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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Join us as we celebrate this year's winners of the Small Farm Innovation Challenge! Technology can help farmers improve efficiency, save labor and connect with customers. But most innovations in agriculture today are built for large-scale production, out of reach for many farms, spurring consolidation in the industry. In this workshop, hear from the winners of the Small Farm Innovation Challenge, part of the Tech Hub program at Community Alliance with Family Farmers. We invited engineers, farmers, ag jury-riggers, startups and students to submit proposals for innovations aimed at helping smaller-scale farms compete. From hardware to software, harvesters to marketing apps, this workshop will feature the winners’ ideas and prototypes and how they'll help level the playing field, strengthen local food systems and promote on-farm sustainability.
