I suggest you call the offices of Marin Organic in Pt. Reyes. 100% of
all fruit and vegetable production in the county is certified
organic. The Executive Director, Helge Hellberg, can lead him to over
40 certified organic operations in a single county that produce
everything from fruit and vegetables to grass fed beef, chickens and
eggs, olive oil, wine, oysters and more. A really great place to see
organic agriculture in the US.
Janet Brown
Marin Organic member
Certified Organic Farmer
On Jun 16, 2006, at 9:04 AM, Stephen Kaffka 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
Janet Brown
Program Officer for Food Systems
Center for Ecoliteracy
"In cultures that are disappearing, usually there is a set of plants
that is going with them, and a spirit in the food, unique to the
culture, that is being lost."
Gabrial Howearth
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