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RESOURCES
AND NEWS ARCHIVES 2008
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- NRAES is preparing to publish Raspberry and Blackberry Production Guide for the Northeast, Midwest, and Eastern Canada. The book provides information on all aspects of raspberry and blackberry culture from site selection and preparation, trellising and pruning, to nutrient management, to harvesting and marketing. It will be the only comprehensive resource for both novice and experienced growers as well as crop advisors and educators. It will be available in March 2008.
- - Special pre-printing prices are available for single copies ($25 plus s+h) or bulk orders ($22 plus s+h, 25 copy minimum). The list price is expected to be $37.
- - The book will be 156 pages and have 14 chapters, 134 color photos, 36 line drawings, 30 tables, 18 side bars, a glossary, and suggestion for further reading.
- - The book was edited by Lori Bushway and Marvin Pritts from Cornell University and David Handley from the University of Maine.
The deadline for pre-press orders and sponsorship commitment is February 15, 2008. The book will be available in March 2008!
For more information, including a two-page flier, sample pages, and a table of contents, click here or go to www.nraes.org. You can place your order for books or sponsorship on the NRAES secure web site.
For more information, contact the NRAES staff at:
NRAES
PO Box 4557
Ithaca, NY 14852-4557
607-255-7654
607-254-8770 fax
mailto:nraes@cornell.edu
www.nraes.org
- Post-graduate scholars studying sustainable and organic agricultural practices and issues are invited to apply for the 2008 Organic Crop Improvement Association Research and Education $1000.00 Scholarship.
The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage study and research in the area of organic agriculture.
Deadline: January 31, 2008. Stephanie Newman,
OCIA Research and Education, Inc., phone: 402-261-0495,
web: http://www.ocia.org/ocia%20rne/index.htm
- Spreadsheet Helps Calculate Cost Of Raising Meat Goats
A new budget spreadsheet from South Dakota State University (SDSU) can help producers calculate the costs of producing goats for the meat goat market.
SDSU Extension beef specialist Ken Olson says meat-goat production can be incorporated as a stand-alone production enterprise or as a complement with beef cattle. Goats can take advantage of rough forages and shrubs, and provide control for certain noxious weeds.
Find the Excel spreadsheet at: econ.sdstate.edu/Extension/otherlinks.htm.
- The North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) Program's current call for graduate student proposals is now avaiable. The call for proposals is available on the NCR-SARE website. Graduate students enrolled at colleges or universities in the North Central Region can submit proposals for up to $10,000 to fund sustainable ag projects that will be part of their educational programs.
We expect to be able to fund about 15 projects in the twelve-state North Central Region. Proposals are due in the NCR-SARE office in St Paul MN by January 23, 2008. If you or potential applicants have questions about the program, feel free to contact Bill Wilcke at wilck001@umn.edu or 612-625-8205.
- USDA-CSREES has just released the RFA for the Integrated Organic Program.
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/organic.htm
Applications must be received by Grants.gov by close of business (COB) on January 9, 2008 (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time), and completion of a CRIS data search is REQUIRED for all proposals submitted to the Integrated Organic Program. Refer to the RFA for additional details on application requirements.
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