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Digging My Heels In
#177: Now & Then, Art & Fire, Firelighters: Fire is Medicine, Octavia Butler (Persistent Bloom), Art Prof. Clara Lieu, Woodland Classroom, Yusuke Hanai, and PomplamooseMusic.
Salinas Valley Health Foundation
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Pesticides have long been an issue in the “salad bowl of the world,” for obvious reasons: pests like salad – and strawberries and grapes, too.
Freddy Menge knows a lot about apples. To be fair, he’s been learning about this widely cultivated fruit ever since he was a kid—that’s when he remembers finding old, abandoned apple trees growing in the forest near his home by…
KING CITY — King City High School Agriculture Department and FFA were recognized with the 2022 Education Award last Saturday at the 16th Annual Valley of the World Awards, presented by the National Steinbeck Center. The school is home to …
KING CITY — Ellie Clifton is the new executive director of the Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum (MCARLM). Clifton began her position in mid-June, and at 22 years old, she is bringing a fresh and youthful perspective on …
MONTEREY COUNTY — Ellie Clifton is the new executive director of the Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum (MCARLM). Clifton began her position in mid-June, and at 22 years old, she is bringing a fresh and youthful perspective on …
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SALINAS VALLEY — University of California Santa Cruz’s CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research (CIDER) along with several partners has received a $1 million, 15-month planning grant to support regional drone education and workforce development from the James Irvine …
The first thing you notice about chef Christian Ojeda’s menu at Lucia Restaurant & Bar is the utter lack of grandiloquence.
MONTEREY COUNTY — The 2022 Monterey County Fair Junior Livestock Auction is being dedicated to Taylor Farms, the Salinas-based grower and packager of fresh produce that has supported the Fair’s 4-H and FFA exhibitors for more than 20 years by …
Consumers are seeing the prices of groceries rise on the shelves. Behind the scenes of food production, Monterey County’s growers are experiencing an increase in costs, but so far that hasn’t translated to higher sales prices for them.
More than 60 percent of cannabis cultivators in Monterey County owe unpaid taxes to the county, a reflection of a once-booming local industry facing oversupply and variable market conditions. Responding to the industry’s cries for aid, county officials are preparing…
America’s Last Hometown, the small town with an oversized city council that famously came late to the legal liquor sales party in 1969, is possibly due for two major changes come the Nov. 8 election. The Pacific Grove City Council…
GREENFIELD — All seven locations of La Plaza Bakery, including those in South Monterey County, have been named Blue Zones Project Approved restaurants, demonstrating their commitment to helping residents achieve healthier lifestyles. “I’m thrilled that all seven La Plaza Bakery …
Monterey County’s annual crop report, which was released to the public July 12, presented what was seemingly an alarming development: Organic acreage in the county went from 132,809 acres in 2020 to 79,255 acres in 2021.
Genetic research in strawberries might conjure ideas of science fiction, but a lot of research relies on simple, old-fashioned practices of breeding. “It’s this idea of crossing two things together to bring the nice attributes,” says Steven Knapp, director of…
As the cannabis industry continues to thrive across California, Monterey County growers have faced a dilemma: pay a hefty cannabis business tax, or face potential closure. Meanwhile, the county Board of Supervisors also faces a dilemma: freeze cannabis taxes granting…
SOLEDAD — CRU Winery’s Sierra Madre Vineyard Pinot Noir has won Best Pinot Noir of Show at the 2022 Toast of the Coast Wine Competition. Planted in 1971, the Sierra Madre Vineyard is located in Santa Maria Valley and is …
Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner Henry Gonzales announced his retirement today, Friday, July 15. He will end his career in December on the same place he started: Monterey County.
Different shades of green are grown in Monterey County fields. In the county’s biggest industry there is variety: more than 30 kinds of crops are grown. Officials say this diversity mitigated the impacts of wildfires and the Covid-19 pandemic, and…
Different shades of green are grown in different regions of Monterey County fields. Whether conventional to organic, big or small, in the county’s biggest industry there is variety: more than 30 kinds of crops are grown. Officials say this diversity…
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