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Effects of Organic Insecticides on the Bagrada Bug
The invasive stinkbug known as the bagrada bug has been aggressively moving north through California. First discovered in LA County in 2008, it has now been identified as far north as Yolo County. The...
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Marketing & Sales Series: Pt 11 ~ GAP 101, Group GAP Certification & Online...
Today our Marketing & Sales series continues with guidance and tools to help you improve on-farm food safety. We hear from Raman Maangat, Food Safety Program Manager with the Community Alliance...
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Marketing & Sales Series: Pt 12 ~ ‘Speed Dating’ Connects Farmers and Schools
Today, we conclude our Marketing & Sales series with a great article from Civil Eats on San Diego’s “Let’s Go Local” event. In its second year, this meet-and-greet or ‘speed dating’ event brings...
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A Successful Nutrient Management Series & New Toolkit Resources!
We want to extend a big Thank You and Great Job to the folks at UC SAREP and Sustainable Conservation for the successful start of our ongoing Nutrient Management Series. In case you missed the...
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More Crops Per Drop: No-Till Farming Combats Drought
This week’s feature comes from Civil Eats and discusses no-till farming. For those who don’t already know, no-till is the practice of planting crops directly into the soil without overturning the...
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Member Spotlight: Elle Huftil-Balzer of Soil Born Farms
In this week’s Member Spotlight, we’re heading up to Sacramento/Davis to talk with Elle Huftil-Balzer, Farm Manager at Soil Born Farms and Farmer/Owner of Sidecar Farm in Winters. Elle began working...
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New Marketing & Sales Toolkit Resources!
We’re excited to announce that we recently added a whole new slew of resources to our Marketing & Sales Toolkit! As always, these resources were recommended, and many of them written, by our...
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The California Climate & Agriculture Network (CalCAN) Hosting 4th Climate &...
Participants visit with Bruce Rominger at the 2014 conference Our partner, the California Climate & Agriculture Network (CalCAN) is organizing its fourth California Climate & Agriculture Summit...
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Vision of ‘Soil Nutrient Management in Drought’ Series & Forage Crop Segment...
Participants in the Nutrient Management Series: Please take UC SAREP’s two-minute survey to let us know what was helpful or not; and what information *you* would like to see in the future to help...
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Your Input Needed (and Great Chances to Win $250) ~ Guidance for CA...
Terra Firma Farm, Winters CA ~ taken with Droid Turbo phone The current FarmsReach platform launched in 2013 with the ethos of “Driven By Community”. Now we are asking you, our active and opinionated...
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Sobering, Inspiring Results from Agriculture Organization Strategy Session
On January 21st, FarmsReach Community, Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA), Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF), Center for Land-Based Learning (CLBL), ATTRA/National...
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CA Farmer Survey: Preliminary Results & Invitation to Participate
Thank you to everyone who has already completed the short Farmer Survey over the past several months. Below are the preliminary results. If you haven’t taken the survey yet, please share your...
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All Things Agritourism: CA Workshops, Toolkit Resources and Q&A with HipCamp...
Today we’re covering everything about agritourism! ~ a new government-supported agritourism program in California, comprehensive practical resources to start and manage an agritourism operation, and...
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Hitting the Books: THE Reading List from Agrarian Elders
Attendees of the second Agrarian Elders (& “Youngers”) Gathering in Big Sur, 2016. (Full list at bottom.) Revised and reprinted with permission from Jim Gerritsen of Wood Prairie Family Farm. The...
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Revisiting Your Agritourism Strategy for Increased Income
Hoes Down Fest – Guinda, CA Are you one of the thousands of California farmers and ranchers who invite the public to your land to shop at your farm stand, pick their own fruit, taste wine, stay the...
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Inaugural CA Farmer Educator Summit: Overview & Resources
On September 9, 2016, UC SAREP and FarmsReach co-hosted the inaugural CA Farmer Education & Support Services Summit in Sacramento. Over 30 farm education organizations of California were...
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Transitions: Shermain Hardesty, former Director of UC Small Farm Program
Shermain Hardesty at a pitahaya farm in San Diego. This past year we’ve seen several respected leaders in the California sustainable farming and agriculture movement retire after many years of tireless...
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Transitions: Ed Thompson, former CA State Director of American Farmland Trust
AFT’s popular No Farms No Food campaign The second in our series of well-known leaders in the California agriculture scene who recently retired is Edward Thompson, Jr., former CA State Director of...
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Transitions: Tom Willey of T&D Willey Farm
Tom Willey onsite at his organic T&D Willey Farms, Madera, CA. The last in our series honoring recently-retired, influential leaders in the CA sustainable agriculture movement features Tom Willey...
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Member Spotlight: Elle Huftil-Balzer of Soil Born Farms
In this week’s Member Spotlight, we’re heading up to Sacramento/Davis to talk with Elle Huftil-Balzer, Farm Manager at Soil Born Farms and Farmer/Owner of Sidecar Farm in Winters. Elle began working...
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