Program Schedule
2020 Climate Action & Agriculture Symposium Webinar: Soil Health
May 21, 2020, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Webinar YouTube Playlist
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Q & A from live webinar chat, (PDF Download, 123 KB)
| 1:00 PM | Welcome Jan Gonzales, Program Coordinator Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of California Cooperative Extension |
| Opening Remarks Hannah Gbeh, Executive Director, San Diego County Farm Bureau |
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| 1:10 PM | Climate Trends & Impacts to Agriculture Tapan Pathak, Ph.D., UC ANR Specialist-Climate Adaptation in Agriculture, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| 1:30 PM | Towards Integrated Soil Health Management Joji Muramoto, Ph.D., UC ANR Specialist-Organic Production, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| 1:50 PM | Mulching Strategies: Avocados and Other Orchard Crops Ben Faber, Ph.D., UCCE Farm Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension |
| 2:10 PM | Cover Crop Strategies: Vegetables Oli Bachie, Ph.D., UCCE County Director-Imperial County and Farm Advisor-Imperial, Riverside and San Diego Counties University of California Cooperative Extension |
| 2:30 PM | Spadra Farm Healthy Soils Field Trial & Economic Analysis Projects Aaron Fox, Ph.D., Professor, Plant Science Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and Jon Phillips, Ph.D., Chair, Agribusiness and Food Industry Management/Agricultural Science Department and Professor of Agribusiness, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
| 2:50-3:20 PM | Lightening Talks: A 30-minute session with lightening round, project updates. |
| CDFA/UC ANR Climate Smart Farming Program Esther Mosase, Ph.D., Climate Smart Agriculture Community Education Specialist, University of California Cooperative Extension-San Diego |
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| Compost and Mulch Market Study Michael Wonsidler, Program Manager, Solid Waste Planning & Recycling and Creative Services, Department of Public Works, County of San Diego and Tyla Montgomery-Soylu, PE, Project Engineer, Hidden Resources |
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| Climate Smart Agriculture Specialty Crop Summit Lindsey Jasperse, Science Program Manager, Climate Science Alliance-South Coast |
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| Healthy Soils Demonstration Project Martina Skjellerudsveen, Agricultural Outreach Specialist, Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego |
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| Healthy Soils Demonstration Project Ellee Igoe, Co-Owner, Solidarity Farms |
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| San Diego County Food Vision 2030 Scott Sawyer, Ph.D., Research Director, San Diego Food System Alliance |
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| 3:20 PM | Q & A |
| 3:30 PM | Closing |