Announcements May 2024
Please see below for links to upcoming events and opportunities in sustainable agriculture:
Upcoming Events
Cal Poly
1. Cal Poly Citrus U-Pick and ‘Fill Your Own’ Olive Oil, Cal Poly Farm: Sat, weather permitting
2. Fuels and Vegetation Education Program Field Workshops: 5/9 & 5/20
3. Dairy Economics Short Course, Dairy Products Technology Center: 5/14-15
4. Bringing Beavers Back to Coastal California: 5/18
5. Cal Poly Meats: open Thurs, Fri, Saturdays
San Luis Obispo & Central Coast
6. Bee, Butterfly and Bat Faire, Cambria: 5/5
7. Vineyard Team: Electric Vehicles, New Vineyard Sites, Dry Farming Success: 5/8, 5/15, 5/30
8. Biochar 101, SLO Permaculture Guild, Arroyo Grande: 5/11
9. Paso Robles Olive and Lavender Festival: 5/11
10. Taste of Santa Barbara: 5/13-19
11. Paso Wine Fest 2024: 5/16-19
12. Gardening with Pollinators and Beneficial Insects, Master Gardeners SLO: 5/18
13. Black Diamond Vermicompost tour, California Rare Fruit Growers: 5/18
14. Wild Flower Day Ride, Radical Adventure Riders and Bike SLO County: 5/19
15. 2024 Sudden Oak Death Blitz SLO County volunteer opportunity: 5/24-27
16. Sheep Shearing Shindig, City Farm SLO: 5/25
17. World Ocean Day Cleanup, EcoSLO, Avila Beach: 6/8
18. FarmsteadED Open Farm Days: 6/21-23
19. Salinas Biological Summit: 6/25-26
California
20. Sustainable Ag with Artificial Intelligence Extension Workshop, Palm Desert: 5/7
21. Sustainable Produce Summit, Palm Desert: 5/30
22. Honig Vineyard Field Day, Wild Farm Alliance, Rutherford: 5/30
23. 2024 California Cooperative Conference, San Diego: 5/31 - 6/1
24. Agri-Pulse Food and Ag Issues Summit West, Sacramento: 6/4
25. Organic Stone Fruit Jubilee and Small Farm Expo, Kingsburg: 6/22
Virtual
26. UC Ag Experts Talk: Monitoring Western Grapeleaf Skeletonizer: 5/8
27. LEED Green Associate Training: 5/11, 6/8 or On-Demand [Discount code ‘green’]
28. EPA Tools and Resources Webinar Series: Prescribed Burning and Smoke Planning: 5/15
29. Climate Resilience through Regeneration: Healthy Soils from Coast to Valley, SusCon: 5/15
30. Clemson Going Organic webinars: Market trends in the global plant protein industry: 5/15
31. Climate Startups of the Central Coast, SLO Climate Coalition: 5/16
32. Malting and Brewing with Organic Naked Barley, eOrganic webinar: 5/16
33. Rodale Institute: Ancient Wheat & Organic IPM: 5/22 & 5/29
34. CCOF Virtual Teatime with Albert Straus of Straus Family Creamery: 5/23
35. NRCS Practice Standard 336: Building Soil C and Soil Health with Biochar: 5/30
Opportunities
36. Local Agriculture Market Program, USDA-AMS: due 5/14
37. Western SARE Research and Education Grant pre-proposals: due 5/23
38. SARE Food Loss and Waste Training and Technical Assistance Grant: deadline 6/28
39. Regenerative Agriculture Apprenticeship, Measure to Improve: apply by 6/10
40. Civic Spark Fellow Program: apply by 6/14
41. Americorps VIP Program for recent graduates: due 7/15
42. Leopold Conservation Award nominations due: 7/18
43. Seeds for Bees Program free seed applications open: through 8/31
To request to have your sustainable food and farming announcement included,
please send information and link to cfs@calpoly.edu
