Announcements August 2026
Upcoming Events
Happy National Farmers Market Week (August 2-8, 2026)! 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 Farm Booth @ Downtown SLO Farmer’s Market: Thursdays
2. Cal Poly Meats and Poly Provisions: open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays
San Luis Obispo & Central Coast
3. SLO Flower Collective Market, Dallidet Adobe, San Luis Obispo: Thursdays through October
4. Distillery Trail Weekend, Paso Robles: 8/7-9
5. Colors of Conservation Art Show, Land Conservancy of SLO: 8/7-8
6. Five Cities Repair Café, Grover Beach: 8/8
7. Farm Games Hoedown, City Farm SLO: 8/15
8. Garden Mythbusters 3 (Liars Club Version), Master Gardeners SLO: 8/15
9. Medicinal plants: how to grow, harvest and use them, Soloro, Creston: 8/16
10. Summer Salsa Canning Workshop, Master Preservers SLO: 8/22
11. Ruggedize: Engineered for Resilience, Reservoir Farms, Salinas: 8/26-27
12. Building a Better SLO: Innovative Cities Putting Sustainability into Practice: 9/10
13. Central Coast Organic Ag Conference, San Luis Obispo: 9/15-16
14. Santa Barbara Farm Day: 9/19
15. Creeks to Coast Cleanup, EcoSLO: 9/19
16. Back to Basics Permaculture Workshop - Shelter, Our Global Family Farm SLO: 9/19
17. California Agritourism Summit, SLO County: 9/23-25
California & the West
18. Regenerative and Organic Ag Meeting (ROAM), OFAC, Tulare: 8/6
19. Free Organic Transition Workshops, Riverside: 8/10
20. GEM vs. Hass Avocados, California Avocado Growers Seminar Series, Escondido: 8/18
21. Ventura County Agri-Tech Fair, Oxnard: 9/22
22. Hoes Down Harvest Festival, Full Belly Farm, Guinda: 10/3
23. REGENERATE Conference, Santa Fe NM: 10/28-30
24. California Agriculture & Climate Conference, Fresno: 11/9
25. California Germany Agrivoltaics Conference, UC Davis: 11/12
Virtual
26. UC Ag Experts Talk: Invasive Weed Species Miniseries: 8/5, 8/12, 8/19
27. Syntropic Agriculture: Organic Principles for Tropical Farming: 8/19
28. Building Soil Health and Nutrient Efficiency in Regenerative Organic Systems, Rodale Institute: 9/9
Opportunities
29. Free Ranch Education Courses, Cuesta College: starts 8/22 & 10/10
30. Internship Opportunities, Organic Seed Alliance: apply by 8/31
31. Seeds for Bees Program application for free seeds open through 8/31
32. Regenerative Agriculture Professional Courses, CSU Chico: first registration deadline 9/8
33. CDFA Dairy Plus Program: apply by 9/14
34. Request for Workshop Proposals: 2026 CA Small Farm Conference: due 9/15
35. Cachuma Resource Conservation District seeking Executive Director
Resources
36. 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
