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Agritourism and Nature Tourism in California Small Farm Handbook California's New Green Revolution: Pioneers in Sustainable Agriculture Outlook for a Small Farm Meat Goat Industry for California Planning and Managing Agritourism and Nature Tourism Enterprises- A Handbook Outstanding in their Fields:...
The "Cultivating Mushrooms on Small Family Farms" workshop was held Aug. 13, 2009 at the UC Kearney Research & Extension Center in Parlier. View the agenda. Below are PDF copies of PowerPoint presentations from the workshop. Cultivating Mushrooms on Small Family Farms (1.
Two Profitable Niche Farming workshops were held Dec. 15 and 16 in Eureka and Ukiah. These regional workshops focused on specialty crops and strategies that small-scale farmers could use to select new enterprises and increase their likelihood for success. View the agenda.
Every year the UC Small Farm Workgroup meets for a conference to share research updates, collaboration opportunities, and administrative information. In 2009, the annual meeting was held at the UC Cooperative Extension Monterey County office in Salinas.
The 2010 California Small Farm Conference was held February 28 to March 2, 2010 in San Diego. View the agenda. Below are links to PDF copies of PowerPoint presentations from the workshops.
A series of agritourism professional development workshops were held in various regions of California in winter and spring 2011, with funding from Western SARE.
California's first statewide agritourism summit was a chance for everyone involved in the state's agritourism to share tools and strategies for supporting California farmers and ranchers in developing successful agritourism operations.
The "Collaborating to Access New Markets" workshop, offered by the UC Small Farm Program, focused on ways small- and medium-sized growers can pool resources to better compete in wholesale markets and other larger distribution networks. The workshop was held June 29, 2011 in Woodland, Calif.
"Small Farms: Bright Futures" was the theme for the 2011 conference, held March 6 8 in San Jose. The conference included five day-long field courses and 25 workshops. View the conference website for more information.
