2025 California Small Farm Conference: Full Schedule

Welcome to the 37th annual California Small Farm Conference, a week-long event featuring over 40 online workshops as well as a dozen in-person gatherings around the state. Whether you’re a beginning farmer or a seasoned grower, a local food advocate or a farmers market manager, you’ll find something here for you. This year’s theme, "Rooted in Place", honors the vital relationship between farmers, communities and the land they steward.

Check out the schedule below for event times and locations. Click "Reserve Tickets" to register. Admission is on a sliding-scale, to ensure everyone can attend. Please select the amount you’re comfortable paying. Enjoy the conference!

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12:30pm PST

North Bay Regional Gathering

Thursday February 27, 2025 12:30pm - 6:30pm PST

Green Valley Farm + Mill

Join us at Green Valley Farm + Mill, just outside Sebastopol, CA, for the North Bay gathering of the CA Small Farm Conference. This event, open to anyone working within the small farm community, will feature an afternoon of educational workshops, panels, farm tours and networking events followed by a happy hour social.

Workshop topics will include:
- Dry Farming Techniques
- Farm 2 School & other institutional sales
- Value-added products
- Rodent Pest Control
- Market channel options for farmers
- Selling to food hubs & food banks
- And more! Details and full schedule coming soon

Full schedule and program details coming soon! Make to add this event to your personal schedule on Sched to receive updates.

NOTE: Snacks and lite bites will be provided. Warm layers and farm-appropriate attire encouraged.

Organizer

Evan Wiig

Communications Director, CAFF

Evan Wiig is the Director of Membership & Communications for Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) and the founder of The Farmers Guild. A community organizer with a passion for regenerative agriculture, he's not only worked on farms and ranches across California, but previously... Read More →

Speakers

Yvonne Socolar

Research Scientist, UC Berkeley

Yvonne's research interests lie at the nexus of agriculture and climate resilience. She studies how diversified management practices influence plant-soil-microbe interactions to promote farms’ ecological and economic well-being, particularly in the face of water limitations.

Zuriel Bernier

Breanna Martinico

UC Cooperative Extension

Thursday February 27, 2025 12:30pm - 6:30pm PST
Green Valley Farm + Mill 13024 Green Valley Rd, Sebastopol, CA 95472

In Person Gathering

Audience Experienced Farmers, Farmers, New & Beginning Farmers

2:00pm PST

San Diego Regional Gathering

Thursday February 27, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm PST

TBA

Farmers and local food advocates are invited to the San Diego regional gathering to mix, mingle, and enjoy food and drinks as a culminating event to this year's California Small Farm Conference. Field day and/or public viewings of select workshops may be added to the lineup. Stay tuned for more information.

Organizer

Elizabeth Vaughan

Small Farm Technology Specialist, CAFF

Thursday February 27, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm PST
TBA

In Person Gathering

4:00pm PST

Central Coast Regional Gathering

Thursday February 27, 2025 4:00pm - 7:00pm PST

United Way Monterey County Center

Farmers and local food advocates are invited to the Central Coast regional gathering to mix, mingle, and enjoy food and drinks as a culminating event to this year's California Small Farm Conference. Field day and/or public viewings of select workshops may be added to the lineup. Stay tuned for more information.

Organizer

Paulina S. Hernandez

CAFF

Thursday February 27, 2025 4:00pm - 7:00pm PST
United Way Monterey County Center 232 Monterey Street, Suite 200, Salinas, CA 93901

In Person Gathering

5:00pm PST

Sacramento/Yolo/Solano Gathering

Thursday February 27, 2025 5:00pm - 8:00pm PST

West Sacramento Community Center

Farmers and local food advocates are invited to the Sac/Yolo/Solano gathering to mix, mingle, and enjoy food and drinks as a culminating event to this year's California Small Farm Conference. Field day and/or public viewings of select workshops may be added to the lineup. Stay tuned for more information.

For parking information around the venue, please refer to this list.

Organizer

Elliott Ge

Administrative and Systems Specialist, CAFF

Thursday February 27, 2025 5:00pm - 8:00pm PST
West Sacramento Community Center 1075 West Capitol Avenue West Sacramento, CA 95691

In Person Gathering

2025 California Small Farm Conference

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