Dear Organic Workgroup Members:
Please find the agenda for the UC ANR Organic Farming Workgroup Meeting set
for Tuesday, November 13, at the UC Davis University Club.
To register, go to this website:
https://ucce.ucdavis.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=2241
We have a limited amount of travel funds, so please indicate what you think
that it will cost for you to travel to the meeting. I will advise you if we
do not have adequate funds for your travel. Meeting registration, lunch and
breaks are covered at no cost to you through work group funds. We can hear
from up to 5 presenters.
Also, if you would like to make a 20 minute presentation on your research
and extension program, please send me a brief outline of what you would like
to present.
Feel free to contact me if you have questions. Office: (707) 463-4495
Cell: (707) 391-3003
Regards:
Glenn Mc.
UC ANR Organic Farming Workgroup Meeting
November 13, 2007
University Club, UC Davis
A G E N D A
8:45 Welcome, Introductions
8:50 California Organic Program: Update
Ray Green, California Organic Program, CDFA
9:30 Group Consultation with Tom Tomich UC SAREP and Shermain
Hardesty UC Small Farm Center: How does Organic Agriculture fit into the
ANR Mission and what are the linkages between campus, CE, and industry?
10:15 break
10:30 California Organic Farming Stats update / Organic Acreage
Growth and Contraction
Karen Klonsky, Ag and Resource Economics, UC Davis
11:20 Organic Farming Research and Extension Activities around the
state: 2 x 20 minute presentations and discussion. (submit your
ideas/interest to Glenn)
12:10 lunch
1:20 Organic Farming Research and Extension Activities around the
state (continued): 3 x 20 minute presentations and discussion. (submit
your ideas/interest to Glenn)
2:20 Organic Research Conference idea - new initiative of the UC
Vegetable Research and Information Center (VRIC) Tim Hartz, UC Davis Plant
Science
2:40 Other funding opportunities and collaborative research and
extension planning
3:30 Meeting evaluation
3:40 Adjourn
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