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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.
"Cultivating the next generation" was the theme for the 2012 conference, March 4 6 in Valencia. The conference included day-long field courses and 25 workshops. View the conference website for more information.
The UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Small Farm Program and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Division of Fairs and Expositions teamed up during the 2012 fair season to connect fruit, vegetable, nut, and flower farmers with county and regional fairs to celebrate Cali...
Welcome to the Small Farm Center's Family Farm Series. New and experienced farmers and ranchers can benefit from these science-based publications written by Cooperative Extension specialists and farm advisors who are experts in their fields.
