Center for Sustainability

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 November 2024

cambria treesUpcoming Events & Opportunities

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

Cal Poly
1. Creating Welcoming Spaces: Beginner’s Guide to Inclusion Workshop: 11/9
2. Rancher2Rancher Central Coast, Cal Poly Beef Center: 11/15
3. Cal Poly in Costa Rica: Agriculture and Conservation Info Sessions: 11/21, 1/23
4. Cal Poly in Taiwan: Sustainability
5. Cal Poly Student-made Cheese Gift Boxes : order by 12/4 for holiday delivery
6. Cal Poly Meats and Poly Provisions: open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays

San Luis Obispo & Central Coast
7. 13th Annual Garagiste Wine Festival, Paso Robles: 11/8-10 
8. Sustainable Ag Expo, San Luis Obispo: 11/11-13
9. Latino Farmer Conference, Monterey: 11/19-20
10. Green Chef Farmsgiving at City Farm SLO: 11/23
11. Organic Grower Summit, Monterey: 12/4-5
12. EcoFarm Conference, Pacific Grove: 1/22-25

California & the West

13. California Organic Seed Summit, Mt. Baldy: 11/15-17 
14. CA Bioresources Alliance Symposium: Innovating for a Thriving Circular Bio-Economy, UC Davis: 11/19-20
15. CA State Beekeepers Association Annual Convention, Reno NV: 11/19-21
16.
Intertribal Agriculture Council Annual Conference, Las Vegas NV: 12/10-12
17. Sustainable Foods Summit, San Francisco: 1/22-23


Virtual
18. Sustainable Pest Management and Production Webinar, OFAC: 11/14
19. LEED Green Associate Training: 11/16, 12/14 or On-Demand
20. USDA Faces of Agriculture Speaker Series: 11/20
21. EPA Webinar: Fifth National Climate Assessment: Resources and Interactive Atlas: 11/20
22. UC Ag Experts Talk: Ecology and Management of Navel Orangeworm in Tree Nuts: 11/20

Opportunities
23. CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE Academic Coordinator: apply by 11/12
24. AFA + NACD Sustainability Institute: apply by 11/24
25. Graduate Student Research and Education Grants, Western SARE: due 12/4
26. UC SAREP Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Small Grants Program: due 1/14/25
27. Career Opportunities, Remote, American Farmland Trust
28. Conservation Project Assistant, Napa Resource Conservation District
29. Communications and Business Development Lead, Measure to Improve

 

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

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