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October 2001

Urban rodent summit among special events funded by IPM, SAREP


Conservation practices and riparian restoration will be discussed at a Yolo County event focused on bringing farm edges back to life.

DAVIS -- Two University of California statewide special programs and the International Tree Crops Institute have pooled together nearly $20,000 to fund 17 educational events, ranging from an urban rodent "summit" to an intergenerational farm transition workshop.

The UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP) and UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Project cooperated with the international tree crops organization to fund events addressing integrated pest management in agricultural or urban settings, workshops, field days, seminars and other events addressing integrated pest management in agricultural or urban settings. Some of the areas to be covered include organically acceptable pest control methods, biologically based alternatives to methyl bromide, agroforestry practices, and the development of sustainable community food systems.

"We are excited to fund such varied topics as workshops on coalition-building for farm-to-school programs, and events helping farmers make the transition to organic tree crop systems," said SAREP Director Sean L. Swezey.

IPM director Frank Zalom was glad his program is able to pool resources on events like the "Urban Rodent Summit" in the San Francisco Bay Area. "This kind of workshop meets the goals of both of our programs in subject areas of mutual interest," Zalom says. Grant recipients and funded events are grouped in three general areas:

Integrated Pest Management (funded through UC IPM)

  • "Urban Rodent Summit"-- Bruce Badzik, National Park Service, $1,500. Date: March 2002. Location: Fort Baker, Marin County. (415) 561-4831, Bruce_a._badzik@nps.gov
  • "Noxious Weeds Workshop" -- David Chang, Santa Barbara County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office, $900. Date/Location: TBA. (805) 681-5600, Dchang@co.santa-barbara.ca.us
  • "All S.Y.S.T.E.M.S. Go! IPM in School Gardens Workshop" -- Emily Chase Bueermann, Mariposa Elementary School PTA, $1,500. Date: September 29, 2001. Location: Redlands. (909) 875-5945

Community Development/Community Food Systems (funding from UC SAREP)

  • "PlacerGROWN Farm Conference" -- Bob Roan, PlacerGROWN, $1,500. Date: February 3, 2002. Location: Lincoln. (916) 823-7385
  • "Sonoma County Food System/Farm-to-School Coalition Building 2001" -- Christina Carpenter, $1,500. Sustainable Sonoma County, Date: September 2001. Location: TBA. (707) 824-9791, Sustain@sonic.net
  • "A Community Forum: Framing the Future of Nutrition & Meal Delivery Services in Napa & Solano Counties" -- Robin Crown, Area Agency on Aging Serving Napa and Solano, $1,500Date: October 26, 2001. Location: Fairfield. (707) 644-6612, Rlcrown@napanet.net
  • "Certified Organic Tree Crops: Transition, Growing Practices & Markets" -- Janine Hasey, UC Cooperative Extension Sutter-Yuba Counties, $1,280. Date/Location: TBA. (530) 822-7515, Jkhasey@ucdavis.edu
  • "Business Planning & Innovative Financing Strategies to Promote Intergenerational Farm Transitions" -- Steve Schwartz, California FarmLink, $1,500. Date/Location: TBA. (916) 443-4225, Info@californiafarmlink.org
  • "Solano County Jr. Master Gardener Educator Training" -- Jennifer Baumbach, University of California Cooperative Extension Solano County, $1,500. Date: October 6, 2001. Location: Fairfield. (707) 435-2803, Jmbaumbach@ucdavis.edu
  • "Community Gardening & Seed Saving Workshop" -- Miguel Altieri, ESPM-Division of Insect Biology, $1,450. Date: October 13, 2001. Location: Berkeley. (510) 642-9802 or 643-0541, agroeco3@nature.berkeley.edu or christos@nature.berkeley.edu

Agroforestry (funding from the International Tree Crops Institute USA Inc.)
  • "Designing Riparian Buffers for Rangelands to be used for Addressing TMDLs & Water Quality Issues in Sonoma & Marin Counties" -- Stephanie Larson, University of California Cooperative Extension Sonoma County, $1,500. Dates/Location: 3 meetings TBA. (707) 565-2621, Slarson@ucdavis.edu
  • "Bringing Farm Edges Back to Life!" (2 Field Meetings); "Conservation Practices for Sustainable Agriculture & Riparian Buffer Strip Creation/Restoration," (2 meetings) -- Vance Howard, Yolo County Resource Conservation District, $4,290. Dates: TBA. Location: Yolo County. (530) 662-2037, Howard@yolorcd.ca.gov

Media Contacts:
Lyra Halprin, (530) 752-8664, lhalprin@ucdavis.edu

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