Tag: california

I remember the first three months of 1983. I was living in San Francisco. It rained every day. It didn’t rain all day every day—but it did rain every day. This is the flip side of California weather. It’s not just drought—it’s a regular alternation of drought and deluge, often lasting over decades.

Maybe Californians will have to give up their lawns. That’s one tiny part of the new water policy recommendations issued this month under the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom. 

California's Fresh Fig season is officially underway, according to the California Fresh Fig Growers Association.

They’re right next to each other, and despite wild differences, they have one thing in common: water worries. They’re known as California and Arizona. Both are subject to what has been called the biggest drought in 1200 years.

It might be debated whether anybody pays any attention to futurists to begin with, but its omission reflects a larger public-policy blindness toward California agriculture.

With the harvest underway in both the Coachella and San Joaquin valleys, California grapes are available around the country and shoppers and retailers can celebrate the California Goodness that comes with every bunch of California table grapes.

Leading California business associations, including the Western Growers Association, the California Farm Bureau Federation, the California Fresh Fruit Association, and California Pear Growers, have sent a letter to governor Gavin Newsom urging him to “establish a clear target to increase its surface water supply to meet current and future needs for human consumption and a growing economy.”

The SF Market, a wholesale produce market that is home to 26 merchant businesses in the heart of San Francisco, welcomed California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross (CDFA) on May 20, 2022.

California governor Gavin Newsom has announced an additional state minimum wage hike, to become effective on January 1, 2023. 

Fruit World, a family-owned, flavor-focused grower-shipper of organic and conventional citrus and more, is reporting a strong season for their premium specialty citrus, including organic Minneola tangelos, Blood oranges and Cara Cara oranges.