Wednesday WQ Workshop Series for Agriculture

Three Workshop Series: 12 hrsAg-Waiver Water Quality Continuing Education Credit offered for attendance at all three classes.

Workshop Location:

ALBA Rural Development Center; 1700 Old Stage Road, Salinas, CA

Three workshop series:
Workshop #1 - March 19th; 11:30 am - 5:00 pm
Workshop #2 - April 2nd; 12:00 - 5:00 pm
Workshop #3 - April 9th; 12:00 - 5:00 pm

Workshop 1 – Where are we?

• Wednesday March 19 th : 12:00 - 5:00 pm

Note: 11:30 am Registration/Intro required; Lunch provided.

• Current AgWaiver WQ Results from our area
• Field trip to local sites
• Hands-on exercises with monitoring equipment
• Protocols & Precision

On-farm visit will be scheduled for all participants – These will be conducted between workshops 1 and 2: Monitoring options and WQ Plan review for farm operations.

Workshop 2 – What Matters Most?

• Wednesday April 1st: 12:00 - 4:00 pm

Note : 4:00-5:00pm WQ Equipment Demonstration

• Hands-on exercises with monitoring equipment
• Calibration & Accuracy
• The important QA-QC steps to incorporate
• The Power of Having a Monitoring Plan
• Dealing with Variability
• Nutrients – Making Sense of What to Monitor

Workshop 3 – Making it real.

• Wednesday April 9 th : 1:00 - 5:00 pm

Note : 12:00-1:00 pm Ag WQ Resource Fair

• Data Collection & Management
• Local WQ Data at your fingertips
• Hands-on training with monitoring equipment – using it in the field!
• Testing for Pesticides
• QA-QC samples and why we bother

On-farm visit will be scheduled for all participants – These will be conducted after workshop 3: 1:1 training & support on all topics, conduct WQ monitoring on farm; review QA steps; workshop Q&A wrap-up.

Note: Up to two more on-farm visits are optional for all participants.

ALL Information provided during workshops or on-farms visits will be confidential.