Announcements August 2025

Upcoming Events

Happy National Farmers Market Week (August 3-9, 2025)!  If you need help finding a farmers market near you, try the USDA Farmers Market Locator Tool   

Please see below for links to upcoming events and opportunities. 

Cal Poly
1. Cal Poly Booth at SLO Farmers’ Markets: Downtown Thurs / Madonna Plaza Saturday
2. Cal Poly Peach U-Pick: select Wed and Saturdays
3. Cal Poly Meats and Poly Provisions: open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays

San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Monterey Counties
4. Produce Safety for Small-scale Farmers, City Farm SLO: 8/8 
5. Paso Robles Distillery Trail Weekend: 8/8-10
6. Colors of Conservation Art Show, The Land Conservancy, San Luis Obispo: 8/8-9
7. Five Cities Repair Café, Grover Beach: 8/9
8. Paddling Into a Natural Balance, Stories of Kayaking Around Channel Islands National Park, SLO: 8/15
9. Garden MythBusters 2.0, UC Master Gardeners, San Luis Obispo: 8/16
10. Nature Sunday: Native Bees of the Central Coast, SLO Botanical Garden: 8/24
11. Permaculture Workshop: Fruit Tree Summer Harvesting, Our Global Family Farm SLO: 8/24
12. Improving Economics through Sustainability Field Day, Soledad: 8/26
13. CAPCA Central Coast Label Update Meeting, Atascadero: 8/27 [early bird reg ends 8/13]
14. Rancher-to-Rancher Central Coast: Plan Grazing for Healthy Land & Livestock, Templeton: 8/29-30
15. Santa Barbara County Farm Day, SEEAG: 9/6
16. Victory Garden Workshop Series, UC Master Gardeners, Oceano: 9/7, 14, 21, 28
17. SLO County Creeks to Coast Cleanup, EcoSLO: 9/20 
18. Central Coast Bioneers, Octagon Barn, San Luis Obispo: 10/3-4

California
19. UCCE Grape IPM Summer Meeting, Stockton: 8/13
20. Sustainable Pest Management and Production Seminar, OFAC, Tulare: 8/14
21. Rodale California Organic Center Monthly Tour, Camarillo: 8/15
22. Ventura Avocado/Coastal Citrus Round Table, Assoc of Applied IPM Ecologists, Santa Paula: 8/18
23. Fire Recovery, RCD Support and Water Solutions, Avocado Growers Seminar, Somis: 8/21 
24. Citrus Post-Harvest Conference, Visalia: 9/4
25. California Earthworkers Summit, Santa Cruz: 9/11-13
26. Hoes Down Harvest Festival, Full Belly Farm, Guinda: 10/4
27. Trellis Impact 25, San Jose: 10/28-30
28. Sustainable Agriculture Summit, Anaheim: 11/19-20 [early bird ends 8/31]

Virtual
29. UC Ag Experts Talk: Field Crop Insect and Weed Management Updates: 8/6
30. Fire Up Your Fertility: DIY Biochar Made Simple, NCAT: 8/19
31. Regenerative Organic in Action – Connecting Soil, Supply and Social Fairness, Rodale Institute: 8/20
32. Biological Amendments, In-Furrow Fertility, Planting Best Practices, OATS: 9/16

Opportunities
33. Fellowships and Internships available at Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF)
34. Farmers sought for compost trials, US Composting Council and Zero Foodprint
35. CDFA Adaptive IPM for Invasive Agricultural Pests Program: apply by 8/29
36. Seeds for Bees application for free seeds now open: through 8/31
37. Request for Proposals: 2026 CA Small Farm Conference: due 9/15
38. Market Garden Manager job opening at Apricot Lane Farms

Resources
39. Public Comment: Draft 2025 Agricultural Water Management Plan Guidebook: closes 8/22
40. Grants for Small Farms Resource Page, UC Small Farms Program

To request your event be placed in our next announcement,
please send event information to: cfs@calpoly.edu