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Vegetated Practices Field Day: 10 am, Wednesday May 27th, 2026

Join us for a day focusing on vegetated water treatment. We will begin with a visit to a vegetated ditch site at Huntington Farms in Soledad where we will discuss how the vegetated treatment system was constructed and considerations for implementing these systems on your own land.

The site visit will be followed by discussions at the Braga Barn across the street, where we will dive into how vegetated ditches, sediment basins, and cover crops can help to meet Ag order 4.0 requirements, potential food safety concerns of these practices, and other benefits of non-crop vegetation on farms. Your registration fee ($50) will cover lunch, catered from Luigi’s in Gonzales and served at the Braga Barn. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions, network, and learn from each other.

This event will be hosted as a collaboration between the Coalition for Food Safety & Sustainability and the Agriculture Water Quality Alliance (AWQA). Both groups have been heavily involved in conversations, studies, and work regarding non-crop vegetation on farms for sustainability initiatives and the associated food safety risks.

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Event Details:

May 27, 2026

10:00am – 3:00pm

Registration fee is $50 (includes lunch)

Questions about this event? Please contact Joelle Mosso:  jMosso@wga.com

 


Source URL: https://www.ucanr.edu/blog/salinas-valley-agriculture/article/vegetated-practices-field-day-may-27th