Announcements December 2024
Upcoming Events
Seasons Greetings! And Happy Healthy Soils Week 2024 (Dec.2-6)
Please see below for links to Cal Poly products for sale for the holidays, as well as upcoming events and opportunities in sustainable agriculture:
Cal Poly
1. Cal Poly Student-made Cheese Gift Boxes : order by 12/4 for delivery, by 12/6 for pickup
2. Cal Poly Wines and Gift Packages
3. Poly Plant Shop Holiday Sale: 12/7
4. Cal Poly Meats Holiday Orders: pickup by 12/21
San Luis Obispo & Central Coast
5. Johnson Ranch Tree Planting, Eco-SLO, San Luis Obispo: 12/14
6. Morro Bay Bird Festival: 1/16-20
7. Cuesta Ranch Education: Introduction to Land Use Planning and Grazing: 1/21 – 3/22
8. EcoFarm Pre-Conferences: 1/21-22
9. EcoFarm Conference, Pacific Grove: 1/22-25
10. 17th Annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap: 1/26
California
11. Small Farm Tech Expo, Kingsburg: 12/12
12. Sustainable Foods Summit, San Francisco: 1/22-23
13. Unified Wine and Grape Symposium, Sacramento: 1/28-30
Virtual
14. Cover Crops for Soil Health & Weed Suppression in Cotton, Soil Health Institute: 12/4
15. The Role of Regenerative Organic Ag in Protecting the World’s Soil, Rodale Institute: 12/5
16. CDFA/CARB Cal Fleet Transition Incentives Webinar: 12/6
17. NASEM Climate Conversations: Reimaging Household Products: 12/6
18. Grower Round Table, Vineyard Team: 12/10
19. Recharging California: Building Resilient Watersheds, Sustainable Conservation: 12/10
20. Biochar-based system for removal of PFAS from recycled water: 12/12
21. Using Weed Control User Tool (WeedCUT) to help design your IPM approach: 12/13
22. LEED Green Associate Training: 12/14, 1/18, 2/15 or On-Demand [discount code ‘green’]
23. Electric Weeding in Organic Perennial Crops, Oregon State: 1/14
Opportunities
24. UC SAREP Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Small Grants Program: due 1/14
25. Youth Empowerment Program Facilitator, City Farm SLO: apply by 12/22
26. Smithsonian Env. Research Center (SERC) Summer Internships: apply by 2/15
27. Sustainability Specialist, Straus Family Creamery
28. Agricultural Environmental Systems Specialist, Ventura RCD
To submit your event or opportunity, please email cfs@calpoly.edu
