National Sustainable Agriculture Education conference

Posted by on January 13, 2006

The UC Davis College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences & Student Farm and the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS), are jointly convening a national sustainable agriculture education conference on January 24-25, 2006. Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture: A Participatory National Conference on Post-Secondary Education will take place at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California. Please see the attached announcement for more details.

The goal of the conference is to facilitate a national, cross-disciplinary dialogue on learning and teaching that informs and promotes the continued development of educational programs in sustainable agriculture. The conference will use an interactive, participatory format. Specific conference content will be determined largely by the conference participants. To help identify the specific goals and objectives of conference participants, all registrants will be asked to fill out a Needs Assessment and Interest Form (see below).

To register for the conference, there are two steps:
1. Registration Form. Print a hard copy of the attached Registration Form, fill it out and mail or fax it with your payment to the Ecological Farming Association (see address on form). Information on lodging and meals is included on the form. Note: Registration Fee waivers for students may be available; for more information, contact Albie Miles (afmiles at ucsc.edu) prior to registration.

2. Needs Assessment and Interest Form. Open the attached Needs Assessment document. Do not print this form; complete it electronically and e-mail your completed form as an attachment to: afmiles at ucsc.edu

For more information on the conference, contact Albie Miles at afmiles at ucsc.edu or (831) 459-4661.

Please forward this email to anyone you feel would be interested. Note that conference information and forms are also available at the following web sites:
UC Davis Student Farm: http://studentfarm.ucdavis.edu
UCSC CASFS: http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/casfs/