CDA at a Glance - August 2025

National Emergency Management Awareness Month
CDA Engagement Opportunities
Colorado Department of Agriculture Palisade Insectary 80th Anniversary Celebration
- August 14, Palisade
Colorado Proud Webinar: Colorado's Appetite for Eating & Buying Local
- August 18, virtual
- August 22 - September 1, Pueblo
Ag Behavioral Health Work Group Meeting
- August 26, virtual
Rulemaking Hearing - Produce Safety Act 2025
- August 28, virtual
Grants & Other Opportunities
City of Boulder Civic Area Phase 2 Concept Plan
- feedback due by August 11
Noxious Weed Program Mapping and Data Specialist
- applications due August 14
USDA Emergency Commodity Assistance Program
- application period closes August 15
Colorado Agriculture in the Classroom Board of Directors and Advisory Board Position
- applications due August 20
Colorado Agriculture in the Classroom Board of Directors and Advisory Board Position
- applications due August 20
2025 Colorado State Conservation Board (CSCB) Customer Survey
- submit by August 31
The Microhabitat Acceleratorâ„ Incubator Grants
- application period open
- application period open
Colorado State Fair Governor's Plate Competition
- application period open
Colorado Noxious Weeds and Related Jobs
- rolling application periods
Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program
- application period open
Events
AUG 9 - Colorado Beef Festival, Denver
AUG 12 - Restoring the Prairie: Conservation and Habitat Part 2, Boulder
AUG 13 - Farm Stress Peer Support Programs, Webinar
AUG 13 - Jefferson County Late Summer Wildflowers, Pine Grove
AUG 13 - Best Garden Plants for the Western Slope, Webinar
AUG 13-14, Annual Agriculture Seminar 2025, Ft. Collins
AUG 15 - Restoring the Prairie: Conservation and Habitat, Boulder
AUG 15-16 - 57th Annual Palisade Peach Festival, Palisade
AUG 19 - Colorado Fuel and Iron Event, Pueblo
AUG 20 - Colorado CSU SPUR Specialty Crop Event, Denver
AUG 20 - AgrAbility Low-vision Smartphone Assistive Technology Training Workshop, Webinar
AUG 20 - Newtopia Now 2025 | An Event in Conscious Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Denver
AUG 21 - Agrivoltaics in Colorado: What's New in Agrivoltaic Policy, Webinar
AUG 21-23 - 2025 Meeker Mustang Makeover, Meeker
AUG 22 - Forest and Flows | Exploring the Tree-Water Connection, Denver
AUG 22-SEPT 1 - Colorado State Fair, Pueblo
AUG 23 - 2nd Annual NoCo Fruit & Vegetable Farm Hop, Ft. Collins
AUG 27 - North American Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA) Invasive Upcycling Summit, Webinar
Online Resources
- Colorado Department of Agriculture
- 2025 Farm Fresh Directory
- America 250 - Colorado 150 Twin Anniversary Celebration
- Agricultural Water Assessment Builder
- Colorado State Fair and Rodeo
- Agriculture Emergency Programs
- AgrAbility National Training Workshop Encore Webinars 2025
- Colorado Farm2Food Program
- The Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame
- (Updated) Colorado Poisonous Menace Digital Booklet for Horse Pasture
- Colorado Noxious Weed & Related Job Postings
- Agricultural Worker Services Program Training and Information Request Form