2025 Annual Certified Private Applicator (Grower) Workshop

Date: December 04, 2025

Time: 8:00 - 11:35 a.m.

Address:

Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building
1351 Maple Avenue, Santa Rosa

Cost: $20 pre-registration (by 12/1) | $27 day of (on site)

Registration Required: Yes

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Attachments:

Agenda - 2025 Growers Workshop (PDF: 147.6 kB)
Pre-Registration-Form-2025 (PDF: 399.1 kB)

Pre-Registration Fee: $20 per person
Pre-registration is open from November 1 - December 1, 2025.

To pre-register, please complete the registration form. The completed registration form and payment (cash or check) may be mailed or brought to our office.

Payment must be received by Monday, December 1, 2025 by 4:00 pm to receive pre-registration rate.

Sonoma County Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
Attn: Grower Workshop
133 Aviation Boulevard, Suite 110
Santa Rosa, CA 95403

Office Hours:
Monday – Friday
8:00 am – 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
After hours drop box available.

On-site Registration Fee: $27 per person
Register the day of the workshop at the door (cash or check only).
Registration begins at 8:00 am

Agenda

Two hours of continuing education (CE) units have been approved by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) (1.5 hours Laws & Regulations and 0.5 hour Other)

8:00 am – 8:30 am	Registration	Lobby
8:30 am – 8:35 am	Introduction	Pierpaolo Aymar Deputy Agricultural Commissioner Sonoma County Department of Agriculture
8:35 am – 8:45 am	Department of Agriculture - Update	Andrew Smith Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights & Measures Sonoma County Department of Agriculture
8:45 am – 9:15 am 0.5 hour “Laws & Regulations”	Common Violations - PPE & Respiratory Protection	Delaney Boyd Agricultural Inspector Sonoma County Department of Agriculture
9:15 am – 9:25 am	Break
9:25 am – 9:55 am 0.5 hour “Laws & Regulations”	Field Worker Safety Inspection	Rachel Schuster Agricultural Inspector Sonoma County Department of Agriculture
9:55 am – 10:25 am 0.5 hour “Laws & Regulations”	Restricted Materials Permitting & SpreayDays	Alexander Nguyen Deputy Agricultural Commissioner Sonoma County Department of Agriculture
10:25 am – 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am – 11:00 am 0.5 hour “Other"	GWSS/Pest Exclusion (Specialty Markets), Abandoned Vineyards	Collene Boe & Beverly Hammond Senior Agricultural Inspector Sonoma County Department of Agriculture
11:00 am - 11:20 am	VESCO Updates	Andy Casarez Agriculture & Vineyard Conservation Coordinator County Department of Agriculture
11:20 am - 11:30 am	Region 1 Vineyard Waste Discharge Requirements - Update	Brenna Sullivan Engineering Geologist North Coast Regional Water Board
11:30 am – 11:35 am	Closing Comments	Pierpaolo Aymar Deputy Agricultural Commissioner Sonoma County Department of Agriculture