Train the Trainer: Soil Health & Irrigation Water Management Workshop
Join the Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation & Napa RCD’s Sustainable Ag Program Manager, Miguel Garcia, for a workshop on soil health and irrigation water management on March 12 & 14 from 9 AM-3:30 PM.
Train-the-Trainer classes offer Napa County farmworkers a meaningful opportunity for professional growth. This class will teach students the importance of maintaining proper soil health in vineyards and the role soil health plays in irrigation water management. Participants can take this knowledge back to their company and train other team members about these two important viticultural practices.
In this class, students will learn:
- How to collect soil samples
- How to assess soil health in the field and through lab analysis
- What is carbon sequestration and the importance of organic matter for soil health
- How to implement sustainable farming practices to adapt to the impacts of climate change
- Soil properties that affect water movement and retention
- How to use available technology to develop irrigation management plans
- How to determine ideal irrigation time and adequate quantity of water to be used
- How to perform irrigation system distribution uniformity tests and how to address poor distribution uniformity in vineyards