Upcoming Events

Coming Events

BioCycle West Coast Conference
http://www.jgpress.com/conferences1/conferences1.html
April 16-18, 2007
San Diego, California
Composting, organics recycling and renewable energy are covered by this conference. Specific topics include food safety and compost pathogen sampling protocols, large-scale digester systems for dairies and food processors, agricultural waste management, and more.

The Role of Raised Beds in the Farm Organism
http://www.pfeiffercenter.org/workshops/index.asp
April 21, 2007
Chestnut Ridge, New York
The Pfeiffer Center presents the first in a series of spring workshops. This comprehensive workshop covers the principles and practical details of biodynamic raised bed field and garden vegetable production. The workshop is hands-on. Participants will experience handwork methods and work up to larger scale tractor techniques.

Agriculture at the Metropolitan Edge: New Ruralism and Other Strategies for Sustainable Development
April 5-6, 2007
Berkeley, California
The New Ruralism Symposium, a project of the Agriculture at the Metropolitan Edge Program at UC Berkeley, will bring together researchers, practitioners, producers and policy makers involved in bridging sustainable agriculture and smart growth. The symposium will explore systems- and placed-based issues affecting the urban-rural interface.
http://newruralism.pbwiki.com/Symposium

Agriculture in the City Conference
April 13-14, 2007
Boston, Massachusetts
The emerging importance of urban agriculture as a solution to many public problems is the focus of the 2007 Urban Agriculture in the City Conference entitled, "Urban Agriculture: Changing the Way We Think about Food, Hunger and Health." This conference organized by The Food Project will highlight research, policies and programs from the grassroots and up that are utilizing urban agriculture to address problems that relate to the health of producers, consumers, land and community.
http://thefoodproject.org/agriculture/Internal1.asp?ID=551

Living Green Expo
May 5-6, 2007
St. Paul, Minnesota
The Living Green Expo is a free, annual event that provides information and products to help Minnesotans improve the environmental and social impacts of their day-to-day living. The Expo features exhibitors of products, services, and information, along with workshops on a variety of sustainability and green living topics, including food and agriculture.
http://www.livinggreenexpo.org/index.cfm

Agricultural Biofuels: Technology, Sustainability, and Profitability
May 22-24, 2007
Brookings, South Dakota
The National Agricultural Biotechnology Council presents this opportunity for discussion of biotechnology in biofuels.
http://nabc19.sdstate.org/

This information is from Weekly sustainable agriculture news and resources gleaned from the Internet by NCAT staff for the ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service Web site.
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