Welcome to the Crops Club webpage. Here, you will find information concerning the goals, activities, and meetings of the club. Also included are a few pictures of current club members showing club enthusiasm and activities.

Activities

Throughout the year, the Crops Club is involved in various activities. During the summer, the Club grows pumpkins on the Cal Poly campus and provides them to local schools in time for Halloween. The Club also conducts tours of the "pumpkin patch" for elementary school children. Club members briefly discuss how the pumpkins were grown and help the young students to pick their pumpkins that they then take home.

Weather permitting, the Club sponsors a bi-annual (Fall/Spring) deep-sea fishing trip out of nearby Morro Bay. Regardless of the catch, which can include gopher cod, ling cod and bluefish, a great time is had by all.

The Club plans and sponsors two banquets a year, a small gathering of students, faculty and friends before the Christmas holidays and a large, formal banquet in the Spring to herald the beginning of summer and the end of the school year. At the Spring Banquet, club members, faculty, family and friends gather together to remember old times, renew friendships and honor those students who have distinguished themselves during the school year, as scholarships and certificates are awarded at this time. The night is highlighted by a guest speaker who has been chosen by the Club as Agriculturist of the Year. There is also a silent auction, the proceeds of which are used by the Club to sponsor its activities. The night concludes as new club officers are installed for the coming year.

Club members are involved in other activities, including Cal Poly Homecoming, Open House, Fall Preview Day and the statewide finals of the Future Farmers of America (FFA). Club members also participate in professional activities at the annual meetings of: the California Agricultural Production Consultants Association (CAPCA), Weed Science Society, American Society for Horticultural Science, American Society of Agronomy, and Entomology Society of America. Due to the barbecuing expertise of some club members, the Club also has been successful in raising money by cooking tri-tip at BBQ's held at local vineyards.