Please join us at one of our California Avocado
Growers Seminar Series.

 

Presented by
California Avocado Society, Inc., California Avocado Commission, and University of California Cooperative Extension

Our Next Seminar 

August 18 2026

GEM vs. Hass Avocados

In-person registration here

June 9 Seminar's Recording Coming Soon

You can review all of our past recordings available on YouTube.

California Avocado Society Youtube Channel
Avocado Lace Bug

California Avocado Growers Seminars Series 2026

Thanks to all of our Foundation Sponsors Below

Our Next Seminar  

Our last Seminar of 2026

August 18 (9 - 12)

GEM vs. Hass Avocados

Featuring a talk by

Aurelie Lamotte
(Customer Development Manager Europe, Westfalia Fruit)
"All about GEM Avocados in Europe"
 
Keith Blanchard and Gerardo Aldunate
(Index Fresh)
"GEM Avocados Marketing and Growing in the US
 
Kamille Garcia
(Brokaw Nursery)
"Use of Pollinizers in GEM Avocados"
and
Grower panel
 
In-Person only
at

The San Diego Farm Bureau Office (420 South Broadway, Escondido)

Click here for the In-Person Attendance Registration

 

June 9

All About Weeds

Thank You to all of our Speaker and Growers Panel 

Mathew Fatino 
(weed Specialist and the Subtropical Horticulture Advisor for San Diego and Riverside County)
and
Grower panel

Seminar Recording coming soon

March 24

Avocado Lace Bug

Thank You to all of our Speaker and Growers/PCA Panel 

Mark Hoddle 
(Professor at UC Riverside)
and
grower/PCA panel
 
Click here for the Avocado Lace Bug Seminar Recording
 
 March 12 

Exploring Avocado Growing in the Central Valley

Thank You to all of our Speakers
 
Dr. Tapan Pathak
"Climate trends in S Joaquín Valley"
Dr. Iñaki Hormaza
"Flowering and pollination in Avocado"
Dr. Ben Faber
"Irrigation and use of berms in Avocado"
Dr. Arnon Dag
"Overhead Cooling in Avocado" 
Dr. Mary Lu Arpaia
"Dry Matter and harvest dates"
 
 

 
February 10

Pollination

Thank You to all of our Speakers

Inaki Hormaza
(Professor at the Institute of Subtropical and Mediterranean Horticulture in Spain)
"Optimizing Pollination of Avocado"
 
Hamutahl Cohen
(UC Coopera5ve Extension Advisor, Ventura)
"Identifying non-bee pollinators in Ventura and what practices promote them"
 
Mary Lu Arpaia Presented for Marllon Soares
(Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Riverside)
"Artificial Pollination"
 
Fatemeh Khodadi
(Assistant Professor in Extension and Assistant Plant Pathologist, UC Riverside)
“Honeybee surveillance for Avocado Sunblotch Viroid”
 
Click here for the Recording of the Pollination Seminar
  Thanks to all of our Foundation Sponsors Below
 
AgWest Farm Credit Brokaw Nursery Del Rey Avocado
 
Index Fresh   McDaniel Fruit Co.  Mission Produce Avocados
 
Nutrien Ag Solutions PhosGrow  Westfalia Fruit
 
West Pak
 

 

 

420 South Broadway