Workshop: Sheep and Grapes

Tue, Apr 2nd 2019, 8:30am - 3:00pm
Napa Valley College, Student Activity Center, 2277 Napa-Vallejo Highway, Napa, CA 94558

$25/ person. Tickets available here.

- Learn about the benefits of sheep grazing on soil health and vineyard floor management, and how sheep are managed around the grape production cycle. 

- Sheep health, physiology, and management.

- Learn how vineyard managers in California’s Wine Country have used sheep in their vineyards.

- Learn how shepherds and ranchers provide grazing services to vineyards.

- A new project that seeks to understand how sheep-vineyard systems may be utilized to increase soil health and soil organic carbon while providing multiple production benefits.

There will be various speakers from UC Davis, vineyard management companies and many more.

Presented by: Napa County Resource Conservation District, University of California Cooperative Extension, Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) + Farmers Guild, Fibershed.

Click here to learn more about the event.