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The Scientific Congress on Organic Agricultural Research

Inaugural Assembly
January 23-24, 2001
Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA

Sponsored by the Organic Farming Research Foundation
Co-Hosted by the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems,
University of California, Santa Cruz

Meeting Information and Transcripts

Meeting Agenda

Meeting Summary [Adobe Acrobat PDF, 76K]

Participant List

Contents of Transcripts [Adobe Acrobat PDF, 122K]

Transcript of General Assembly 95 pages [Adobe Acrobat PDF, 357K]

Transcripts of Breakout Sessions

Soils 13 pages [Adobe Acrobat PDF, 136K]

Organic Systems Research Methods 18 pages [Adobe Acrobat PDF, 142K]

Health/Quality of Organic 21 pages [Adobe Acrobat PDF, 183K]

Economics, Marketing and Communities 18 pages [Adobe Acrobat PDF, 115K]

Information Management Exchange 21 pages [Adobe Acrobat PDF, 115K]

Environmental Consequences of Organic 13 pages [Adobe Acrobat PDF, 116K]

System Design and Role of Livestock 9 pages [Adobe Acrobat PDF, 78K]

This meeting marked the first in a series of regional and national meetings, bringing together producers and scientists to share their knowledge of organic production systems. This event began the process of building a national agenda to guide development of new organic programs and initiatives nationwide in the coming decade.

The focus was on organic farming systems and a systems approach to organic research and information exchange. As the inaugural session of the Congress, the meeting also reviewed and refined the structure and process of SCOAR itself, setting the agenda for future activities.

The Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) initiated the SCOAR project and will serve as facilitator of the dialogues it creates. SCOAR's mission is to plan and promote organic farming research and information-exchange for understanding and improving organic agricultural systems. SCOAR is envisioned as a multi-year collaboration among certified organic growers, researchers, extension agents, educators, and others.

OFRF gratefully acknowledges funding support for the SCOAR project from:
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, Farm Aid, Newman's Own Organics, Wallace Genetic Foundation,
Magnolia Charitable Trust, Philanthropic Ventures Foundation--Barkley Fund, Gap Foundation,
and the US Dept. of Agriculture - Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems.