Farm Management

Laura Tourte is County Director in Santa Cruz County. She is also Farm Advisor for Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito Counties for the University of California Cooperative Extension.

In addition to administrative work as County Director, Laura's Farm Advisor work includes research, education, and outreach in farm management with a focus on record keeping, financial management, crop budgeting, and marketing. The overriding goal of her farm advisor work is to help strengthen farm businesses—especially those that are small, beginning and/or limited in resources. In order to achieve this, her efforts are focused in two areas:

1. extending knowledge and information to improve business skills for the short-term and

2. performing research and other program activities that will ultimately provide area farmers with research results, thus tools, to help them make informed choices and business decisions for the long-term.

Upcoming Farm Management Events

California Small Farm Conference
Cultivating the Next Generation
March 4, 5 & 6
Valencia, CA

The state’s premier gathering of farmers and
farmers' market managers

www.californiafarmconference.com

Small Farm Conference Poster Spanish

Small Farm Conference Poster

Farm Management Staff

Photo of Laura Tourte Laura Tourte
Title: Santa Cruz County Director and Farm Advisor
Specialty: Farm Management and Small Farms
Address:
UCCE Santa Cruz County
1432 Freedom Boulevard
(831) 763-8005
Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone: (831) 763-8005
Fax: (831) 763-8006
Email: ljtourte@ucanr.edu

Farm Management

Upcoming Farm Management Events

California Small Farm ConferenceCultivating the Next GenerationMarch 4, 5 & 6Valencia, CA

Farm Management Staff

California Small Farm Conference
Cultivating the Next Generation
March 4, 5 & 6
Valencia, CA