Announcements July 2022
Upcoming Events
We hope you are enjoying the fruits (and veggies) of summer! Please see below for links to upcoming events and opportunities in sustainable agriculture -
Cal Poly
1. Introduction to Utility Wildfire Risk Mitigation Webinar, Swanton Pacific Ranch: 7/14
2. Cal Poly Strawberry Center Field Day: 7/28
San Luis Obispo County
3. Night Harvest Light and SWEEP Grants, Vineyard Team: 7/15
4. Open Farm Days: FARMstead ED: 7/15-17
5. Open Garden Day, UC Master Gardeners: 7/16
6. California Mid-state Fair, Paso Robles: 7/20-31
7. Land Use, Pasture, Holistic Management Workshops, Cuesta College: 9/10, 10/8, 11/18-19
8. Dutch Oven Cooking Classes, Cuesta College: 10/8, 11/19
California
9. Agri-Pulse Food and Ag Issues Summit: Reinventing Resiliency, Sacramento: 7/11
10. Sierra Foothills Cattle and Sheep Grazing School, Auburn: 7/14-15
11. CAPCA Annual Conference, Anaheim, early registration deadline: 8/30
Virtual
12. Soil Health Do’s and Don’ts webinar: 7/12
13. Urban and Innovative Agriculture 101: What the USDA is doing now: 7/14
14. Sustainable and Organic Production webinar, Organic Fertilizer Assoc of CA: 7/14
15. The Composting Handbook as a Reference webinar, USCC Foundation: 7/14
16. FoodTank Listening Session: Strengthening Nutrition and Food Security Research: 7/14
17. Science on the Hill: Climate Smart Agriculture: 7/15
18. The Art and Science of Vineyard Grazing: 7/18
19. Sustainable Agronomy Conference: 7/19, 7/26, 8/2, 8/9
20. Virtual Field Day: Integrating Livestock in Organic Crops: 7/20
21. Farms Under Threat 2040: Choosing an Abundant Future for CA, American Farmland Trust: 7/27
22. Soil Health Institute Annual Meeting: Scaling Up Soil Health: 8/11-12
Opportunities
23. Leopold Conservation Awards nominations due: 7/18
24. UC Academic Coordinator positions – Organic Agriculture Institute & Small Farms Network: 7/28
25. Sustainable Agriculture Action Plan grant opportunity, Western SARE: 8/15
26. Seeds for Bees applications due: 8/31
To contact us with additional announcements, please email cfs@calpoly.edu
