This year’s
agriculture pavilion will feature booth by local agriculturalist and
agriculture organizations.
The following is a list of displays:
- Pismo Oceano Vegetable Exchange - Pismo Oceano Vegetable Exchange is a
grower-shipper of fresh produce located on the central coast of California in the town of Oceano.
POVE ships year round from Oceano, CA with the majority of production between the months
of May and December. During these warmer months production includes such items as: leaf
lettuces, head lettuce, spinach, broccoli, celery, green bell peppers, parsleys, cilantro,
green and red cabbage, nappa cabbage, and bok choy. http://www.pove.net/
- Central Coast Agricultural Adventures / Green Acres Lavender Farms -
The Central Coast Ag-tourism Council is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting
small farmers and ranchers through promoting their homes and farms as tourist
destinations. We are joined by community members who believe in the preservation of our
area's rich agricultural heritage for future generations - those who live and farm here
and those who wish to reconnect with their own family's historical agricultural roots by
visiting the farms in our region. Green Acres Lavender Farms is a participating member and
are the largest lavender grower and distiller in San Luis Obispo County, with over 12,000
plants. http://www.agadventures.org/ and
http://www.greenacreslavenderfarm.com/index.html
- Central Coast Ag Network – Local
farmers, ranchers, and organizations of San Luis Obispo County are working together to
educate the community about the many benefits of supporting local agriculture by buying
locally grown food, fiber and flowers. Central Coast Ag Network’s goal is to help
family farms to be more sustainable by drawing attention to the many benefits family farms
bring to our community. When you buy local...
- You'll get exceptional taste and freshness.
- You'll strengthen your local economy.
- You'll support endangered family farms.
- You'll help preserve open space.
- You'll help benefit wildlife.
- You'll protect genetic diversity.
- You'll safeguard your family's health.
- You'll protect the environment.
http://www.centralcoastgrown.org/default.htm
- San Luis Obispo Farm Bureau - The Farm Bureau is the country's
largest county, state, and national farm organization, working on behalf of agriculture
and its rural communities. The Farm Bureau is the type of a grassroots organization where
farmers have the opportunity to join together in a variety of aspects and work on common
issues such as legislation affecting taxes, education, water, private property rights,
energy, labor, pesticides, transportation and commodities. http://www.slofarmbureau.org/
- Rutiz Family Farms - Rutiz Family Farms has been farming in Arroyo
Grande for 25 years and has made a commitment to provide the best produce, berries and
flowers available, all pesticide free. For the past three years Rutiz Family Farms has
been farming in Halcyon on the corner of The Pike and Elm Street and offers weekly Harvest Box and operates a farm stand.
http://www.rutizfarms.com/
- J.B. Dewar Tractor Restoration Contest - The competition is designed
to give students a chance to learn the hands-on specifics of tractor mechanics and to work
successfully in teams or as individuals. In addition to the technical aspects of restoring
tractors, the contest also exposes students to the importance of business management
principles, including time and financial management skills as they apply to the farming
industry. Restored tractors from the contest will be on display.
- Vegetable Decorating Contest – “Latinos in Agriculture,”
a Cal Poly student organization, will hold a vegetable decorating booth and contest open
to children of all ages. Vegetables decorated by contestants will be on display.
The Arroyo Grande Valley was first opened for
settlement in 1868 and the business district consisted of a black smith shop, stage
station and schoolhouse. " The valley was a tangled mass of brush, vines and trees,
of so dense a growth that the creek had no channel but spread over the entire valley
during a fresher.
Hence the valley has been built up in successive
layers, 20 feet or more deep, of decaying vegetation and sediment from one of the richest
hill countries to be found in the states. This land today is some of the richest in the
world," .............................. to read the entire story,
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