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Calpaca Camelid Symposium
Green Rock Ranch, photo by Paige Green Join us for Calpaca’s “All Aspect Education” Camelid Symposium January 19-20, 2019 Sacramento State University Student Union Sacramento, CA Sponsored by: Calpaca Historically the Camelid Symposium has been one of the best values in education and now it is back. Join us for informative and timely topics provided […]
6th California Climate & Agriculture Summit
UC Davis One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, United StatesJoin the Summit and a celebration of CalCAN's 10th Birthday! Monday, March 4th will showcase several climate-friendly farms through a tour in the Yolo County area. March 5th at UC Davis will be a full day of plenary, workshop and poster presentations about the latest science, policy, and practice related to climate and agriculture. We […]
THE GRASSFED EXCHANGE Regeneration Rising
Sonoma County Fairgrounds 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa, CA, United StatesThe Grassfed Exchange Conference is a gathering of regenerative ranchers, dairymen, and sustainable food supporters from across the world who come together to network and exchange ideas. We desire to help producers and consumers grow in the knowledge of the grassfed industry.
Radically Rural Remote – Fiber: Building a Regional Fibershed in this New Frontier
VirtualDo you promote a locavore lifestyle in your rural community? Have you thought about the next step of growing, producing, and composting local textiles? Our prospective speaker, Rebecca Burgess is working on just these goals in her northern California community and wants others to build Fibersheds too. Fiber offers a new frontier for localizing efforts […]
Contract Grazing in the Time of Fire
VirtualIn this time of unprecedented wildfires across the West, it’s clear that wild and cultivated lands haven’t been managed to mitigate the risk of fire and we are all suffering for it. Join a panel of expert graziers to learn more about targeted grazing in the time of fire. Targeted grazing benefits land, ranchers, and […]
Fibersheds: Connecting Farmers, Artisans and Consumers to Grow Regional Economies – Panel Discussion
VirtualFibersheds: Connecting Farmers, Artisans, and Consumers to Grow Regional Economies Saturday, June 19 – 3:45 PM Eastern Time Part of the 2021 WARP Annual Meeting – June 18-20 - Unraveling Borders, Weaving Networks. The event will be free and open to all. Please mark your calendars, and click here to view our program of […]
2021 Fibershed Wool & Fine Fiber Symposium
VirtualRegister Here This year’s symposium will begin with a conversation between those living and working to produce our global demand for textiles and those that receive the mounds of material that is discarded once clothing is deemed “uninteresting” or damaged. We’ll hear from members of the OR Foundation Community and the Garment Worker Center, who […]
Groundwork: the 2023 SoCal Fibershed Symposia
Save the Date! Saturday, March 4, 2023 Groundwork: the 2023 So Cal Fibershed Symposia at Helms Design Center, Culver City CA 90232 In conjunction with our exhibit we will be hosting our first symposia. We will hear from producers and artisans creating transformative projects in our bioregion. Stay tuned for more information...
2023 Fibershed Symposium: Relationships of Change
Dance Palace 503 B Street, Point Reyes Station, CA, United States2023 Wool & Fine Fiber Symposium Relationships of Change "Relationships of Change" will explore the interdependence of people, policy, and materials that are necessary for transforming our soil-to-skin system. Every choice we make when wearing, caring and consuming elicits a direct environmental, economic, and human response. In this year’s Symposium you'll hear from those working […]