Preserve Vital Agricultural Land at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

iPetitions Sign in or join Preserve Vital Agricultural Land at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo The Petition2 Highlights116 Comments648 SignaturesThe Petition2 Highlights116 Comments648 Signatures Some of you might be aware Cal Poly is developing its master plan for the next 20 years. In the latest version of the master plan, there are two developments that have potentially heavy impact on our agriculture program at Cal Poly. For further in depth details about the effects the Cal Poly master plan will have on agricultural land, please continue to read the statement below. If you would like to support us please sign the petition attached. We have listed reasons why this land is necessary for the Cal Poly community. 1) The dairy must have a means of dealing with waste water/bionutrient management in order to continue to operate. Without the dairy, there is no DSCI program! 2) The land is also used to provide forages to the dairy. This past year we were able to double crop with silage and triticale. 3) The fields are used for grazing for our heifers and other heifers on campus. 4) In addition these fields are used for two big open house events: Tractor Pull and Rodeo 5) Several faculty members are doing research utilizing these fields. 6) Land is also used for forage classes and fertilizer labs to demonstrate the “Learn by Doing” motto. If you care about this issue, please sign the attached petition. By signing, you are stating that you agree and stand with us as we fight for: - All of Cal Poly's Prime Farmland (17 acres along Mount Bishops Rd) to remain solely for agricultural use and education. We support the removal of this land from consideration as potential construction sites on the Cal Poly Master Plan. -You agree that the fields along Mount Bishop Road should continue to be used as a learning lab, research facility, crop production, special event venue and as a permitted location for disposal o

Hope Ag Land is preserved as well as administration Cal Poly to improve

Cal Poly is THE premier school for agriculture, our most vital industry. Any reduction in the land that offers the best hands-on education in the country is a loss from which we can't recover.

Farmers feed everyone. Keep the land for agricultural uses only. Once it's gone, there no getting it back.

Alumni, class of '93

The dairy program is a vital part of Cal Poly!

Keep Ag.

Once you pave over the ag land it can never be used again for sustainable agriculture

Cal Poly Pomona supports you!!

This land is vital to the Dairy Science program. These young adults are our future in Ag. Let's keep those acres for our future!

Cal Poly Pomona Agriculture has been struggling with very similar issues, good luck.

Keep the land for ag use.

We cannot underestimate the importance of agriculture, not only in San Luis Obispo or California but across the world. There is no classroom experience that can duplicate what a student can learn by getting hands on experience outside of the lab or classroom.

If there is room for sports fields, there is room for agricultural land. Farmers feed the world.

Save the land.

Please, no more build out on Ag. land.

Having graduated from Cal Poly's Dairy Science program in 1996, I personally support to keep our land as Agriculture land.

This program is so vital!

It's Cal Poly know for "learn by doing?" How are we suppose to continue with this philosophy if the ag land keeps getting smaller and smaller?

Stop with the building, keep with what got Cal Poly a reputation, its all you have protect it .... the learning and the hands on approach seeing and doing.