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SUMMARY:Growing a Revolution: Rebuilding Urban Soil
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday December 6th\, 2019 at Three Sisters Gardens as we dig deep into soil health and learn about how we can regenerate our soil while also healing our climate and nourishing our communities! This workshop will be led by local experts and will explore how we recover our soil from the years of neglect that have left them compacted and lacking essential nutrients. \nSpecific methods we’ll be discussing together include cover cropping and no-till agriculture along with some insight into how these methods help us to remove carbon from the atmosphere to mitigate the impacts of climate change. This workshop will also include an experiential component with a field demonstration at our site on Cummins Way in West Sacramento. \nFood is free and will be provided by Indigenous chef Melissa Yringuez\, of Baa Baa’s Kitchen. While the ingredients may not consist of Native foods\, we want to honor and acknowledge that the fight for food sovereignty is one that is ongoing and a movement that we will continue to help build. \nThis event is FREE and is intended to bring together underrepresented farmers including new farmers\, socially and economically disadvantagd farmers\, minority farmers\, veteran\, and urban farmers to participate in a discussion around sustainable agricultural practices.\n700 Cummins Way\, West Sacramento\, CA 95605cl\nPlease be aware that this event is happening in December and that could mean dry or wet weather and definitely cold weather\, so please dress for those circumstances. Should there be rain we have a backup indoor location we can utilize to keep us warm and dry. Recommended clothing:\nBoots or closed toe shoes\nPants\nJacket / Rain Jacket\nA hat or beenie \nFor questions\, please email:\ninfo@3sistersgardens.com \nRegister Here! \n  \nMADE POSSIBLE BY: \nWe Grow Urban Farm \nCommunity Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) \nSacramento Food Policy Council \nJohnny’s Selected Seeds \nPlanting Justice \nAmerican Farmland Trust
URL:https://caff.org/event/6315/
LOCATION:Arthur F. Turner Community Library\, 1212 Merkley Ave.\, West Sacramento\, CA\, 95691\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Smart Farming,Sacramento Valley
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SUMMARY:Farming in the Age of Big Tech
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a forum and interactive conversation exploring the complex topic of Farming in the Age of Big Tech: The Digital Revolution\, Your Data & the Future of Family Farms. \nThis talk serves as the opening reception of the Small Farm Tech Expo\, which takes place the following day\, Monday the 9th\, which will focus more on practical tools and workshops for the small-scale farm. \nMechanization and the digital revolution has transformed our lives. Just as the “internet of things” has digitized everything from watches to refrigerators and mechanization has upended entire industries\, these technologies are also changing the face of agriculture. Mechanization continues to scale up\, consolidating the industry. Farm equipment is becoming increasingly digital and many new technologies collect massive amounts of data from farms and farmers\, which some say gives growers more precise control over their operations while others fear a loss of control. \nAs with other industries\, tough questions arise as these technologies zoom us into the future faster than our society can adapt. Join us to learn about the history of mechanization and more recent issues related to digital agriculture. Who owns the data collected by digital farming technologies? What kind of farming practices are encouraged by newer forms of mechanization and digital technologies? Who do these technologies leave behind? And do farmers have the right––and the abilities––to repair their digital equipment? \nAdmission will get you entry to either or both days\, Sunday evening’s Forum and/or Monday’s Expo (though no one will be turned away from the evening forum for lack of funds). Wine and other libations included. \nCome early\, between 3 and 5pm\, to check out the Expo Hall & tool display. \n$30 Admission\n$20 Student & New Farmer Discount \n \n### \nPRESENTERS: \nIldi Carlisle-Cummins is Executive Director of the California Institute for Rural Studies. She started the Cal Ag Roots Project\, a storytelling project that produces podcasts about the history of California farming. Ildi holds an M.S. in Community Development from UC Davis\, where she also worked as a researcher\, studying community food systems and California agriculture. \nLaura Mann is an Assistant Professor in the Dept of International Development and a research affiliate of the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa. She is sociologist whose research focuses on the political economy of development\, knowledge and information and communication technologies in Africa. Before joining the LSE\, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute and at the African Studies Centre in Leiden. \nChris Bross was born in Wisconsin\, where his father worked for Allis-Chalmers\, one of the biggest manufacturers of agricultural tractors in the past century. His first job at 12 years old was working on a small local farm picking crops and going to sell at Saturday market. Now Chris manages strategic partnerships at iFixit\, creators of the free repair guide for everything\, written by everyone. iFixit is a founding member of repair.org\, leading the Right to Repair movement by authoring legislation to change state and international laws enabling the right for everyone to repair everything they own.
URL:https://caff.org/event/farming-in-the-age-of-big-tech/
LOCATION:Shone Farm\, 7450 Steve Olson Ln.\, Forestville\, CA\, 95436\, United States
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