WEB SITES
SAREP WEB information:
For the second time in two years, SAREP has received a national award for its Internet World Wide Web site (http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu). The 1997 silver award comes from Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE). “We’re particularly honored that this award comes from a group that focuses on agriculture and education,” says Jill Shore Auburn, SAREP associate director. SAREP received a bronze award in 1996 from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The ACE award particularly honors SAREP for its user-friendly approach. “We’ve deliberately kept the Web site graphics smaller and uncomplicated because many of our farmer and consumer users connect to it via low-speed modems,” says Auburn. SAREP’s Web audience is California farmers and others interested in sustainable agriculture issues including researchers, consumers, policy makers, UC administrators and government officials. Seven SAREP staff members contribute information to the site. The site allows users to search for and view information on a cover crops database with 400 color images of plants, summaries of dozens of SAREP-funded research projects, hundreds of newsletter articles and calendar entries.
Other Related Sites...
- Ag Labor Management
Agricultural employers can now use their computers to draw from a rich and expanding stock of labor management information provided on the World Wide Web by the University of California. The UC Agricultural Personnel Management Program (APMP) has assembled a wealth of links to material on such topics as employee recruitment and selection, supervision, farm workplace safety, wages and incentive pay, discipline, interpersonal relations on the job, and labor law. Educational articles, legal and government references, teaching tools, databases, research reports, newsletters, advice, and other resources from APMP staff are available. Of special interest to many farm employers and agricultural service providers are frequently updated links to government agency publications, databases, and compliance guides. Slide sets and experiential teaching materials can be downloaded to educators. Information in Spanish is also available. Web site guests may join AG-HRnet, an electronic forum on agricultural human resource management, or WPS-Forum, an active discussion network focusing on the federal worker protection standard and related pesticide safety regulations. A Web page serves as gateway to its reference archive. Through the “Electronic Farm Call” page, farm employers and others can contact any academic staff member of the APMP team: Farm advisors Gregory Encina Billikopf in Modesto, Brian Linhardt in Oroville, and Steve Sutter in Fresno, and Extension Specialist Howard Rosenberg in Berkeley. These Web pages are maintained by APMP Coordinator Betsey Tabraham, Tel: (510) 642-2296; email: tabraham@are.berkeley.edu, and Gregory Encina Billikopf, Tel: (209) 525-6654; email: gebillikopf@ucdavis.edu).
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, California
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is the federal government agency that works with the American people to conserve natural resources on private lands.
Sustainable Agriculture Network
Visit the Sustainable Agriculture Network’s (SAN) Web newly revamped and expanded site which features on-line books and a database of more than 1,000 research projects funded by the USDA’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. Aimed at farmers and ranchers, researchers, agricultural professionals, students and consumers, the site enables browsers to find sustainable agriculture experts in their own states by searching the Sustainable Agriculture Directory of Expertise, or the SARE database. Includes SARE grant forms, and information on contacting a regional SARE representative through the site’s email directory.
Sustainable Farming Connection
http://sunsite.unc.edu/farming-connection/
Two former editors of the New Farm magazine have launched Sustainable Farming Connection, an interactive World Wide Web site where farmers and others searching for more sustainable food systems can find and share valuable information.
ABSTRECO
http://www.bib.wau.nl/abstreco.html
ABSTRECO is a current bibliography of articles, reports, books and other publications relevant to the broad field of sustainable agriculture produced in Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Videos
UC Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems Project, 1997, 22 minutes. Provides an overview of the long-term University of California, Davis-based sustainable farming systems (SAFS) project, including background on experimental design, the participatory research process, and current findings. SAFS is funded in part by UC SAREP. For a copy of this free video, contact SAFS Project, Department of Agronomy and Range Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616; Tel: (916) 752-8940.
Towns in Transition: Managing Change in Natural Resource-Dependent Communities, 1996, 30 minutes, Oregon State University. Natural resource-dependent communities faced with change frequently go through “stages” described by researchers studying transition. This video shows how three communities in California, Oregon and Washington are managing change, and comes with a companion study guide that offers practical information to help other towns in transition. Tulelake, Calif. is in the first stage of transition due to relatively recent limits proposed for agricultural irrigation and pesticide use. Forks, Wash. is in the “Neutral Zone,” as it has been dealing with restrictions on logging since the late 1980s when the northern spotted owl was listed on the Endangered Species List. After more than 20 years of managing changes in the fishing industry, Astoria, Ore. has come through those stages and is in what is called “New Beginnings.” This video is aimed at leaders and other residents of natural resource-dependent communities, Extension agents, community development organizations, city, state and county economic development agencies, and federal and state agencies that manage natural resources. Narrated by “Northern Exposure” actor John Cullum, the video is $30, payable to Oregon State University by check, money order or purchase order. Send to: Publication Orders, Extension and Experiment Station Communications, Oregon State University, 422 Administrative Services, Corvallis, OR 97331-2119; Tel: (541) 737-2513.
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