Upcoming Events & Opportunities

Please see below for links to lots of great events and opportunities! 

Cal Poly
1. Cal Poly Fuels Management Training Program: CalVTP Question & Answer webinar: 11/9
2. Poly Plant Shop Poinsettia Sale starts: 12/3
3. Cal Poly Student-made Cheese Gift Boxes and Holiday Wine Sets

San Luis Obispo & Central Coast
4. SEE-AG Ventura County Farm Day: 11/5 
5. SLO CAL Destination Summit: 11/10
            Featuring Cal Poly EIM faculty Jerusha Greenwood
6. Sustainable Ag Expo, San Luis Obispo: 11/14-16
            Featuring Cal Poly NRES/WVIT faculty Nicholas Babin and Shunping Ding
7. SLO Food System Coalition: Food System Profitability, Challenges and Opportunities: 11/15 
8. Groundwater Enhancement Project public meeting, City of SLO: 11/16
9. Holistic Management Workshop, Cuesta College: 11/18-19
            Featuring Cal Poly Holistic Management Certified Educator Rob Rutherford
10. Organic Grower Summit, Monterey: 11/30-12/1 
11. EcoFarm Conference, Pacific Grove: 1/18-21 

California / Nevada / Arizona
12. California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN) Summit, Davis: 11/13-14
13. Sustainable Agriculture Summit, Glendale AZ: 11/16-17
14. Latino Farmer Conference, Escondido: 11/17-18
15. Intertribal Agriculture Council Annual Conference, Las Vegas NV: 12/6-8
16. Sustainable Foods Summit, San Francisco: 1/25-26 

Virtual & Hybrid
17. eOrganic Nurturing City Soils for Healthy Organic Farms webinars: 11/2, 11/9, 11/16
18. Quivira Regenerate Conference, Denver CO: 11/2-4 
19. 2022 Bioresources Alliance Symposium: 11/9-10 
            Featuring Cal Poly AGB faculty Michael McCullough
20. Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training: 11/15-16  (Register by 11/4)
21. Organic Fertilizer Assoc. of California (OFAC) webinar: 12/1

Opportunities
22. CDFA State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP) applications due: 11/8
23. CDFA Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) Program applications due: 11/11
24. CDFA Pollinator Habitat Program applications due: 11/23 
25. Upcycled Food Foundation Research Fellowship apply by: 11/27  
26. Western SARE Graduate Student Research and Education grants due: 12/6
27. UC-SAREP Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Small Grants Program: due 1/10 
28. Career Opportunities at the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County

 

Please send questions, comments, and event announcements to:  cfs@calpoly.edu