Announcements August 2024
Upcoming Events
Happy National Farmers Market Week (August 4-10, 2024)! 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. Strawberry Center Field Day: 8/8
2. California State-Certified Prescribed Fire Burn Boss (CARX) Course, Los Osos: apply by 8/23
3. Cal Poly Meats and Poly Provisions: open Thurs, Fri, Saturdays
4. Cal Poly U-Pick and Farmstand: Wed and Saturdays
San Luis Obispo & Central Coast
5. Rodale California Organic Center Field Day, Camarillo: 8/8
6. Paso Robles Distillery Trail Weekend: 8/9-11
7. An Evening with Nicole Masters: Soil Resilience, Community and Connection, Santa Barbara: 8/11
8. Free Ranch Education Classes, Cuesta College: 8/12 – 9/28 & 9/30 – 11/23
9. Santa Barbara County Farm Day: 8/24
10. UC Forest Stewardship Workshop for landowners, San Luis Obispo: 8/27 - 10/22
11. National Heirloom Expo, Ventura: 9/10-12
12. Central Coast Bioneers Conference, Octagon Barn, San Luis Obispo: 10/4-5
California
13. Regenerative Ranching 101, San Mateo RCD: starts 8/7
14. Advancing Conservation on Working Lands, Paicines Ranch: 8/14-15
15. OFAC Sustainable Pest Management and Production Seminar, Tulare: 8/15
16. California Agriculture in the Classroom Conference, Costa Mesa: 9/27-29
17. Hoes Down Harvest Festival, Full Belly Farm, Guinda: 10/5
18. CAPCA 50th Annual Conference and Agri Expo South, Anaheim: 10/13-15
Virtual
19. How Organic Farming Practices Affect the Soil Microbiome, eOrganic: 8/13
20. Trad. Ecol. Knowledge (TEK) - Indigenous Stewardship Methods and Evaluations: 8/2, 8/27. 9/17
21. How Silvopasture Improves Animal Well-being, Ecosystem Health, Farm Profitability, Rodale: 8/14
22. Bridging Compost and Food Rescue: US Composting Council: 8/28
23. UC Ag Experts Talk: Avocado Pests and their Management in California: 9/4
Opportunities
24. ECCLP CSU-UC Undergraduate Internship and Graduate Mentorship applications: apply by 8/15
25. Sustainable Agriculture Action Plans, Western SARE: apply by 9/6
26. Request for Proposals: 2025 CA Small Farm Conference: due 9/15
27. CDFA Dairy Livestock Methane Reduction Grants: AMMP / DDRDP / DairyPlus: due 10/18
28. Professional + Producer & Farmer/Rancher Grants, Western SARE: due 10/22 & 10/23
29. Healthy Soil Grant Program, Zero Foodprint
To request your event be placed in our next announcement,
please send event information to: cfs@calpoly.edu
