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Center for Sustainability

Agriculture for Tomorrow


A College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) Program

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Stewards of Tomorrow

Preparing leaders in sustainability through education, research, outreach, and operations.

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.

  —Mahatma Gandhi

Announcements March 2025

 

Cal Poly's Green Campus team is organizing an Earth Week Kickoff Festival on Tuesday, April 22nd from 12-3pm on Mustang Way. They are seeking sustainability-minded clubs and campus organizations to host a booth, share their mission, and engage with fun activities.
To sign-up, please Fill Out This Form

For links to more upcoming events and opportunities, please see below:

Upcoming Events

Cal Poly
1. Volunteer Sign-up for Cheda Ranch Tree Planting: 3/8 
2. Nutrition Fair: 3/11
3. College Corps Fellowships
4. Cal Poly Creamery Ice Cream Drive-thru: Fridays   
5. Citrus U-Pick and Farmstand, Cal Poly Farm: Saturdays
6. Annual Tomato Spectacular Sale, Poly Plant Shop: 4/5 & 4/12   


San Luis Obispo & Central Coast
7. Women's Week Culinary Events, At Her Table, SLO County: 2/28 - 3/9
8. California Rare Fruit Growers Grafting Workshop, San Luis Obispo: 3/8
9. Falcons and Eagles and Vultures – Oh My!, SLO Botanical Garden: 3/8
10. Pollinator Hedgerow Planting Day, Open Source Ag & Soloro, Creston: 3/9
11. Vineyard Team Tailgates: Grazing as Sustainable Practice & Minimizing Row Passes for Vineyard Health: 3/12 & 3/26 

12. WiVi Central Coast, Paso Robles: 3/13
13. Invasive Plants and Pests Workshop, UC Master Gardeners, San Luis Obispo: 3/15
14. Volunteer Tree Planting at Oceano Memorial Park, EcoSLO: 3/22
15. Fruit Tree Grafting, 2025 Permaculture Workshops, Our Global Family Farm SLO: 3/23
16. Cuesta Ranch Education: Introduction to Farm Maintenance: 3/31-5/17 

17. Family Day at the Dallidet Gardens: 4/5
18. Beaver Festival 2025, San Luis Obispo: 4/12
19. Spring Field Day at Jalama Canyon Ranch, White Buffalo Land Trust, Lompoc: 4/12

California
20. InTents: The National Farmers Market Conference, San Diego: 3/10-12
21. 2025 North Coast Soil Symposium: Resilience from the Ground Up: 3/12 – 4/2
22. California Agriculture Day, Sacramento: 3/19
23. 2025 California Soil Health Field Days, CSU Chico: 3/20-21
24. Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature, Berkeley: 3/27-29 [Discount code ‘Ecologistics25’] 
25. West Coast Natural Building Conference, Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma: 4/4-6
26. California Agritourism Summit, San Diego County: May 14-15

Virtual

27. LEED Green Associate Training: 3/15, 4/12, 5/31 or On-Demand  [Discount code ‘green’]
28. EPA Tools Resources Webinar: Wastewater Treatment Tech for Difficult Pollutants: 3/19
29. UC Ag Experts Talk: Considerations for Cover Crops and Weed Management: 3/19 

Opportunities
30. Compost Connector Grant Program for farmers and ranchers, Zero Foodprint 
31. Taylor Farms Internship Program: apply by 3/15
32. Quivira Coalition Regenerative Ag Fellowship: apply by 3/15
33. Summer Farm Apprenticeship Program, Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund: apply by 3/16
34. Good Farmer Award, Rodale Institute: apply by 3/22
35. CAFF CA Farmer Emergency Fund- CUSP Climate Extremes Relief Funding: due 4/1
36. CDFA Farm to Community Food Hubs Grant: due 4/12
37. Summer 2025 Regenerative Farming Internship, City Farm SLO
38. Volunteer Opportunities at First Fruits Farm SLO
39. Climate Beneficial Agriculture Project Manager open position, Fibershed

 

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