Announcements June 2025
Happy Pollinator Week! (June 16-22, 2025) Click the link to visit the Pollinator Partnership website, full of resources and fun activities - participate in the bioblitz with iNaturalist, join the virtual Pollinator Power Party, and more.
Please see below for links to more events and opportunities in sustainable agriculture
Upcoming Events
Cal Poly
1. Designer/Manager School of Irrigation, ITRC: classes begin 7/23
2. Strawberry Field Day: 7/24
3. Grimm Family Center for Organic Production and Research Field Day: 7/24
4. Cal Poly Meats and Poly Provisions: open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays
5. Cal Poly Creamery Drive-thru: Fridays
6. Cal Poly Farm Stand: Saturdays
San Luis Obispo & Central Coast
7. Protecting Public Lands and Waters Panel, Sierra Club, SLO Grange Hall: 6/18
8. Central Coast Beekeepers Alliance: Apiary Visit and Meeting, Edna: 6/18
9. Lifelong Learners- Dirt for Dinner: The Story of America’s Organic and Regenerative Revolution: 6/19
10. FARMstead ED Open Farm Days, SLO County: 6/20-22
11. Insect and Vertebrate Pests, UC Master Gardeners, San Luis Obispo: 6/21
12. Permaculture Workshop: Fruit Tree Summer Fertilizing, Our Global Family Farm SLO: 6/22
13. Vineyard Team Tailgate: Supporting Biodiversity with Native Plants and Pollinators, Soledad: 6/27
14. Kids Gardening Workshop, Soloro, Creston: 6/28
15. Nature Sunday: California’s Wildfires and Prevention, SLO Botanical Garden: 6/29
16. California Mid-State Fair, Paso Robles: 7/16-27
California
17. Salinas Biological Summit, Woodland: 6/24-25
18. VINE Connect Field Day, Five Points: 6/26
19. Avocado Growers Seminar: Wells and Pumps, Valley Center: 6/27
20. Organic Stone Fruit Jubilee and Small Farm Expo, Kingsburg: 6/28
21. Regenerative Agriculture Workshop, UC Merced: 7/1
22. Organic Produce Summit, Monterey: 7/9-10
23. Grazing in Vineyards Field Day, Paicines Ranch: 7/17
Virtual
24. Organic Research Updates: Pest Mngmt, Diversified Cropping Systems, Soil Organic Carbon: 6/17
25. Farming While Black free streaming access on Juneteenth: 6/19
26. Importance of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary: 6/23
27. Vermicomposting 101: Building Fertility from the Ground Up, NCAT: 6/25
28. OFRF Seeds of Success: Crop Livestock Integration: 6/26
29. CAFF Small Farmer and Rancher Creating Your Business Identity Workshop: 6/26
30. Sustainable Agronomy Conference: 7/9 – 7/30
31. Sustainable Pest Management and Production Webinar, Organic Fertilizer Assoc of CA (OFAC): 7/10
32. Food Hubs: Increasing Market Opps for Food Producers, USDA Regional Food Business Center SW: 7/16
Opportunities
33. Volunteer opportunities through EcoSLO
34. Compost Connector Grant Program for farmers and ranchers, Zero Foodprint
35. Hardship Assistance Fund for organic producers, CCOF
36. Communicating with Legislators Email Course, Organic Farming Research Foundation
37. Habitat Restoration Internship, Grassroots Ecology, Santa Clara/San Mateo: apply by 6/22
38. CDFA Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) Concept Proposals: due 6/27
39. Civic Spark Fellow applications open: through 7/10
40. 2025 California Educational Exchange Program, CA Ag Leadership Foundation: apply by 7/11
41. Americorps VIP Program for recent graduates: due 7/15
42. CDFA Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program Concept Proposals: due 7/17
43. Leopold Conservation Award nominations due: 7/18
44. Apply for CDFA Fertilizer Inspection Board’s Technical Advisory Committee: deadline 7/31
45. Project Apis m. Seeds for Bees application for free seeds now open: through 8/31
46. Ag Electrification Program: qualifying farm equipment purchases end 9/30
47. Market Garden Manager job opening, Apricot Lane Farms
Resources
48. California Vineyard and Winery Climate Action Toolkit, CA Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance
49. The Avocado Sustainability Center
50. Cover Cropping in California’s Water Scarce Environments
To contact us with additional announcements, please email cfs@calpoly.edu
