photo of asparagus growing.

CA Specialty Crops

Collaboration

Specialty Crop Regenerative Ag 2025 hands-on and online workshop examples:

  • Zones, soil, amendments
  • Specialty crops, costs, markets, trends
  • Prepping, sowing, planting, pruning, harvesting
  • Irrigation, energy, pests, rodents
  • Companion planting, layering, succession, rotation
  • Cover crops, winter and spring preparation
  • Selling- CSA, farmer’s markets, restaurants
  • Costing and creating additional products: canning, cooking, etc.

Action Items

  • Meet with local restaurants, markets (in person and online), and farmer’s markets to develop specialty crop revenue opportunities.
  • Online synchronous workshops. Transition onsite workshop content to online. Add additional content to extend work beyond onsite workshops.
  • Provide mentorship and/or support to farmers and apprentices regarding specialty crops and regenerative agriculture.
  • Provide demonstration farm space.