Content library
Lessons, links, posts, and slideshows for CALF fellows, screened alumni, and partner-university deans — gated at the data layer, not behind a paywall plugin.
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Network
Searchable directory of alumni mentors organized by region, commodity, and decade of leadership — opt-in only, alumni-verified.
Alumni Council · Feb 2026 · private alumni roster
Policy
A primer on the three water bodies, the commodity boards, and the legislative calendar every Class 56 fellow should know before the Sacramento seminar.
Dr. Amanda Crump · Mar 2026 · 12 min read
Water
What changed at the State Water Board this quarter, why the Delta tunnel is back, and the three vote counts to watch in the Assembly.
Dr. Amanda Crump · Feb 2026 · 9 min read
Curriculum
Faculty-side bibliography with teaching notes, suggested discussion prompts, and the supplementary material we deliberately cut.
CALF Faculty · Jan 2026 · annotated for faculty
Program
Monthly seminar dates, partner-university rotations, and travel windows for the seventeen-month program — synced to your calendar.
CALF Education Team · Feb 2026 · shared Google calendar
Communication
When the local paper calls, when a neighbor goes to the supervisors, when a family meeting goes sideways — a Class 9 alum’s playbook from twenty years of fielding it.
Dr. Peggy Perry (9) · Jan 2026 · 22 slides
Curriculum
Annotated reading list keyed to each fall-quarter seminar — books, papers, and three required films.
CALF Faculty · Jan 2026 · 23 titles
Communication
Class 46 alum walks through a real CDFA hearing prep: how to listen, how to frame, and when to stop talking.
Sal Parra Jr. (46) · Feb 2026 · 34 slides
Program
Internal calendar of faculty calls, peer review, and inter-campus seminar planning — visible only to dean-tier accounts.
CALF Education Team · Dec 2025 · partner-faculty access only
Self-leadership
A six-video introduction to the curriculum’s core premise — leadership starts with how you regulate yourself before you ever lead others.
CALF Faculty · Mar 2026 · 6 videos · 1h 12m
Self-leadership
Builds on Module 1 — moves from self-regulation into the dynamics of small-group trust, conflict, and decision-making.
CALF Faculty · Jan 2026 · 5 videos · 58m
Succession
Class 49 alum’s framework for moving a fourth-generation family operation through a non-obvious succession path — with the legal docs that actually mattered.
Yvonne Sams (49) · Mar 2026 · 28 slides · CALF Awards prep
Curriculum
How each of the five partner universities contributes a distinct module to the integrated 17-month curriculum — with hand-off points and shared assessments.
CALF Education Team · Jan 2026 · 41 slides
Curriculum
Three short videos for any faculty member hosting a CALF seminar for the first time — logistics, expectations, and the unwritten norms.
CALF Faculty · Dec 2025 · 3 videos · 32m
Specialty crops
A roundtable of specialty-crop leaders — tree nuts, wine, berries, citrus — on labor, water, and the next five years of margin compression.
CALF News · Dec 2025 · 4 videos · 48m
