Announcements February 2023

                                                                                                                              Image credit: Citrus Chicks 

Small Farm Tech Day is happening Monday, March 6th at City Farm SLO as part of the California Small Farm Conference - the event will feature demos of a no till drill, electric tractor, harvest bot and more! Free and open to the public.
 
Please see below for links to more upcoming events and opportunities in sustainable agriculture: 

Upcoming Events

1. Small Farm Tech Day, City Farm SLO: 3/6

Cal Poly
2. Social Justice Teach-In: 2/9
3. Scion Exchange, Grafting Clinic and Rootstock Sale: CA Rare Fruit Growers: 2/18
4. Aspire to Grow Conference: Diversity and Innovation in Food and Agriculture: 2/22
5. Proposal Process for Wildfire Fuels Treatment w/ Prescribed Grazing webinar: 2/24
6. Change the Status Quo: Social Justice Leadership Conference: 2/25

San Luis Obispo
7. Community Leaders in Food Rescue and Resilience, SLO Food System Coalition: 2/7
8. Spring Swarms! Central Coast Beekeepers Alliance, Santa Margarita: 2/9
9. Ranch Education Program, Cuesta College: begins 2/9
10. The Possibilities of Mushrooms, SLO Museum of Art: 2/13
11. Digging and Dividing Dahlias and Backyard Composting, UC Master Gardeners SLO: 2/18
12. BlendFest Coastal Excursions: Harmony Headlands, Seaweed Foraging and more: 2/23-25
13. N. American Strawberry Growers Association Meeting and Symposium, San Luis Obispo: 3/7-10

California
14. Dry Farming Symposium, Orchard Planning Short Courses and more, UCSC Center for Agroecology
15. Nicole Masters Reading the Land Workshop, Paicines Ranch: 2/6-7
16. CA Plant and Soil Science Conference, Fresno: 2/7-8
17. World Ag Expo, Tulare: 2/14-16
18. Cover Crops: Leading Strategy for Soil Health & AgOrder4.0 Compliance, Soledad: 2/16
19. Agricultural GHG and Soil Carbon Accounting with COMET-Farm, Salinas: 2/17-18
20. 2nd Regenerative Almond Field Day, Burroughs Family Farms, Ballico: 2/21-22
21. CA Rangeland Conservation Coalition Summit: Rangeland and Fire, Stockton: 2/24
22. CA Small Farm Conference Regional Gatherings: 3/2-6
23. Natural Foods Expo West, Anaheim: 3/7-11

Virtual & Hybrid
24. NCAT AgriSolar Clearinghouse webinar series: ongoing
25. UC Organic Agriculture Seminar Series for Growers: Tuesdays
26. NRCS Biological Nutrient Management webinar: Best Organic Practices: 2/6
27. NRCS Fundamentals of Food Labels: Organic, Naturally Grown, Salmon Safe, Bee Better: 2/7
28. eOrganic Scaling Up Seed Production, Data Management and Analysis: 2/7 & 2/14
29. Briefing on Organic Priorities for 2023 Farm Bill, Organic Trade Association: 2/8
30. 11th Annual Seed Library Summit: 2/11
31. Measuring Soil Health at Scale, Soil Health Institute: 2/16
32. College Conference on Cooperatives, National Farmers Union: 2/16-19
33. Climate Action Webinar Series, Community Environmental Council of SB: 2/16 & 2/23
34. eOrganic Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation webinar: 2/21 
35. USDA 2023 Agricultural Outlook Forum: 2/23-24
36. CA Small Farm Conference Virtual Workshops: 2/26 – 3/1
37. NRCS Silvopasture - What it is and What it is not: 2/28

Opportunities 
38. Farm Robotics Challenge: starts 2/1 
39. Summer Internships at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center: apply by 2/15
40. Sustainability Summer Internship, Dole, Salinas
41. Taylor Farms summer internships: apply by 3/15
42. Career Openings, California Association of Resource Conservation Districts
43. Jobs and Opportunities, EcoFarm Association 
44. Jobs at the Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)

Resources
45. Sustainable Pest Management: Roadmap for California 
       Webinars summarizing recommendations: urban settings 2/28 , agricultural 3/2 

For questions, comments, or to notify us of events and opportunities, please email:  cfs@calpoly.edu