Seminar Archive

Members of the California avocado industry in need of obtaining produce safety training required by the federal Food Safety Modernization act can obtain low-cost training courtesy of the Food Safety Training Partnership. The fee for the produce safety training sessions is $35 and includes course materials and a certificate.

The produce safety training session will cover the following content:

The Avocado Café is hosting a free webinar concerning biostimulants and the testing process for new products. The presentations are as follows:

AB 2183, the new agricultural employee unionization card check legislation, goes into effect on January 1, 2023. A new labor law seminar “How to Prepare for AB 2183 “Card Check,” will be held for owner-operators, managers, human resources personnel and farm labor contractor representatives. 

The seminar will cover the following:

The UC Cooperative Extension is hosting an in-person Organic Agriculture Workshop designed for growers, CCAs, PCAs and other agricultural professionals interested in organic agriculture.

The San Joaquin Valley Avocado Meeting will feature a variety of guest speakers and visits to two local GEM avocado groves.

The UC Cooperative Extension of San Diego is launching a new series of free grower meetings that will be held on the last Wednesday of each month. The one-hour meetings will focus on current UCCE research as well as other topics of concerns to growers. During the sessions, growers can learn more about what UC Advisors are working on, ask questions and provide suggestions for future topics. The sessions will be organized by UC Advisors Gerry Spinelli and Eric Middleton.

The University of Florida Tropical Research and Education Center is offering an “International Technical Course Laurel Wilt of Avocado: Disease Biology, Diagnosis, Management and Economic Impact” course that will be delivered entirely in Spanish.  The course will provide basic and applied knowledge concerning the disease complex, research updates, scouting methodologies, and current management practices to control the spread of the disease

Course options are as follows:

The free Avocado Irrigation Workshop will focus on drought and heat effects; irrigation management tools; mapping and managing salinity; water costs and planting density; and support programs available to California avocado growers.