Monterey County Local News: Agriculture, Food & Gardening

Applications are being accepted for the title of Miss Salinas Valley Fair, which is open to any junior or senior high school girl in the counties of Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and northern San Luis Obispo.

“To the best of my knowledge, it’s the first time that China and the Salinas Valley have ever collaborated in any sort of agricultural exchange,” Salinas City Councilmember Steve McShane says.

In NYT’s “The Farmers Had What the Billionaires Wanted,” we meet a man who wants to build a city in the middle of nowhere, and folks who are slowing him down. For now.

Farm-to-table sounds like it has the gloss of a restaurant marketing professional when compared to some of the conversations at EcoFarm.

Each year, the Soquel-based nonprofit Ecological Farming Association has hosted what has become the largest organic farming conference for small and medium-sized farmers.

For many people, an outing to Moss Landing has been less about kayaking and more about dining. But one destination relocated and another is closing.

Two things that are true, but also come into conflict, are that most people love to eat crab, and most people love whales.