February 2020
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Happy Valentines Day!
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February 6, 7:00am, Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Bldg
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Sonoma County Grape Day is an annual program that provides research-based information on issues important to the production of coastal winegrapes
Early start time!
Sign in and Breakfast from 7 am to 8 am.
Program begins 8 am and ends at noon
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Pre-registration $42 closes Wednesday, Feb. 5
Walk in registration: $47 at the door
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North Coast Pear Research Meeting
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February 6, 8:00am, Scott's Valley Women's Club
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North Coast Pear Meeting is an annual event held for growers and the larger community to learn about and discuss
current pear research including insect and disease control, cover crops, mechanization-friendly orchard systems, and breeding.
Registration opens at 8:00am.
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Youth Ag & Animal Science Field Day
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February 8, 8:30am, Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds
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Keynote address by Temple Grandin
Learn about the client-veterinarian relationship, promoting agriculture, backyard poultry, career opportunities, working landscapes, science of wildland fire, and animal welfare practices.
$5 per person, register by February 1
For youth (aged 9 and older) and adults
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Golden State Dairy Mgmt Conference
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March 4, 8:30am, Harvest Hall | Modesto CA
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Learn from
University of California Farm Advisors, Specialists, and Dairy Faculty on topics relevant to California dairying. This event is designed for dairy producers, employees, nutritionists, veterinarians, companies and other members of allied industry who are interested in topics related to dairy production in California.
* CEU requested
Register by Feb. 28 for only $50!
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UC Naturalist Course w/ Sonoma Ecology Center
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March 10, 8:30am, Harvest Hall | Modesto CA
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Please join the 2020 California Naturalist certification training, an expansion of Sonoma Ecology Center's education programming at
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
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Program runs March 10-May 9, 2020 with weekend field trips and evening classes.
Registration is $449, with need-based scholarships available.
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New fact sheet on our website includes information about the proposed County ordinance, resources and presentations from the workshop we hosted in November.
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Events & Workshops by our Partners:
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Farmers Build Fire Resilience:
Online Course for Farmers
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February 13 - March 26, 2020
This hybrid online course and network is dedicated to helping you farm in the face of a future with fire.
Drawing on decades of training small-farmers amidst climate change,
MESA
in collaboration with
CAFF | The Farmer’s Guild
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have designed this
interactive course to give participants the technical and theoretical toolkit needed to reduce the human, production, financial and legal risks from wildfires.
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Plant Redwoods for Wildlife at Tannery Creek
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February 16, 10:00am- 1:00pm in Bodega Bay
Come plant redwood seedlings with Gold Ridge RCD and the Bodega Land Trust for the benefit of coho salmon, steelhead trout and other wildlife in Tannery Creek.Learn about the
Tannery Creek Large Wood Recruitment Project
and its role in wildlife habitat enhancement. This event is free.
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Pile Burning for Home Safety
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February 29, 10am- 2:00pm
at Pepperwood Preserve
Join expert the Good Fire Alliance and land managers to get hands-on experience creating safe fire, clean burning brush and woody debris piles. Learn about what permits are needed from air quality and fire districts, how-to sequester carbon, make soil amendments with Biochar, what to cut and not cut for forest-health and defensible-space around your home.
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California Small Farm Conference
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February 27-29, 2020
in San Luis Obispo
Local food, innovation, community roots and healthy soils—just a few of the things you’ll find growing on small farms and ranches all across California.
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Jobs Opportunities in Agriculture & Natural Resources
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Natural Resource Instructor
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Santa Rosa Junior College
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Sonoma County Ag + Open Space
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Fish and Wildlife Technician
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