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Unit 1: Conceptual Framework and Historical Foundations of Sustainable Agriculture

Examples of professional societies addressing sustainable agriculture:

National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA)

SARE sponsors workshops and tours featuring sustainable agriculture at the annual meeting of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. Learn more at the NACAA website. SARE also co-sponsors a fellows program with NACAA. Learn more at SARE/NACAA Fellows Program.

Association of Applied IPM Ecologists

American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America

ASA/CSA/SSSA holds a number of division sessions at their annual meeting that address sustainable agriculture:

• Environmental Quality

• Crop Ecology, Management & Quality

• Soil & Water Management & Conservation

• Soils & Environmental Quality

Entomological Society of America publishes the journal Environmental Entomology with a focus on biological control.