1996-1997 Grants for Educational Events
William Brooks, Central Coast Resource Conservation and Development Council. $1,000. Baled Straw as an Energy Efficient Alternative Material for Low-Cost Construction in Rural Communities. Date: November 26, 1996. Location: Salinas. For more information contact: (408) 758-1469
Linda Chase, Emergency Food Bank, Jubilee Farm Project. $1,000 for 2 events. Composting and Biological Control Workshops. Dates: TBA. Location: Stockton. For more information contact: (209) 464-7369
Jan Dietrick, Dietrick Institute for Applied Insect Ecology. $1,530 for 2 events. Fighting New Pests of Avocados Biologically. Dates: TBA. Location: TBA. For more information contact: (805) 643-2325
Roger Ingram and David Pratt, UC Cooperative Extension. $1,000. The California Grazing Academy. Date: TBA. Location: Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center, Browns Valley. For more information contact: (916) 889-7385
Jill Klein, Community Alliance with Family Farmers Foundation Lighthouse Farm Network. $5,000 for 5 events. Lighthouse Farm Network Educational Events.
Doing Research on Your Farm. Mid-December 1996. Woodland.
Biological Control of Strawberries on the Central Coast. Mid-February 1997. Aptos Berry Farm, Watsonville.
Beneficial Insect Identification and Worker Safety Training (in Spanish). March 1997. Madison.
Integrating Livestock on the Farm. February 1997. Hollister.
Building Soil Fertility with Cover Crops and Compost. November 6,1996. France Ranch, Porterville.
For more information contact: (916) 756-8518
Stephanie Larson, UC Cooperative Extension. $1,000. Producing Wool to Meet Organic Standards for the Sustainability of the Sheep Industry. Date: TBA. Location: Sonoma/Marian County. For more information contact: (707) 527-2621
Brenda Ouwerkerk, San Luis Obispo County Ag Commissioner’s Office. $1,000. Yellow Star Thistle Forum II. Date: December 5, 1996. Location: San Luis Obispo. For more information contact: (805) 781-5910
Milt McGiffen, UC Riverside Department of Botany and Plant Sciences. $935. Integrated Nutsedge Management. Date: March 25, 1997. Location: UC Riverside. For more information contact: (909) 787-2430
William Oswald, UC Environmental Engineering and Health Sciences Lab. $1,000. Commissioning of an Advanced Integrated Wastewater Ponding for the Treatment and Reclamation of Dairy Waste at Kehoe Dairy, Point Reyes National Seashore. Date: April 1997. Location: Kehoe Dairy, Point Reyes National Seashore Headquarters. For more information contact: (510) 231-5682
Bob Roan, PlacerGROWN. $1,000. PlacerGROWN Farm Conference. Date: January 18, 1997. Location: Lincoln. For more information contact: (916) 889-7398.
Kristen Schroeder, San Mateo Resource Conservation District. $1,000. Cover Cropping on the Central Coast: Problems and Solutions for Coastal San Mateo County. Date: January 15, 1997. Location: San Mateo County. For more information contact: (415) 726-4660