Monterey County Local News: Agriculture, Food & Gardening


All Local Agriculture, Food & Gardening News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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12/08/2023
The California Department of Water Resources released an environmental impact report for a tunnel that the state would like to build through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The report identifies potential impacts to farmland, tribal remains and endangered species of fish.

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12/07/2023
Even though California is facing a crippling housing shortage, one potential source remains untapped. The state allows thousands of apartments used for part of the year by farmworkers to otherwise sit vacant for three to six months.

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12/05/2023
The Pebble Beach Food & Wine flashbacks strike like lightning, seemingly out of nowhere.

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11/29/2023
Water managers in Pajaro Valley are paying farmers for water they get back into the ground. The move comes as California has grappled with water shortages in recent years.

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11/28/2023
The Double Up Food Bucks program—with its proven ability to connect food-insecure families and individuals to more fresh produce—officially debuted in Monterey County.

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11/28/2023
Chef Jean Pierre Iuliano—who helmed CafĂ© Mare in Santa Cruz for nearly 22 years—served his last meal Nov. 26. But don’t despair. CafĂ© Mare will reopen Dec. 1 under new ownership by Marco Paoletti and Andrea Loporcaro, who both worked there in the early days.

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11/21/2023
Alvarado on Main, the dining and drinking establishment in Oldtown Salinas, is celebrating its first anniversary with the opening of a new lounge on its mezzanine level.

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11/21/2023
This whole Lady & Larder thing is a lot to digest. That becomes clear within 30 seconds of talking with the twin sisters behind it, Sarah and Boo Simms, who have returned to the Carmel Valley to relaunch the business.

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11/20/2023
HERBL, one of California’s biggest cannabis companies, collapsed earlier this year. The company, which sold $700 million of cannabis last year, reportedly shorted the state $17 million in taxes.

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11/17/2023
The 31-mile-long wine trail along River, Foothill, and Los Coches roads in the Salinas Valley is undergoing a name change and rebrand just as wineries along the route are reaping the fruits of an exceptional wine-growing season.

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11/15/2023
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The city councils of Monterey and Pacific Grove have each approved ordinances allowing retail cannabis in the past few weeks, with Monterey best poised to issue business licenses on a faster timeline than its neighbor. Monterey could begin reviewing cannabis


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11/14/2023
It was roughly 30 months ago when Edible reported Villa Azteca was adding an ambitious sibling on Carmel Plaza’s ground floor next to Alvarado Street Brewery & Bistro.

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11/13/2023
Center for Food Safety has filed arguments seeking to revoke the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of nationwide permit 56, which authorizes industrial finfish aquaculture structures in ocean waters around the country. CFS represents a coalition of conservation, tribal, and fishing organizations.

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11/09/2023
Richard Yarnold of the Fishwife Restaurant in Pacific Grove won the “Papa Vince Award” at the Monterey County Hospitality Association’s 34th annual Hospitality Recognition Luncheon.

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11/09/2023
The Elmore Desert Ranch gets 22.5 billion gallons of water from the Colorado River, almost as much as is cleared for Scottsdale, Ariz. And that’s just a fraction of the 386.5 billion gallons from the river going to 19 other families in Imperial Valley.

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11/08/2023
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Pesticide reform advocates are ramping up pressure on regulators over what they deem “environmentally racist” policies that put agricultural communities at risk.

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11/07/2023
The vodka—shaped like a water pipe and inspired in part by the movie “Up in Smoke”—is being made in partnership with Scotts Valley spirits house UBlendIt.

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11/06/2023
In a study published in Nature Sustainability, scientists assessed the potential for wide-scale synthetic production of dietary fats. The raw materials are the same as those used by plants: hydrogen in water and carbon dioxide in the air.

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11/04/2023
A new cutting-edge agriculture research facility named for a long-serving Central Coast politician was ceremoniously opened with a ribbon-cutting on Nov. 3.

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11/03/2023
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Braga Fresh, home of Josie’s Organics, created three new positions to support multiple company departments and business growth.