Please find attached a job description for a new ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR position with an emphasis in SUSTAINABLE AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCES within the Horticulture and Crop Science Department at Cal Poly. This is the first position of its kind here, and a great opportunity for the right person. Please share with anyone you think might be interested and qualified. Applications may be submitted through CAL POLY JOBS: www.calpolyjobs.org (faculty positions, page 2)

Also, we are pleased to announce the keynote speaker for our upcoming COMPOST SYMPOSIUM on Friday, March 28 as part of our week-long professional compost training. Dr. Deborah Neher from the University of Vermont is a soil ecologist doing cutting-edge research and will be speaking about the soil foodweb in its relation to compost and soil health. See details on our website: http://cfs.calpoly.edu/compost_symposium.html

For those of you interested in compost use in vineyards (and compost production for agriculture in general), don’t miss a special tailgate workshop at Scheid Vineyards on February 18. A big thank you to the CENTRAL COAST VINEYARD TEAM for coordinating and hosting this workshop! http://www.vineyardteam.org/events/index.php?id=123

CAFES Center for Sustainability

College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences

Cal Poly State University

San Luis Obispo, California 93407