Pre-Registration Required. Learn how worms can eat your food scraps and make beautiful vermicompost for your garden. Master Composters will teach you everything you need to know and help you set up your own worm bin. Wormshops are FREE FOR RESIDENTS OF UNINCORPORATED AREA* AND SCOTTS VALLEY, $50/household for residents of cities of Santa Cruz, Watsonville & Capitola.

Green Waste Recovery customers who live in the unincorporated area of the County are eligible for one free Can-O-Worms bin per household at completion of wormshop. Non-Green Waste Recovery customers who live in the unincorporated area of the County can get one Can-O-Worms bin per household for $45 or a plastic tub bin and bedding for $10. Special deals on bins are also available to Scotts Valley residents. Call for details.

To pre-register (required), please give us your name, phone number, address and Green Waste Recovery account number (if available) through e-mail from the link above, or call the Worm Doctor at (831) 427-3452 with your contact information.

*The unincorporated area of Santa Cruz County includes San Lorenzo Valley, Davenport, Live Oak, Soquel, Aptos, La Selva Beach, Corralitos, Summit, and other areas outside the Santa Cruz, Watsonville and Capitola city limits.

Volunteers will help with weeding invasive plants, placing mulch and removing trash from an oak restoration site. It is best if volunteers wear layered clothing for the temperatures can change rapidly. We will be working in an oak understory area thus we may encounter poison oak, thus another reason to wear long sleeved shirts and pants. Of course, we will try to avoid it. I will provide tools and a light snack. Volunteers are encourage to bring plenty of drinking water and wear sun protection.

Greenhouse volunteers meet at the greenhouse; all other work parties meet at the flagpole in the Visitor Center parking lot.

Wear layered work clothes including closed-toed shoes and bring long sleeves, water, lunch or snack, sunscreen, and gloves (if you have them).

This tailgate will feature vineyard equipment that is not only efficient, but cost effective. Ask specific questions, watch the equipment work, and compare side-by-side the latest and greatest tools that can be used in your vineyard. Join us for a BBQ lunch after the demonstrations. (BBQ lunch dependant on company sponsorship).

3 Ag Waiver & 3 PCA/PA hours applied for.

RSVP by 5/28/08 to website and donuts provided.

Education credits: Ag Waiver, Crop Advisor 3 applied for

Demonstration Trials in Calla lilies
A field tour presented by the University of California-Davis, USDA-ARS Parlier, and UCCE Santa Cruz.

Topics discussed include:
* California pest control laws and regulations update
* Fumigant Emission Reduction using Impermeable Films
* Control of weeds and soil-borne pathogens in field-grown Calla lily without Methyl Bromide
* Evaluation of emerging methyl bromide alternative chemicals to control pathogens and weeds in cut flower production
* Soil disinfestation with heat. A field demonstration
* Update on the light brown apple moth in nurseries and field- grown cut flowers

Education credits: DPR applied for

AGENDA

Pre-Registration Required. Learn how worms can eat your food scraps and make beautiful vermicompost for your garden. Master Composters will teach you everything you need to know and help you set up your own worm bin. Wormshops are FREE FOR RESIDENTS OF UNINCORPORATED AREA* AND SCOTTS VALLEY, $50/household for residents of cities of Santa Cruz, Watsonville & Capitola.

Green Waste Recovery customers who live in the unincorporated area, have cart service and have not received a compost bin for free or for $25 are eligible for one free Can-O-Worms bin per household at completion of wormshop. Non-Green Waste Recovery customers who live in the unincorporated area of the County can get one Can-O-Worms bin per household for $45 or a plastic tub bin and bedding for $10. Special deals on bins are also available to Scotts Valley residents. Call for details.

Worms sold separately for $10.

To pre-register (required), please give us your name, phone number, address and Green Waste Recovery account number (if available) through e-mail from the link above, or call the Worm Doctor at (831) 427-3452 with your contact information.

*The unincorporated area of Santa Cruz County includes San Lorenzo Valley, Davenport, Live Oak, Soquel, Aptos, La Selva Beach, Corralitos, Summit, and other areas outside the Santa Cruz, Watsonville and Capitola city limits.

This workshop/training for conservation technical staff will feature presentations and an in-field class component on current food safety information with a focus on conservation planning.
* The Vocabulary of Food Safety and the LGMA Metrics
* Survival of E.Coli in Crop Systems
* Moving Towards Co-Management
* On-farm Food Safety and Conservation Assessment

More information to follow shortly!

List of invitees include: All regional NRCS staff; RCD Santa Cruz; RCD San Benito; RCD San Mateo; RCD Monterey; RCD Cachuma; RCD Coastal San Luis; RCD Loma Prieta; RCD Upper Salinas/Las Tablas; Farm Bureau; Central Coast Ag Water Quality Coalition; Southern SLO & SB Ag Watershed Coalition; CAFF; Wild Farm Alliance; ALBA; The Nature Conservancy; Elkhorn Slough Foundation; Big Sur Land Trust; MCWRA; SCVWMD; PVWMA

Priority will be given to the above listed invitees. If space permits, we will accommodate one representative from any additional organizations interested in participating.

Join us on this educational adventure, exploring new and exciting ways to integrate agriculture into the classroom. Teachers, volunteers and ag enthusiasts from around the country are invited to get an up-close look at the innovative and cutting-edge farming and ranching practices taking place during Agriculture in the Classroom's 2008 National Conference.

Discover how California's more than 350 commodities can enrich all areas of study at every grade level. Agriculture is an ideal way to demonstrate theories in math, science, language arts, history, and beyond, and is also perfectly suited to complement the growing emphasis on nutrition education and school gardens. Learn how to engage and motivate your students in ways that you never imagined!

Visit website to read all about the Field Trips, Guest Speakers, and highlights scheduled this year.

Register Now! http://www.cfaitc.org/Conference/registration.php