Announcements March 2024
For links to upcoming events and opportunities in sustainable agriculture, please see below:
Upcoming Events
Cal Poly
1. Cal Poly Sustainability Award Nominations: due 3/15
2. CA State Certified Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Training: apply by 3/25
3. Cal Poly Open House Showcase: 4/13
4. Study Abroad: IHP Food Systems: Agriculture, Sustainability, and Justice: apply by 4/15
5. College Corps Priority Application Deadline: 4/15
San Luis Obispo & Central Coast
6. SLO Food System Coalition: Food Policy Panel: 3/5
7. Adapting Fruit and Vegetable Production Practices to Changing Climate: Ventura 3/5 & Salinas 3/6
8. March Propagation Meeting, CA Rare Fruit Growers: 3/9
9. Ladybug Festival and Free Family Day, SLO Botanical Garden: 3/10
10. Nexus of Soil Health and Ag Tech Field Day, Braga Fresh, Salinas: 3/12
11. Vineyard Team Tailgate: Sustainable Energy for the Wine Industry, Atascadero: 3/14
12. Holistic Management Intensive, White Buffalo Land Trust, Lompoc: 3/20-3/29
13. CAPCA Central Coast Chapter CE Meeting, Santa Maria: 3/21
14. Beaver Festival 2024, San Luis Obispo: 3/23
15. WiVi Central Coast, Paso Robles: 3/27
16. Cuesta Ranch Education: Introduction to Land Use Planning and Grazing: starts 4/1
17. Love SLO Day of Service: 4/13
California & the West
18. National Farmers Union Convention, Scottsdale AZ: 3/10-12
19. Natural Foods Expo West, Anaheim: 3/12-16
20. California Agriculture Day 2024, Sacramento: 3/19
21. Wildland Urban Interface Conference, Reno NV: 3/26-28
22. Regenerative Winegrowing Workshop, Paicines Ranch: 3/28
23. Bioneers Conference, Revolution from the Heart of Nature, Berkeley: 3/28-30
24. Spring Field Day - Cover Crop Seeding, Lockeford Plant Materials Center: 4/3
25. Soil Health Academy, Regenerative Orcharding w/ Stacked Enterprises, Burroughs Family Farms, Denair: 4/30 -5/2
Virtual
26. Clemson Going Organic webinars: Alternative Protein and Upcycled Food Ingredients: 3/13
27. Rodale Institute: The Potential of Biochar & Cover Crops and No-Till Techniques: 3/13 & 3/27
28. EPA Nutrient Explorer webinar: 3/13
29. LEED Green Associate Training: 3/16, 4/13, 5/11, 6/8 or On-Demand [Discount code ‘green’]
30. eOrganic Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation with the Use of Cover Crops as Carbon Source: 3/21
Opportunities
31. Paid Summer Farm Apprenticeships through Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund: apply by 3/15
32. Taylor Farms Summer Internships: apply by 3/15
33. CA-CRaFT Program application for citrus growers: due 3/15
34. NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program for producers: apply by 3/22
35. CCOF Future Organic Farmer Grants for college and vocational students: apply by 4/19
36. City Farm SLO Summer Internships
37. Work with Groundswell International
38. Fibershed is seeking a Climate Beneficial Healthy Soils Project Manager
39. Apricot Lane Farms is Hiring! Habitat Restoration Team Member, Farm Fertility Assistant, and Digital Communications Coordinator
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