Irrigation and Nutrient Management Workshop – Merced Coop. Extension Office, CE Classroom

This workshop will cover topics that teach irrigators to utilize technology to minimize nutrient loss and optimize irrigation efficiency while also building soil health for long-term benefits! AGENDA: 8:45am – 8:55am Introductions and Registration 8:55am – 9:00am Welcome, Funding, and Programs 9:00am – 9:30am On-Farm Implementation of Soil and Water Conservation: Paul Lum, American Farmland […]

Irrigation and Nutrient Management Workshop – Soils Education Center

This workshop will cover topics that teach irrigators to utilize technology to minimize nutrient loss and optimize irrigation efficiency while also building soil health for long-term benefits! AGENDA: 8:45am – 8:55am Introductions and Registration 8:55am – 9:00am Welcome, Funding, and Programs 9:00am – 9:30am On-Farm Implementation of Soil and Water Conservation: Paul Lum, American Farmland […]

EcoFarm To Till or Not to Till: That is the Question

Reducing tillage, which has tended to rely on synthetic herbicides, has long been unattainable on organic farms. Recent research, however, is changing the conversation. Featured speaker Dwayne Beck is a celebrated pioneer in no-till systems development for both irrigated and drylands in central South Dakota. Dwayne will speak on the soil nutrient cycling’s relationship to […]

EcoFarm Conference 2023

Join us for four days of community and connection at the oldest and largest sustainable farming conference in the West. Featuring over 60 skill-building workshops in English and Spanish, keynotes, pre-conference events, farm tours, seed swaps, tastings, networking, and the EcoFarm Expo.

ESRCD SOILS (Stewardship of Irrigated Lands) Center

SOILS (Stewardship of Irrigated Lands) Center; ESRCD’s SOILS Center in Ceres, CA aims to provide education, resources, and technical assistance to our community. This includes but is not limited to farming demonstrations, native plant garden workshops, cooking demonstrations, farm-to-school programs, food & wine tastings, etc.

Electric Tractor Demo

Join us for the Center for Land-Based Learning’s speaker series! This month’s event will feature a tractor demonstration of the e25 electric tractor from Solectrac. Participants will even have the opportunity to drive the tractor and experience it firsthand! In order make sure everyone has the opportunity to test drive the tractor, please plan to […]

Latino Farmer Conference

The 8th annual Latino Farmer Conference will be held November 17-18 in Escondido, California, at local farms and the California Center for the Arts. The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are proud to present this annual statewide sustainable agriculture conference for Spanish-speaking farmers. This conference brings […]