Bakersfield College Agriculture

📣 Exciting News! CAPCA’s Annual Fall CE Meeting is coming to Bakersfield College this year! 🎉 This is a big change from our usual locations, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to host it right here at BC.

What’s even more exciting? Bakersfield College offers a specialized certificate program for PCA (Pest Control Advisers)! 🌿🕷️ If you’re not familiar, a PCA is a professional who provides expert advice on pest control and integrated pest management, crucial for maintaining healthy crops and protecting our local agriculture.

💸 In Kern County, PCA professionals can earn between $65K and $90K annually

Why are PCAs so vital in our region? Kern County is a major agricultural hub, and PCAs play a key role in ensuring our crops remain healthy and pest-free, which supports our local economy and food supply.

We’ll have a limited number of spots available for students to attend the meeting, and we’ll be sharing a link soon for you to apply. Stay tuned for more details!

Let’s take this opportunity to learn, grow, and explore the rewarding career of a PCA! 🌟📚

Sign Up for the annual CLCA golf tournament fundraiser. All funds are used to provide scholarships to Bakersfield College students. This is a fun event for a great cause.

There’s still a few spots left for our FREE gardening class! You don’t want to miss it! Taught by Sally Sterns, learn how to start a garden and care for it. Register as a student and sign up using CRN 52770

Happy Memorial Day weekend! Remembering those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

Sign up today for summer session. CRN:52736 & 52337 has some available seats with a great professor! In this course you will study plant structure & physiology, heredity, environmental relationship to growth, adaptation and management of crops. Techniques of research, exploration of plant growth, and identification of economical crops will be included! SIGN UP TODAY! ADDED BONUS THIS IS AN ONLINE COURSE

Want to turn your backyard or even your front yard into an Edible oasis! Enroll today in our Edible Landscape course CRN:52770.

Bakersfield College Ag pulling double duty today! Participating in the Scotsmans market at and the grand opening of Delano community hero Larry Itlong park. Engaging with the community is always a fun time!

Today we had the pleasure of hosting a tour of some awesome 5th grade students. They toured our and learned the importance of our pollinator garden and the pollinators that visit it. They asked awesome questions that were answered by Miss Stacey and Mr. William!

Did you know that testing your soil is crucial when starting to plant any types of crops. Our SOILB1 class tested the soil on the Regenerative farm. This test should tell us the NPK make up of the soil. Knowing this allows the farmer to make decisions on the proper amendments and cover crops to use.

! Today we celebrate earth day. Special thanks to all the farms and farmers that keep us fed.

Are you ready! Just one more week and it’s time to GARDEN FEST! I hope you are as excited as us! We definitely can’t wait! Make sure you stop by for some fun, food and of course PLANTS! Our horticulture department will have vegetable starts for sale!

Our floral design classes have been making some really beautiful arrangements. DYK our Floral Design class counts as an arts general education requirement. The CRN is ORNH B36.