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Crops Club
     The Crops Club is oriented towards serving all agricultural majors. The purpose of the Crops Club is to enhance personal and business relationships within the Ag. Industry. The club serves with other agricultural organization such as CAPCA (California Agricultural Pesticide Control Advisors) to keep strong ties with the community and other colleges. Regular events are scheduled throughout the year to promote unity and enable students to socialize and foster career objectives. Members also compete in crops judging contests.


Environmental Horticultural Sciences Club (EHS)
     The EHS Club is celebrating its 63rd year as a chartered organization here at Cal Poly. It promotes horticulture though community service and campus activities. It also promotes fellowship among those interested in horticulture; providing contact between students and industry. Farm City Night, Arbor Day, Unit work days, ALCA student career days, IPM (Integrated Pest Management), ASHS, and Open House are just some of the activities the club participates in.


Vines to Wines
     Vines to Wines is a viticulture/wine education and promotion organization. It is the first club within the College of Agriculture to officially represent three departments: Agribusiness-Crops, Fruit Science, and Food Science. The club studies problems inherent in the wine industry, both on and off campus, as well as forming a means of social and professional contact for prospective viticulturists and marketers.


Floral Design Club
     Our club is affiliated with the National AIFD Organization. Our club sends students to help florists throughout the year. We attend design shows, assist designers, and help with major floral events. During the year we sell floral arrangements and ivy topiary plants at Friday Flowers. The funds we earn help to send our students to the national competition. If you need floral arrangements for your Cal Poly event we are the floral professionals you need to contact.


Landscape Industry Club
     This is the student chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association. This club provides students the opportunity to interact with professionals in the landscape industry through participation in industry-sponsored workshops, attendance at statewide trade shows and on-campus presentations by representatives from the various facets of the landscape industry.


Turf Club
     The Turf Club is an affiliated student chapter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. Our club purpose is to gather students interested in the turf-grass management concentration. We the students are using the club to help better ourselves within the turf industry. Meeting and creating contacts among other students and those already within the industry helps accomplish such progression. Our annual attendance and participation at the National Conference and Turf Bowl help promote and rank our school on a national level.

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