I can take him to visit a couple of the organic/CSAs in Capay Valley, such
as Full Belly Farm, Eatwell Farm and possibly Capay Organics/Farmfreshtoyou
It all depend on the dates.
Regards
Mario
On 6/16/06 9:04 AM, "Stephen Kaffka" <srkaffka@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> Dear Work Group members,
>
> I received the same email as Anil. Here are some suggestions to get the
> ball rolling. We would be happy to organize a day with him here at Davis,
> allowing him to visit interested faculty, the LTRAS/SAFS project and the
> Student Farm.
>
> He would probably enjoy a visit to UCSC and the agroecology project there.
>
> There are several organizations representing or working with organic
> farmers in California like the Organic Farming Research Foundation, CAFFs
> and others that may be willing to help organize a tour. Perhaps SAREP can
> help or be the organizing entity?
>
> I suggest that an important part of a tour would be visits with some large
> scale growers as well as market gardeners and specialty producers. For
> example, I know that the Driscoll Company grows a lot of organic
> strawberries along the Central Coast, and there are some large-scale
> lettuce and other produce companies both on the coast and in the San
> Joaquin Valley.
>
> Steve Kaffka
>
>
> At 08:28 AM 6/16/2006, Shrestha, Anil wrote:
>> A professor from Hungary (Chair of the Department of Ecological and
>> Sustainable Production Systems, Corvinus University of Budapest) is
>> interested in visiting organic farms in California. He will be here from
>> August 8-21. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in showing him
>> some places or letting me know of some places he could visit. I will
>> prepare a list of places and pass the info to him.
>> Thanks
>> Anil
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Anil Shrestha
>> IPM Weed Ecologist
>> University of California
>> Statewide IPM Program
>> 9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
>> Parlier, CA 93648
>> Phone: 559-646-6534/559-646-6528
>> Cell: 559-790-9789
>> Fax: 559-646-6593
>> Email: anil@uckac.edu
>> Web: www.weedbiology.uckac.edu
>>
>
> Stephen R. Kaffka
> Director, Center for Integrated Farming Systems
> Extension agronomist
> Department of Plant Sciences
> Mail Stop 1
> University of California
> One Shields Avenue
> Davis, California 95616-8780
> tel: 530-752-8108
> fax: 530-752-4361
--
Mario Moratorio
UC Cooperative Extension
Urban Horticulture and Small Farms Advisor
501 Texas St. 70 Cottonwood St
Fairfield, CA 94533 Woodland, CA 95695
(707) 784 1325 (530) 666 8143
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