
May 16-22
Learn and experience first-hand how food producers are building resilience into our regional food system.

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The Santa Barbara County Food Action Network connects, aligns, and activates food system changemakers to develop a robust local food economy, a healthy and just community, and a well-stewarded, resilient foodshed. Learn more.
REGIONAL HIGHLIGHT: Gaviota Coast
California’s largest rural Mediterranean coastline is located right here in Santa Barbara County, just west of the City of Santa Barbara. The rugged Gaviota Coast stretches 76 miles from Eastern Goleta to Point Conception and is one of just a handful of locations worldwide where the geographical landscape lends itself to a diversity of ecosystems, including rangeland, subtropics, and oak woodlands. For more than 200 years, the region’s unique climate and fertile soil have made it an ideal spot for farmers and ranchers to grow food, run cattle, and live off the land. Read more
Using innovative agriculture practices to grow subtropical fruit on the Central Coast.
Managing wildfire risk, restoring native grasslands, and providing ethically raised food and fiber.
Modeling the restoration of our ecosystem through agriculture for the next generation of land stewards.
Cultivating relationships and organic food to preserve the land for farming.
Building healthy soil through vermicomposting and dryland farming.
Sixth-generation ranchers applying permaculture practices to regenerate the land.
Connecting people, farmer, food, animals, and nature to preserve the land.
Cultivating a California delicacy on the Gaviota Coast.