Proposals are due August 3 to Corky Poster for community architecture
projects. The Community Planning and Design Workshop is supported by the
College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture and the
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Applications are available
on-line at http://architecture.arizona.edu/outreach/cpdw/default.htm
* We are exploring an opportunity to work with USDA's Agricultural Research
Service as they develop methods to transfer technology to indigenous
peoples. Joe Hiller is collaborating with Dr.'s Leonard Lane and Dale Fox
at ARS's Southwest Watershed Research Center on a USDA Foreign Agriculture
Service-funded project. The main objectives will be to discover how the
Federal Agriculture Research Corporation (ARS counterpart) interacts with
the native Maori Tribes in New Zealand with respect to technology transfer;
and to use this information to enhance ARS programs with American Indian
Tribes in the U.S. The U.S. model differs by proposing to utilize CALS via
Cooperative Extension and Research along with Academic Programs and the
Tohono O'odham Community College.
* Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education proposals and Professional
Development proposals were selected to receive funding for farming
techniques dealing with: disease and pest control; pollution prevention;
water conservation; composting for soil building and nutrient waste
management; alternative cropping systems (including agroforestry); market
enhancement; and system diversification, among other related sustainable
agriculture topics.
- This year, more than $1,400,000 was awarded to research and education
projects; over $420,000 was allocated to professional education efforts for
agricultural personnel; and over $200,000 Also, $160,000 will be split
among Western states Cooperative Extension programs for state-level
sustainable agriculture professional development.
- Congratulations are extended to CALS faculty who received grant funding
from the Western Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
program (SARE) for the coming year: Stephen Nelson, UA Environmental
Research Lab, $95,200 - Tropical Ag; William McCloskey, Department of Plant
Sciences, $175,227 - Agronomy; Kevin Fitzsimmons, UA Environmental Research
Lab, $68,523 - Ag Systems; Patricia Vigil, producer, $2,768 - Ag
Marketing; and Rick Gibson, UA Cooperative Extension, $10,000 -
Professional Development Program - State Implementation. Grant Total
Funding for Arizona was $351,718.
* Arizona Department of Environmental Quality awarded $25,000 for the Our
Yard Recycling Garden. Cynthia Flynn will serve as PI on the grant and will
be working with Patsy Waterfall, John Begeman and Linda Drew, a Master
Gardener, on the project. The award is for one year. Funding provided will
construct the garden and a corresponding educational program.
* The Family and Consumer Sciences In-Service will be held August 16-17,
2001 at Chapel Rock Church Conference Center in Prescott. Contact Patty
Merk or Patti B. for details. The AEAFCS Association meeting will be held
on August 15 at the same location. Contact Juanita Waits for details.
* Martin Lemon, Science Outreach Coordinator for Monsanto, will be the
guest speaker at a biotechnology update seminar for faculty being held
August 29, 10:00-1:00 on campus. Contact Patti B. for details.
* The Direct Farm Marketing working group will be holding a planning
meeting on August 29 in Forbes 307 immediately following the biotechnology
seminar. Please RSVP to Russ Tronstad (621-2425) if you plan to attend.