Friday, January 31, 2025
9:30 am-12:00 pm
Lunch included
**RSVP to reserve your lunch**
Free Workshop
@ UCCE 4145 Branch Center Rd, Sacramento
Live interpretation
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Traducción al Español
Agenda
- What is organic certification?
- What farm practices must change for vegetable and strawberry systems to become organic?
- Why go organic? A marketing perspective
- How to become certified organic
- Organic technical and financial resources
- Perspectives from organic farmers
PRESENTERS
- Ge Moua, Moua Farm, Owner
- Margaret Lloyd, University of California Cooperative Extension, Organic Agriculture and Small Farms Advisor
- Arabelle Schoenberg, Community Alliance for Family Farms North Bay Regional Lead, Farmer Services
- Molly Nakahara, California Certified Organic Farmers Foundation, Education Manager
- Katharina Ullmann, UC Organic Agriculture Institute, Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator
RSVP HERE or by contacting:
Margaret Lloyd
530-564-8642
mglloyd@ucanr.edu
Ge Moua Kuv hais lush hmoob
414-369-1932
Fam Fin Lee Iu Mienh
530-312-6043