Water Quality Monthly Update - September 2026
September 2026:
Solano County Coastal Clean-up Day
Important details about Coastal Clean-up day:
Where to volunteer: Site coordiator information and registration
Be prepared: Access waiver form, what to bring, wear and expect on clean-up day.
NOTE: All volunteers must have a signed waiver to participate.
AgriSafe Webinars - Save Your Spot Today:
The online webinars are September 21-25, 2026. Topics are below. For more information and to register, click on the registration links below.
Monday, September 21, 2026 – Equipment and Rural Roadway Safety
- Pathways to Progress: Safer Routes, Stronger Communities 11 am – 12 pm CT
- These Shared Roads: Using Stories in Rural Roadway Safety Education 1 pm – 2 pm CT
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 – Health and Wellness
- CALM Conversations on Access to Lethal Means 11 am – 12:30 pm CT
- Noise in Agriculture: An Overlooked Occupational Hazard 1 pm – 2 pm CT
- The Cost of Fatigue in Agriculture: Practical Solutions to Protect Workers and Increase Productivity 3 pm – 4 pm CT
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 – Generations of Farming
- Telling the Story: Using Personal Experiences to Strengthen Farm Safety and Well-Being 11 am – 12 pm CT
- Practical Solutions for Burnout in Farm Families: Supporting Women Farmers, the Sandwich Generation, and Grandparents Raising Children 1 pm – 2 pm CT
Thursday, September 24, 2026 – Confined Spaces
- Confined Space Safety in Agriculture 11 am – 12 pm CT
- Increasing Awareness for Confined Space Safety 1 pm – 2 pm CT
- More than FEMA: Building True Rural Disaster Resilience 3 pm – 4 pm CT
Friday, September 25, 2026 – Cancer Prevention
- Boots, Bales, Biopsies: Women’s Health on the Farm 11 am – 12 pm CT
- Cancer Knowledge, Exposure Beliefs, and Prevention Behaviors: Insights from Iowa’s Agricultural Communities 1 pm – 2 pm CT
California Agricultural Compost Strategy Survey
Please respond by October 1st. Por favor, responda antes del 1 de octubre.
What do you think about compost in California agriculture?
Share your perspectives to help develop the statewide agricultural compost strategy!
California is developing a statewide agricultural compost strategy, which would advance compost use in California agriculture. As an agricultural producer in the state, you have valuable opinions and experiences to help the state develop and implement this strategy. Whether you are currently making or using compost, thinking about it, or not using it at all, your thoughts on this matter! Please share your experiences and opinions in this 15-minute survey. All responses are anonymous. The survey will close October 1, 2026.
SURVEY LINK: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8943720/farmer-survey
¿Qué opina sobre el compost en la agricultura de California?
¡Comparte sus perspectivas para ayudar a desarrollar la estrategia estatal de compost agrícola!
California está desarrollando una estrategia estatal de compost agrícola, que impulsaría el uso del compost en la agricultura del estado. Como productor agrícola del estado, sus opiniones y experiencias son muy valiosas para ayudar al estado a desarrollar y poner en práctica esta estrategia. Tanto si actualmente elabora o utiliza compost, como si se lo está planteando o no lo utiliza en absoluto, ¡nos interesa conocer su opinión al respecto! Por favor, comparte sus experiencias y opiniones en esta encuesta de 15 minutos. Todas las respuestas son anónimas. La encuesta se cerrará el 1 de octubre de 2026.
Enlace a la encuesta: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8943720/farmer-survey
Sustainable Conservation - Cover Crop Fact Sheets
Sustainable Conservation and partners have released three new fact sheets expanding the Cover Cropping in California’s Water Scarce Environments series with in-depth guidance for three distinct cropping contexts California growers are navigating across the Central Valley’s varied regions and weather years:
