Announcements June 2026
Happy Pollinator Week! (June 22-28, 2026)
Click the link to visit the Pollinator Partnership website, full of resources and fun activities - participate in a bioblitz with iNaturalist, join the virtual Pollinator Power Party, and more.
CDFA Office of Agricultural Resilience and Sustainability invites you to learn more about their Pollinator Habitat Program on June 26th at 3pm. Click here for webinar link; Password: php2026!
Those in San Luis Obispo County can celebrate all weekend!
Pollinator Night @ Wild Fields Brewhouse in Atascadero on Thursday, June 25th to support the US-LT Resource Conservation District,
Pollinator Palooza! Bee, Butterfly & Bat Faire in Cambria on Saturday, June 27th, and the Land Conservancy of SLO hosts Pollinators in the Park in Arroyo Grande on Sunday, June 28th!
Please see below for links to more events and opportunities in sustainable agriculture
Upcoming Events
Cal Poly
1. Cheesemaking for Beginners, Dairy Products Technology Center: 7/16
2. ITRC Irrigation Short Courses: 7/22 – 8/7
3. Strawberry Center Field Day: 7/23
4. Grimm Family Center for Organic Production and Research Field Day: 7/23
5. Cal Poly Meats and Poly Provisions: open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays
6. Cal Poly U-Pick: returns 6/11
San Luis Obispo & Central Coast
7. Soloro Gardening Workshops, Creston: 6/14 & 8/16
8. FARMstead ED Open Farm Days, SLO County: 6/19-21
9. Growing Citrus and Avocado for home gardeners, Master Gardeners SLO: 6/20
10. Back to Basics Permaculture Workshop - Water, Our Global Family Farm SLO: 6/20
11. Salinas Biological Summit: 6/23-24
12. Plastic Free Expo, Santa Barbara: 6/25
13. SLOstice Fundraiser, EcoSLO: 6/27
14. Pollinator Palooza! Bee, Butterfly, Bat and Street Faire, Cambria: 6/27
15. Nature Sunday: The Remarkable World of Butterflies, SLO Botanical Garden: 6/28
16. Pollinators in the Park, Land Conservancy SLO, Arroyo Grande: 6/28
17. California Agritourism Summit, SLO County: early bird reg ends 7/14
18. Organic Produce Summit, Monterey: 7/14-16
19. California Mid-state Fair, Paso Robles: 7/15-26
20. Distillery Trail Weekend, Paso Robles: 8/7-9
California
21. Festival of Fruit 2026, Fullerton: 6/9-14
22. Immersive Truffle Growing and Culinary Experience, NATGA, Santa Rosa: 6/14-17
23. Sowing Sovereignty: Growing Seeds and Cultivating Resilience, UC Santa Cruz: 6/16
24. Organic Stone Fruit Jubilee, Kingsburg Historical Park: 6/27
25. Advancing Thriving Farmland Summit, CSU Chico: 7/1
26. Free Organic Transition Workshops, Riverside: 7/15 & 8/10
27. California Avocado Growers Seminar Series - GEM vs. Hass Avocados, Escondido: 8/18
Virtual
28. Regenerative Practices: New Economic Tools in the Crop Resilience Tool Box: 6/11
29. Grow, Eat, Compost, Repeat: A Deep Dive into Circular Farming with Compost: 6/11
30. CAFF Info Session: Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems in Stone Fruit: 6/16
31. Can Organic Dairy Meet Science-based Climate Goals? Rodale Institute: 6/17
32. EPA Tools & Resources Webinar: Practical Tool to Advance Water Reuse: 6/17
33. Upcycled Food Foundation Science Symposium: 6/24-25
34. Navigating EPR in Calif: SB 54 (Plastic Prevention & Packaging Producer Responsibility Act): 6/30
35. Healthy Goats, Healthy Soil: Integrating Livestock into Market Garden Production: 6/30
36. Fire Month Lecture Series, Central Coast State Parks Assoc: Wed 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22
37. Sustainable Agronomy Conference: 7/8 – 7/29
38. Building a Biological Powerhouse in Your Soil webinar series, EcoFarm: 7/15
39. UC Ag Experts Talk: Advancing IPPM: Pollinators, Natural Enemies, Economic Value of Habitat: 7/22
Opportunities
40. SARE Seeks Outreach Products to Advance Sustainable Agriculture: due 6/15
41. CDFA Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) Concept Proposals: due 6/30
42. Gardens for Good Grant Program, Nature's Path Organic Foods: apply by 7/7
43. Leopold Conservation Award nominations due: 7/17
44. Pest Detection Trapper-Seasonal job, SLO County: closes 7/31
45. Integrated Waste Management Authority Summer Internship, SLO County: thru 8/31
46. Seeds for Bees Program application for free seeds open through 8/31
47. Request for Proposals: 2027 California Small Farm Conference: apply by 9/15
48. Career Opportunities at the American Farmland Trust
49. Provost & Pritchard Open Positions - Soil Scientist, Agricultural Engineer and more
Resources
50. Global Regulatory Compendium for Agricultural Biological Products
To contact us with additional announcements, please email cfs@calpoly.edu
