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2022 Food, Family, and Farm Month Events Calendar

October

 
Date Event Information

10/15

10:00a.m. to 3:00p.m.

Gibson Farm Market Fall Festival

This family-friendly event will offer lots of free food samples, discounts on popular campus-made products, & a chance to meet many of our student clubs & students who work on the 18 units on our 1,000-acre campus farm. 

For updates, visit the Gibson Farm Market on Facebook @FresnoStateFarmMarket.

10/15

12:30p.m. to 3:30p.m.

Fall Festival Wine Tasting For those 21 and older, enjoy many of the Fresno State Winery's favorite wines for free. Also meet students from our viticulture and enology department who helped craft them as they train to become the next generation of fine winemakers.

10/15

8:00a.m. to 1:00p.m.

Fall Plant Sale

Special prices are available for hundreds of fall and winter season vegetable and herb transplants, flowers, perennials, succulents, shrubs, perennials and houseplants.

For updates, visit the Fresno State Horticulture Nursery on Facebook @Fresno State Horticulture Nursery

10/17

11:45a.m. to 1:00p.m.

California 100 Presents: Scenarios for CA's Agriculture Future

The public event will highlight transformative ideas, people and projects  The new statewide initiative is committed to inspiring a vision and strategy for innovation, sustainability and equity by encouraging new policies, attitudes and mindsets. The roundtable will include remarks from Fresno State President Dr. Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval and Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food & Agriculture, and other leaders tied to the organization and industry. Event to be held at the campus library ellipse gallery second floor.

Program details and registration links available online: eventbrite

10/18

4:30p.m. to 7:30p.m.

Jordan College Welcome Back Social and Career Fair 

This event is open to students, faculty and staff to celebrate the new school year. This will also be a great opportunity for students to network with industry professionals. There will be a career and internship fair so come prepared with your resumes and dress business casual. There will also be a student club and organization fair. The event will be held at O'Neill Park, and students do not need to register to participate. 

10/18- 20

FIRA International Ag Robotics Conference

FIRA USA 2022 will bring together specialty crop growers, robot manufacturers, industrials, academics, technologists, startups and investors for three days of problem-solving, decision making and planning. On the third day, FIRA USA will host in-field robot demos at the California State University, Fresno campus farm.

For details and to register, visit: https://bit.ly/FS22-FIRA-demo-day

10/20

9:00a.m. to 11:00a.m.

Fall 2022 Fresno State Water Showcase: Imagine a Day Without Water

The event will feature water-related research, studies, education, activities and more. Presentations will be in 7-minute lightning rounds, concluding with a message from Fresno State's Provost Dr. Xuanning Fu. 
This event is held on the national Imagine a Day Without Water and aims to honor the value of water.  

Register here

10/20

9:00a.m. to 11:30a.m.

Agricultural Applications for the PG&E Tool Lending Library

PG&E’s Tool Lending Library has many tools to aid farmers and consultants with analyzing data on the farm. This free service allows anyone within California to borrow tools (such as ultrasonic flowmeters, power loggers, and more) with a focus on gaining a better understanding of their irrigation systems and how the tools can help them achieve greater water and energy efficiency. The demo, broadcast from the Fresno State farm, will cover proper equipment set up and analysis. 

Program details and registration links available online: https://bit.ly/3SFlj8Q

10/21

10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.

51st Annual Turf Day Golf Classic

Fresno State's Ag One Foundation is pleased to present its 51st annual golf tournament and fundraiser at the Belmont Country Club in Fresno. This annual event provides support to deserving students and programs in the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology at Fresno State. 

For registration and sponsorship opportunities visit: jcast.fresnostate.edu/agonefoundation/turfday.html

10/21 and

10/28

4:00p.m. to 7:00p.m.

Friday Night Flights 

Enjoy a casual, weekly wine tasting with friends at the Fresno State Winery this fall and sample some of our favorite red, wine and rosé wines on our patio (on the east side of the winery tank room). Enjoy this great way to start your weekend and meet our students as they prepare to become the 'Winemakers of Tomorrow'.

Cost is $10 per person (or waived with the purchase of a bottle of wine), and wine club members can also attend for free.

For updates, visit the Fresno State Winery on Facebook: @Fresno State Winery

10/22

12:30p.m. to 3:30p.m.

Gibson Farm Market Wine Tasting

Students from the Fresno State Winery will be conducting free tastings of our student-produced wine. Open to the public, must be 21 years of age or older. ID required. On Facebook @FresnoStateFarmMarket

10/28

 

CIT Ag Tech Demonstation Day 

Hosted by the Center for Irrigation Technology (CIT), Ag Tech Day will showcase the latest in irrigation and water/energy management technologies on the University Agricultural Laboratory at Fresno State, with additional vendor displays. 

Attendees at previous Ag Tech Days included farmers, manufacturers, distributors, food processors, commodity groups, utilities, state and federal agency personnel.  

Program details and registration links available online: https://bit.ly/FS22-cit-ag-tech-day

10/29

12:30p.m. to 3:30p.m.

Gibson Farm Market Wine Tasting

Students from the Fresno State Winery will be conducting free tastings of our student-produced wine each day. Open to the public, must be 21 years of age or older. ID required. On Facebook @FresnoStateFarmMarket

 

November

 
Date Event Information
11/2 43rd Annual Ag One Kern County Alumni & Friends Luncheon

Agriculture industry professionals from throughout Kern County as well as current high school and community college students can attend which provides a great networking opportunity. Proceeds from this event benefit the Carl and Barbara Fanucchi Scholarship Endowment which supports Jordan College students from Kern County.

Program details and registration links available online: https://jcast.fresnostate.edu/agonefoundation/kerncounty.html

11/2-11/3 Jordan College Ag “Day of Giving”

Feed the Dog and support Fresno State agriculture during this day and a half long online fundraiser where the community can give to their favorite college or program. Visit https://dayofgiving.fresnostate.edu

11/3

1:00p.m. to 3:00p.m.

CIT Webinar: Offsetting Irrigation Pumping Costs with Solar

Online event

Learn how to calculate your energy use from your PG&E bill and how to off-set the energy expense by installing solar. Hear from a grower about their experience going solar. PG&E will explain the rate structure for solar customers

Program details and registration links available online: https://bit.ly/FS22-CIT-solar-offset-irrigation

11/4

5:30p.m. to 10:00p.m.

Viticulture Club 69th Annual Fall Harvest BBQ Fundraiser

Alumni, friends, and the community are invited to gather at Kings River Winery in Sanger, CA for the Viticulture Club's 69th annual fundraiser. Join the oldest club on the Fresno State campus for a night filled with dinner, silent and live auctions, and music. Funds raised support student attendance at professional grape and wine industry meetings, student scholarships, and visits to grape growing regions to meet with alumni and grape and wine industry leaders. If unable to attend, donations to the Viticulture Club are also appreciated.

Visit: https://fresno-state-vit-club.square.site/ 

The Viticulture Club is a student organization within the Fresno State Department of Viticulture and Enology.

11/5

12:30p.m. to 3:30p.m.

Gibson Farm Market Wine Tasting

Students from the Fresno State Winery will be conducting free tastings of our student-produced wine. Open to the public, must be 21 years of age or older. ID required. On Facebook @FresnoStateFarmMarket

11/10

11:30a.m.

West Side Alumni and Friends Luncheon

Guests enjoyed a BBQ lunch and visited with fellow alumni, friends, faculty and staff of the Jordan College.  Event proceeds benefit students and programs in the Jordan College.

Program details and registration links available online: https://jcast.fresnostate.edu/agonefoundation/

11/11

7:30a.m. to 2:00p.m.

Grape, Nut & Tree Expo

This year, the expo will be featuring PCA & CCA Credits, Free Breakfast & Tri-Tip Lunch, Industry Trade Show, State of the Raisin, Table Grape, Wine, Almond, Walnut, Pistachio, Pecan, Citrus & Tree Fruit Industry presentations and seminars.

Program details and registration links available online: https://agexpo.biz/

11/11-11/12

Fresno State Bulldoggers Fall Rodeo

Come and support the Fresno State Rodeo Team as they compete in this National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association event. Start times: Friday Qualifying Round: 5:30PM; Saturday Slack Qualifying Round 8:00AM; Saturday Short Go Final Round 4:00PM

TICKET INFO: (for Friday and Saturday nights): Fresno State students with their campus ID $5; Adults $10; Kids 12 and younger free; Saturday's 'slack' day session is free.

For program details and event tickets please follow the team on at https://www.facebook.com/fresnostaterodeo or https://www.instagram.com/fresnostaterodeo

11/16

 

41st Annual Agribusiness Management Conference

This year's conference theme is “Post-pandemic Challenges in California Agriculture” and will focus on supply chain issues and inflationary environment. The program will host an array of industry experts who will address critical agricultural concerns.

Early bird price is $50 until November 1. The conference will be held at Pardini's (2257 West Shaw Avenue
Fresno, CA 93711)

Program details and registration links available online: https://fresnostate.edu/amc

 

*For more information, see the Jordan College campus events calendar, and news page featuring our students, faculty and staff