Announcements October 2026
Upcoming Events
Happy October and Campus Sustainability Month!
Students can stay up-to-date on sustainability month activities by following CP Green Campus
And stay involved with West Campus development by following Friends of CP Farmland
World Food Day is October 16th! Learn more about this year's theme 'Innovate Today. Nourish Tomorrow' at: https://www.fao.org/world-food-day/en
All are invited to commemorate World Food Day by tuning into the People's Food Summit, a global event hosted by Regeneration International. For more information, please visit: https://regenerationinternational.org/peoples-food-summit-2026
Please see below for more upcoming events and opportunities:
Cal Poly
1. Cal Poly in Panama: Sustainability & Built Environment (Spring) Info Sessions: 10/15, 10/20, 11/17
2. Campus Sustainability Fair, Cal Poly Green Campus: 10/22
3. CAFES 125th Anniversary Celebration: 11/13-14
4. Cal Poly Meats and Poly Provisions: open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays
5. Cal Poly Creamery Ice Cream Drive-thru: Fridays
6. Cal Poly U-Pick and Farmstand: Special student grown pumpkins on 10/17
San Luis Obispo & Central Coast
7. Golden Oak Honey and Pumpkin Festival, Paso Robles: 10/17
8. Native Plants to Support Wildlife, Master Gardeners SLO: 10/17
9. Boo-tanical Garden Free Family Day, San Luis Obispo: 10/18
10. FARMstead ED Trail to Legacy Fundraising Dinner, Hartley Farms, San Miguel: 10/18
11. Farm to Freezer: Chicken Processing Workshop, City Farm SLO: 10/18
12. Regenerative Grazing in Action at Camp SLO, Central Coast Rangeland: reg by 10/19
13. Grazing Planning Workshop, Central Coast Soil Hub, Santa Margarita: 10/19-20
14. California Seaweed Festival, Monterey: 10/24
15. Community Olive Crush, Kiler Ridge Olive Farm, Paso Robles: 10/25, 11/29
16. SLO Destination Summit: 10/29
17. Neighborhood Tree Planting, ECOSLO Urban Tree Program: 10/31
18. Regenerative and Organic Ag Meeting, OFAC, Salinas: 11/5
19. Olea Farm Fall Harvest Party, Templeton: 11/7
20. Sustainable Ag Expo, San Luis Obispo: 11/10-11
California & the West
21. California Grasslands Summit, Merced: 10/16
22. Soils in Action Field Day, Lost Hills: 10/22
23. FREP/WPH Nutrient Management Conference, Stockton: 10/28-29
24. REGENERATE Conference, Santa Fe NM: 10/28-30
25. Living Soils: Regenerative Systems, Boost Biodiversity, Burroughs Family Farms, Snelling: 10/29
26. California Ag and Climate Summit, CalCAN, Fresno: 11/9
27. California Circular Bioeconomy Summit, Modesto: 11/9-10
28. California Germany Agrivoltaics Conference, UC Davis: 11/12
29. Biostimulants World Congress, Sacramento: 11/30 – 12/3
30. Organic Grower Summit, Monterey: 12/2-3
Virtual
31. People’s Food Summit: 10/16
32. Farm Marketing That Works- Strengthening digital marketing: Tuesdays thru 11/10
33. Intro to FAME 2.0: Leveraging a new USDA AMS resource to visualize your food system: 10/21
34. LEED Green Associate Training: 10/24, 11/21, 12/19, 1/30 or On-demand [Coupon code GREEN]
35. Colossal El Niño Meets a Warmer World: What does it mean for us? SLO Climate Coalition: 10/27
36. Seed Equipment Fundamentals: Tools, Scales, and Strategies, eOrganic: 10/29
37. UC Ag Experts Talk: Augmentative Biological Control for Spider Mites in Dates: 11/4
38. Finding Common Ground: Collab. Grazing Planning for Shared Stewardship: reg by 11/6
39. Compost Capital Summit 2026: 12/10
Opportunities
40. Free Ranch Education Courses, Cuesta College: Spring Flyer
41. Carbon Farm Planning with CCI, Regenerative Ag Professional Courses: reg opens 10/26
42. Western SARE Grants: apply by 10/28
43. Next Generation Farmer Fund applications open: 10/28
44. Bee Grant applications due, Whole Foods Market Foundation: 10/30
45. Restore Grants from Zero Foodprint: apply by 11/4
46. CIEE Environmental Sustainability Internship in Copenhagen: apply by 11/20
Resources
47. New SARE Handbook- Cover Crops: Improving Soil Health, Stewardship and Profitability on the Farm
Please send event and opportunity info, questions and comments to cfs@calpoly.edu
