http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu The keyword for this page is Education: Resources weekly 1 2007-06-29T06:00:49Z http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/links/farmbeginnings Farm Beginnings is a year-long educational training and support program designed to help people plan and begin sustainable farm enterprises. Participants begin with 10 winter seminar sessions that focus on goal-setting and planning for profit. They are then offered a variety of hands-on experiences in the spring, summer, and fall, during which they network with successful, innovative farmers through apprenticeships, mentorships, field days and conferences. Farm Beginnings™ also helps beginning farmers create links with experienced farmers through farm partnerships, land and equipment use and/or rental. Instruction is geared towards small-scale operations, the kind needed for strong, local food systems. Small scale producers, like those coming out of the Farm Beginnings™ program are precisely the type of farmer that is likely to participate in developing a local food system. UIUC's involvement, in terms of coordination and speakers, represents an investment in a future local food system in Illinois. No publisher Demeter Education: Activities Organic: Education Education: Resources 2008-02-03T20:35:42Z Link http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/links/sare The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program is part of USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) and administers a competitive grants program. ASAP hosts the North Central Region’s sustainable agriculture coordinator, who is charged with actively promoting, educating, facilitating, and networking with audiences interested in receiving SARE grants (there are four grant programs: research and eduation, professional development, farmer/rancher, and graduate student). Information about each of the grant programs is distributed electronically and in print to Extension personnel, NGO’s, and various state and federal agencies. No publisher Demeter Environment: Resources Education: Resources 2007-07-17T20:22:14Z Link http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/members/michellewander/sustweb Site brings together links to resources to help us address and manage the social side of these issues. No publisher michellewander Education: Resources 2008-04-27T13:28:02Z Page http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/members/michellewander/sare08follow Many of the posters, breakout session presentations, and handouts from the 2008 SARE Conference are now available online. No publisher sanet Environment: Resources Education: Resources 2008-06-02T21:08:37Z Page http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/members/michellewander/nwfcelink Link with Campus Sustainability Case Studies posted on the National Wildlife Federation Site No publisher NWF Education: Resources 2008-05-30T21:09:51Z Link http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/groups/website/look/nar07 Proceedings including links to talks that were given at this 2007 conference June 11-13 Rochester MN No publisher pom Education: Resources 2008-05-28T17:24:04Z Link