The 19th Annual Hoes Down Harvest
Festival will be held October 7 and 8 at Full Belly
Farm in the Capay Valley, northern California. This
features educational farm tours, a “magical”
children’s area, hands-on workshops, farm
products, organic food and live music. Contact:
(800) 791-2110; PO Box 2, Guinda CA 95637; info@hoesdown.org
The 14th National Small Farm Trade
Show & Conference will be held in Columbia,
Missouri, November 2-4. This is sponsored by Small
Farm Today magazine, 3903 W. Ridge Trail Road, Clark
MO 65243-9525.
Applications are due November
1 for the University of California-Santa Cruz Farm
and Garden Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture,
a six-month program which begins in April 2007.
Contact: Apprenticeship Information, CASFS, UCSC,
1156 High Street, Santa Cruz CA 95064; (831) 459-3695; www.ucsc.edu/casfs; apprenticeship@ucsc.edu. |