RE: Visitor from Hungary

From: Brise Tencer (brise@ofrf.org)
Date: Tue Jun 20 2006 - 12:03:22 PDT

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    Hi all-
     
    I am in Santa Cruz, so could help with the visit to the UCSC agro-ecology
    program or other farms in the area if needed.
     
    Brise
     
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    Brise Tencer
    Legislative Coordinator
    Organic Farming Research Foundation
    P.O. Box 440, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
    831-426-6606, 831-426-6670 fax
    http//www.ofrf.org

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    From: owner-organicfarm@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-organicfarm@ucdavis.edu]
    On Behalf Of aziz baameur
    Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 9:37 AM
    To: Shrestha, Anil
    Cc: Stephen Kaffka; aziz baameur; <organicfarm@ucdavis.edu>; László Radics;
    mario Moratorio
    Subject: Re: Visitor from Hungary

    6/19/06 (9:40 am)

    Hi Anil

    I can take the visitor around the 11, 17, or 18 to visit a couple of
    operations in Hollister, San juan Bautista, Morgan Hill and I'll arrange to
    take him to the Agroecology Center in Santa Cruz.

    He may need to be in the area the evening before the day of the tour.

    Please let me know as you're finalizing the schedule so i can accommodate
    competing requests.

    PS: August 7-9 is the International Conference on The Future of Agriculture:
    Science, Stewardship, and Sustainability in Sacramento. He may already know
    about it.

    Aziz
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    On Jun 16, 2006, at 9:22 AM, Mario S. Moratorio wrote:

    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

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    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

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    UC Cooperative Extension
    Urban Horticulture and Small Farms Advisor
    

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