Heather Bernikoff's schedule for 2025 California Small Farm Conference

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!

The majority of our conference workshops are recorded for later viewing at any time on CAFF’s YouTube channel, with the exception of certain small group and facilitated sessions for privacy reasons.
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Heather Bernikoff

PolliNative Project at Taawim Bwiapo

Land Steward

Mariposa County

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About me

My operation is focused on ecosystem services. While there is a cow-calf operation on the ranch, my work centers habitat restoration and land health. A particular focus is on native pollinator habitat, including work on monarch butterflies and native bees. I love to learn and am always open to talking about pollinators on ag lands. Love collaborating on cool projects too. Check out my blog to learn more: pollinative.blog

Taawim Bwiapo means Place of the Hawks in my Yoeme Indigenous language. It is a beautiful location on the western slope of the Central Sierras in the lands of the Southern Sierra Miwuk and Yokut people.

2025 California Small Farm Conference