🥦🥑 City Farms Galore Newsletter - UCCE Urban Ag & Food Systems Program

[Rob Bennaton]

 

Dear City Farmers and Urban Growers,

See City Farms Galore Newsletter with FREE Upcoming Webinars

(registration required), Events Plus Conference Recordings Below!!

 

Presenting our First Edition of the City Farms Galore Newsletter,

UCCE Urban Ag & Food Systems Program’s educational extension

and outreach publication with free workshops and news to grow by!

(See below.)

 

Please share widely with urban food growers, food systems-policy makers

and food & lands access and security stakeholders so we can grow together

in supporting healthy, vibrant, multicultural, affordable, and inclusive

food and farming systems and environments within our cities and regions.

 

Special Thanks to Julio Contreras for his heart and all in efforts

to get this newsletter info out to urban growers, open space

stewards, food systems and environmental stakeholders. 

 

Sorry for any Email Repeats.  Happy Fall Growing!

-The UCCE Urban Ag & Food Systems Program Team

 

Urban Ag & Food Systems Program's City Farms Galore Newsletter Fall Harvest at Healthy Hearts Institute in Pittsburg, Ca. - Photo: Ray Harts

Upcoming Events

 

Vertebrate Pests Management on Urban/Small Farms Tuesday, October 19 , 7pm-8:30pm Roger Baldwin, Cooperative Extension Specialist: Human-Wildlife Conflict Resolution, will help you identify, manage and use effective trapping strategies for gophers + ground squirrels for Urban Farming IPM and Food Safety.    Register Here

Seed Saving for Urban/Small Farms Wednesday, October 27 , 5pm-6:30pm Learn how to save seeds from plants you grow on your urban/small farm from Aaron Dinwoodie from Feral Heart Farm who farms at the Sunol Ag Park. You will learn how to prepare your plants for seed collection and how to collect and prepare seeds for storage.    Register Here

 

Cover Cropping on Urban/Small Farms Tuesday, November 2 , 5pm-6:30pm This webinar will feature Billy Synk, Director of Pollination Programs for Project Apis m., and manager of Seeds for Bees, who will help urban/small farmers get started in cover cropping for soil and pollinator benefits by providing free or subsidized seed mixes and technical support.    Register Here

Recent Events, Recording & Resources

 

Fall, 2020 - Spring 2021 Series Presented by Contra Costa County Resource Conservation District & UC Cooperative Extension's Ag Crops and Urban Ag & Food Systems Programs   Cover Cropping Videos & Webinars Series Check out our short video on cover cropping with Ray Harts and two webinars on Urban Farms and Small & Urban Farms. Our Cover Cropping Opportunities in Specialty Crops series combines experience from ag experts with opportunities for trying or improving cover crop use.    View Recordings

Hosted by Berkeley Food Institute, UCCE Urban Ag & Food Systems Program, Agroecological Commons, Growing Roots & Common Vision   The Agroecological City Conference This dynamic AgroeEco 2021 Conference provided diverse workshops and inclusive participatory conversations about agroecology and environmental, food and racial justice. Participants included urban ag farmers & educators, community leaders, academics, city planners, one mayor and two state assembly members and other stakeholders from all over California and around the world.    View Recordings

 

Organic Certification & Cost Share For Urban/Small Farms Recent Webinar: September 27th Jessy Beckett, the Foundation Director for California Certified Organic Farmers, informed urban/small farms how they can receive up to $500 in cost share when becoming organic certified. Access Passcode: =e&1w=qB View Recording

Organized by Oakland Food Policy Council, Real Food Media, Alameda County Community Food Bank, and HOPE Collaborative   Urban Ag and Food In the 18th District The California State Assembly District 18, that covers portions of Oakland, Alameda & San Leandro, position has been filled and the Food In the 18th: A Candidate Forum provided great insight into needs and candidates future goals.    Read More

 

Interfaith Open Lands & Urban Agriculture Expanding gardening and farming of underutilized faith lands provides a multifaceted benefit for communities. The Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative's 8th Annual Conference provided success stories of such possibilities during the roughest times of the Covid-19 pandemic.    Read More

For any questions please contact: Julio Contreras, Community Education Specialist: jco...@ucanr.edu Rob Bennaton, Bay Area Urban Ag & Food Systems Advisor: rben...@ucanr.edu UCCE Urban Ag & Food Systems Program Office Hours: Wednesdays 3pm-4pm

 

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