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<b><font
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sans-serif">SAVE
THE DATES:<br>
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1. Next VASCM
Meeting:
Tuesday, June
24, 2-4:00pm
-- </font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Chuck Schembre, Regenerative Ag
Consultant, on
<i>Building
Healthy Soils</i>
- on Zoom<br>
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<div
align="left"><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><i>See more below</i></font><font
face="Helvetica,
Arial,
sans-serif">.<br>
<br>
<b>2. July
23: Tailgate
at Redwood
Grade Vineyard
on Mount
Madonna,
Watsonville </b><i>-
more info TBA<br>
</i> </font>
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<div
align="left"><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hello, everyone:<br>
<br>
As the 2025
vintage is
well on its
way and
looking good,
here is a
heads up on
the next
couple of
meetings so
you can save
the dates.
More
information
will be
forthcoming on
both:<br>
<br>
<b><br>
- June 24: a
Zoom webinar
with Chuck
Schembre,
Regenerative
Ag Consultant,
on Building
Healthy Soils</b>,
2-4pm <br>
</font></div>
<div
align="left"><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">In Part One we'll get an overview of
the core
principles and
foundation for
building
healthy soils,
understanding
soil
biological
function and
how to mimic
nature's
processes,
leading to
resilient vines
and ecosystem
function on
your land.
Part Two of
the talk will
provide tools
and methods
for
evaluating,
measuring, and
monitoring for
soil health in
the field and
by soil lab
analysis.<br>
<br>
Chuck is a
Regenerative
Specialty Crop
consultant for
Understanding
Ag
specializing
in vineyards
(and other
crops). His
background
includes
management of
a re<span
style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">gional
soil health
demonstration
vineyard for
the Napa
Resource
Conservation
District (RCD)
where he was
able to trial
and experiment
with many
cutting edge
soil health
practices.
While at the
RCD, he helped
found the
North Coast
Soil Health
Hub and
co-developed a
soil health
monitoring
protocol for
vineyards. He
has worked
with many
vineyard
producers
conducting
soil health
assessments,
developing
water quality
farm plans,
carbon farm
plans,
providing
erosion
control
assistance,
and water use
efficiency
evaluations. </span><span
style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Chuck
focuses on
building soil
health and
farm ecosystem
function, with
additional
expertise in
soil health
analysis,
regenerative
crop
fertility,
biological
disease and
pest
management,
advance
horticulture
practices,
input
reduction
strategies,
and ecosystem
restoration.
Chuck resides
in Nevada, so
a Zoom webinar
is the best
way for us to
benefit from
his expertise.
</span>Find
more info on
Chuck Schembre
<a
href="https://understandingag.com/team/chuck-schembre/"
moz-do-not-send="true">here</a>. <br>
<br>
The Zoom link
will be
provided as we
get closer to
the date.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>- July 23:
Richard Hanke
will host us
for a tailgate
at Redwood
Grade Vineyard
on Mount
Madonna in
Watsonville</b><br>
<i>- More info
will be
forthcoming.<br>
<br>
</i></font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">.<br>
We look
forward to
seeing you
over the next
couple of
months. In the
mean time,
here's to
healthy
vineyards and
a stellar 2025
vintage.<br>
<br>
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<div
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face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> Cheers,<br>
The VASCM
Board:<br>
- Mary
Lindsay, Muns
Vineyard<br>
- Ken Swegles,
Rhizos
Viticulture/Skyline
Viticulture<br>
- Richard
Hanke, Redwood
Grade Vineyard<br>
<br>
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