STOCKTON – State agencies, counties, cities, utilities and more will be at the Small and Diverse Business Procurement Expo 2012 to help businesses learn how to bid for contracts.

Here’s a copy of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce’s calendar for the rest of August and into September.

TRACY – The annual Tracy Dry Bean Festival is marking “26 years of beans” with its latest installment of the popular celebration.

MANTECA – The federal farm bill and good food for all are slated as the topics for the 2012-13 kickoff fundraiser for the League of Women Voters of San Joaquin County.

STOCKTON – San Joaquin Delta College is seeking people interested in filling out the committee that oversees the $250 million general obligation bond used to renovate, upgrade and expand buildings on campus.

LODI – A new family-practice physician has joined the Lodi Memorial Community Clinic-Millsbridge.

LODI – The Lodi Energy Center is big, bright, shiny and brand new. And millions of Californians will benefit from it.

MANTECA – A San Joaquin County winery is helping home winemakers get off the ground with two upcoming workshops.

The local chamber of commerce has long been a source of help for businesses to promote products and services.

Central Valley manufacturers do not share the gloom-and-doom outlook manufacturers across the nation are expressing.