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2008 Sustainable Farming Systems Field Day
UC Davis Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility
Join us on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 for field tours and field demonstrations at the UC Davis Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility.
Sign-in/registration
starts at 8 a.m. with program beginning at 8:30 a.m. Events conclude
at 1:30 p.m. Contact Patricia Lazicki at 530-220-2319 (or patricia.lazicki@gmail.com) or for more information.
Please register using the form at right. Cost is $5 per person (growers and students are free).
A local, seasonal lunch is included with registration
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- June 17 Russell Ranch/SAFS field day
Growers, researchers collaborate at sustainable ag field day
One hundred researchers, farmers, representatives from local, state and federal
government agencies and non-profit organizations gathered in a Yolo County grower's
sunflower and tomato fields to see the implementation of sustainable agricultural
farming practices championed by University of California researchers.
The UC Davis Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems (SAFS) project's 19th annual
field day took place June 22, 2007 at Muller and Sons Farm in Woodland. Members of
the Muller family have been cooperators with the SAFS project for many years,
according to Will Horwath, SAFS project leader and a soil biogeochemist in UCD's
land, air and water resources (LAWR) department.
More coming soon...
2006 Sustainable Farming Systems Field Day
UC Davis Sustainable Agriculture Center, Russell Ranch
The SAFS annual Field Day was June 22, 2006. It attracted more than 115 participants
representing a broad range of agricultural interests. Attendees were presented with research
on the pros and cons of conservation tillage, organic insecticides, crop rotation, cover
cropping and organic corn production, as well as a keynote speech by Rick Roush, director
of the statewide UC Integrated Pest Management Program.
Click here to read more about the event in this article,
reprinted with permission from the Capital Press.
Newsletter, Summer 2006, v6-no.3
2005 Sustainable Farming Systems Field Day
UC Davis Sustainable Agriculture Center, Russell Ranch
The 2005 SAFS field day was June 23. Almost 100 participants attended, representing a broad range of
agricultural interests. Attendees were shuttled to four field presentations
around the UCD Russell Ranch research facilities ranging from water
conservation to soil food web dynamics to agronomic considerations in
reduced tillage systems.
Click here to read more about the event in this article,
reprinted with permission from the Davis Enterprise.
