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Fall 2005 - Vol. 6/No. 1
*Managing the soil food web, water conservation*
These articles continue the SAFS’ project efforts to provide information on farming
practices and research that address environmental issues in California agriculture.
The page one article focuses on the importance
of food webs in alternative farming systems and the need for a transition following
conventional ag practices. See the page three
article for information on how winter cover crops and conservation tillage may help
farmers who are now accountable for pollutants draining off their land.
Articles:
Managing the soil food web in legume-vegetable rotations
(from page 1)
Sustainable ag research highlights differences among water conservation management practices
(from page 3)
Director Search: UC Davis and the UC Division of Agriculture and
Natural Resources (ANR) are seeking a director of the UCD Agricultural Sustainability
Institute (including existing campus sustainable ag projects) and the ANR Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP). The selected candidate will be
appointed as a full professor and the first holder of the UC Davis W.K. Kellogg
Endowed Chair in Sustainable Food Systems. For more information about the position
see
http://asidirectorsearch.caes.ucdavis.edu.
- SAFS Principal Investigators
| Crop Ecology | Louise Jackson, lejackson@ucdavis.edu |
| Crop Production | Steve Temple, srtemple@ucdavis.edu |
| Economics | Karen Klonsky, klonsky@primal.ucdavis.edu |
| Entomology | Frank Zalom, fgzalom@ucdavis.edu |
| Hydrology | Wes Wallender, wwwallender@ucdavis.edu |
| Nematology | Howard Ferris, hferris@ucdavis.edu |
| Plant Pathology | Lynn Epstein, lepstein@ucdavis.edu |
| Soil Microbiology | Kate Scow, kmscow@ucdavis.edu |
| Soil Fertility | Will Horwath, wrhorwath@ucdavis.edu |
| Soil & Water Relations | Jeff Mitchell, mitchell@uckac.edu |
| Weed Ecology | Tom Lanini, wtlanini@ucdavis.edu |
- SAFS Technical Staff
| Research Manager | Z. Kabir, kabir@ucdavis.edu |
| Crop Production Manager | Dennis Bryant, LTRAS associate director
dcbryant@ucdavis.edu |
| Web Content Development | Sam Prentice, seprentice@ucdavis.edu |
- SAFS Technical Advisors
| UC Cooperative Extension | Gene Miyao, emmiyao@ucdavis.edu |
Farm Advisors, Yolo &
Solano Counties | Kent Brittan, klbrittan@ucdavis.edu |
- Growers
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Jim Durst, jdurst@onemain.com; Scott Park, parkfarm@syix.com; Frank Muller, jmsyvsm@aol.com; Bruce Rominger, brrominger@ucdavis.edu;
Ed Sills, esills@earthlink.com; Tony Turkovich, tturk@bigvalley.net
- UC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP) Cooperating Outreach Staff
| Publications Editor | Lyra Halprin, lhalprin@ucdavis.edu |
| Web Development | James Cannon, safsweb@ucdavis.edu |
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