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This conference was special, I’d like to thank Vineyard Team for creating an opportunity for students to participate. My son had a great experience engaging w/ growers & venders that both were kind and encouraging for youth involvement.

Best time talking agriculture (and catching up on life ??) with some of my favorites?Jenny Hansen Garley?Abbie Rosenthal! Thanks to the Vineyard Team?for putting on a great event in San Luis Obispo!

Join us at the Sustainable Ag Expo in San Luis Obispo next week, November 12 & 13. Visit us at booth F3 to meet the team, learn about our biostimulant portfolio, and pick up a free pair of socks! #agriculture #sustainableag #biostimulants #biorationals #agribusiness #sustainableagexpo #ValentBioSciences Vineyard Team Steve Easterby Clayton Williams

Come visit Steve Easterby and myself at the Sustainable Ag Expo next week! We are going to have some great new giveaways this year at the booth! Vineyard Team Valent BioSciences Biostimulants

Are you going to Sustainable Ag Expo next week? SWAN Systems is headed to San Luis Obispo to chat viticulture tech solutions and irrigation optimization???? See you there! https://lnkd.in/ezBZ6Gd Vineyard Team

I’m an early arrival at the Vineyard Team’s International Sustainable Winegrowing Summit. California Association of Pest Control Advisers (CAPCA) is helping to track and report your CE today. Stop by the CE desk to chat!

Fabulous start Sustainable Ag Expo here in SLO Thank you Vineyard Team for hosting!! #vineyards #Caag #farming #sustainableag

Meet our Sustainable Ag Expo Headliner, Fritz Westover! Fritz Westover is a leading expert in viticulture education. His passion is making viticulture information accessible, informative, and engaging for all winegrape growers - His goal is to help every grower to be a better grape grower! Fritz is the founder of Westover Vineyard Advising and the revolutionary Virtual Viticulture Academy and hosts the popular Vineyard Underground podcast. He consults for vineyards in 5 states encompassing 1000+ acres of all varieties of wine grapes, and he provides live virtual advising and online education to growers across 35 states and 11 countries. He is also a leading wine industry speaker and contributor. He holds a BS in horticulture from Penn State University as well as an MS from the Penn State Department of Plant Pathology. He has been working hands-on in the viticulture industry for 25 years across the US and internationally. When he is not thinking of new innovative ways to help grape growers, he can be found mountain biking, trail running, making noise on a cheap guitar, or traveling with his family. Once on the team, always on the team! Fun fact: Fritz was the Technical Program Coordinator at?Vineyard Team?from 2013-2015, and we are excited to collaborate with him yet again. Fritz Westover https://lnkd.in/g-qDdXsJ

Quarterly Update from Executive Director, Beth Vukmanic If you were a Member in 2013, you remember?Fritz Westover?when he was our Technical Program Manager. Fritz organized grower-focused programming for Tailgates and the Sustainable Ag Expo, kept Earth Day Food & Wine running smoothly from the back of a gator, and headed up a?USDA grant-funded project?to use soil moisture sensors for vineyard irrigation management. When we began planning this year‘s Expo, the Outreach Committee reflected on 2023’s highlights. The inaugural Welcome Event with Terry Bates's?Light Sabers and Jedi?presentation was a HIT. Attendees loved how the conversation set the stage for his keynote at the main event. We wanted to anchor the?2024 Expo?with a dynamic expert. Fritz was a clear choice. Personally, I credit Fritz with naming the weekly community workouts that I host ”Bethercize”. He was a regular participant during his California years and we still see him on the occasional Zoom workout. I am glad to work with Fritz again this November. As we say, “Once on the Team, always on the Team.” The Premiere Winegrowing Event of the Year We’ve been working all year to bring you the latest viticulture and technology at the?Sustainable Ag Expo: 36?experts 13?online courses 63?exhibitors 3 sessions with?Fritz Westover 38 gallons of coffee 9?equipment companies?showcased? 2 kegs of beer 1 exclusive?welcome event 100% grower-driven.?Get your?ticket?today. https://lnkd.in/gY3azxYT

Tailgate | Fungicide Spraying: Reduce Your Carbon Footprint & Financial Burden --- Learn how to optimize the use of biofungicides alone or integrated into a conventional fungicide program. Dr. Ding of Cal Poly will share results from a recent study on on the efficacy of different fungicide programs and their impact on grape yield and berry chemistry. Talk with farmers from three growing regions about their fungicide programs. Plus, learn about Cal Poly’s wine & vit programs during a tour of the new, state of the art winery and vineyard. Agenda: 8:30 am - Winery Tour with Erica Nordby, CalPoly 9:00 - 11:00 am - Presentations & Panel Discussion Speakers: Shunping Ding, Cal Poly Erica Nordby, Cal Poly Erin Amaral, Pacific Coast Farming Hilary Graves, Booker Wines Ruben Solorzano, Coastal Vineyard Care Associates Bob Thomas, Mesa Vineyard Management CE Approved: DPR 1 - O; CCA 2 - IPM https://lnkd.in/g-tUTEYS