701-857-7676)
or Sue Retka Schill at 701-256-2424 (fax 701-256-2455)
Sponsor: North Dakota State University; South Dakota State University;
Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society;
North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education (SARE) Program
March 7-8, 1997
*Event: Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference
Place: Sinsinawa, WI
Contact: Upper Midwest Conference line: (715) 772-6819
Sponsor: Many, many great organizations
March 12-14, 1997
*Event: Farm Women's Symposium
Place: Bellaire, MI
Contact: Rebecca Finneran (616) 336-3282
Dawn Geers (616) 675-7713
Sponsor: Michigan State University
April 2 - 9, 1997 NOTE: Date changed from March 2- 9, 1997
*Event: Ranching for Profit School
Place: Kerrville, Texas
Contact: Elaine Kelly 505-898-7417 or 505-821-4214
Ranch Management Consultants
7719 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107
Sponsor: Ranch Management Consultants
______________________________
Andy Clark, Ph.D.
SAN Coordinator
c/o AFSIC, Room 304
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Ave.
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
PH: 301-504-6425
FAX: 301-504-6409
san@nal.usda.gov