VASCM: Next Meeting Tomorrow Wed, Oct. 16 - Vineyard Floor Management, 6pm at Equinox; Dinner at Avanti

[Mary Lindsay, Muns Vineyard]

If you are planning on attending the meeting tomorrow (and we hope you 
are!), we have a reservation at Avanti Restaurant nearby on Mission 
Street (1917 Mission St.) for anyone who would like to have dinner there 
following the meeting, about 8:30pm.

As well, we have an addition to the program:
David Moore (you may recall Dave when he was the vineyard manager at 
Savannah-Chanelle) will talk about weed management with the use of an 
organic/reduced-risk herbicide.


*N**ext meeting of the VASCM:*
**
This Wednesday, Oct. 16, 6pm

*Agroecological Principles for Vineyard Floor Management*
with Steve Gliessman, UCSC Professor Emeritus, Alfred E. Heller 
Professor of Agroecology and Founder, UCSC Agroecology Program; and 
vineyard owner, Condor's Hope Winery in Santa Barbara

Steve Gliessman will talk about balancing the decisions to be made in 
the vineyard about the often competing practices of cover cropping, 
cultivation timing, and soil moisture management.

Where: Equinox/Bartolo Winery (website here <http://equinoxwine.com/>)
427 Swift St., Unit C (around the back of the building)
- this is on the westside, off of Hwy. 1 (and thank you to Jennifer and 
Barry Jackson!)

See the directions below.

Steve Gliessman has made significant contributions to the field of 
agroecology, we have been wanting and trying to bring him in as a 
speaker for the past few years, and we are pleased he is able to speak 
to us now.

We hope everyone is having an excellent harvest and crush, and look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

The VASCM Board
- Mary Lindsay
- Rachel Ormes
- June Salsbury
- Bruce Manildi


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*Directions to Equinox/Bartolo Winery*
427 Swift St., Unit C (around the back of the building)


coming up Highway 1 North:
As you come into Santa Cruz there will be a large cloverleaf interchange 
to continue North on Highway 1
Take the cloverleaf around, following the signs for Highway 1 North 
(follow signs to Half Moon Bay),
Take a slight right on Mission Street.
After 1.6 miles, turn left on Swift Street

coming from Highway 17 South:
Take Highway 1 North (follow signs to Half Moon Bay),
Take a slight right on Mission Street,
After 1.6 miles, turn left on Swift Street.

Coming from Highway 1 South:
As you come into Santa Cruz take a Left on Swift Street. It is the 
second traffic light you will come to when entering Santa Cruz.


*About Steven R. Gliessman:*

An internationally recognized leader in the field of agroecology, 
Stephen (Steve) Gliessman is the Alfred E. Heller Professor of 
Agroecology in UC Santa Cruz's Environmental Studies Department, where 
he has taught since 1981. He was the founding director of the UCSC 
Agroecology Program; he founded and directs the Program in Community and 
Agroecology (PICA), an experiential living/learning program at UCSC; he 
heads UCSC's Agroecology
Research Group, an interdisciplinary body of faculty, students and 
others in the agroecological community; and he is the author of numerous 
books and articles. In 2008, Gliessman became the chief editor of the 
internationally known Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. In 2001, Steve 
and his wife Robbie Jaffe started the Community Agroecology Network 
(CAN). CAN's goal is to help a network of rural, primarily 
coffee-growing communities in Mexico and Central America develop self 
sufficiency and sustainable growing practices.

Gliessman defines agroecology as the application of ecological concepts 
and principles to the design and management of sustainable food 
systems.  Research has included the conversion of conventional cropping 
systems to ecologically-based management; and the interface between 
agroecosystems and natural ecosystems.

Gliessman owns Condor's Hope Ranch in Santa Barbara County, an organic 
orchard and vineyard. 
<http://www.condorshope.com/>http://www.condorshope.com/