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California stands as America’s agricultural powerhouse, growing half of its fruits and vegetables. Here’s how California farming has shaped the state, from the early missions to today’s “factories in the field.”
The Williamson Act, passed in 1965, now keeps more than 16 million acres of farmland out of the hands of developers. Here's how the law puts the brakes on the development of California agricultural properties.
Since the Gold Rush era, land reclamation projects have helped to build California, but they are also damaging the state’s environment for people, plants and animals by eliminating essential wetlands.
California has used reclamation districts to turn millions of acres of unusable swamps into fertile agricultural land, starting in the earliest days of the Gold Rush. Here’s how it happened.
California is a leading producer of agricultural crops. So it’s not surprising to find cutting-edge ideas taking root here.
What do resource conservation districts protect? Pretty much everything that’s worth saving.
From CalMatters...
From Benito Link...
Martha’s Kitchen is proud to announce it has been named the 2025 California Nonprofit of the Year for Assembly District 29, an honor that celebrates over four decades of life-changing impact across our region.
Hollister’s weekly Farmers' Market reopened on April 16 on San Benito Street and drew a fine turnout despite the cold weather. Bri Rodriguez, who manages the market, said it has been in operation for 38 years and has grown to include more than 90 vendors—from fruit and vegetable stands to food trucks.
From Monterey Herald...
From Gilroy Dispatch...
The Gilroy Gardening Group held its annual plant sale April 19 at the Miller Red Barn in Christmas Hill Park. Now in its fourth year, the event featured thousands of organic plant starts for $5 each, including heirloom tomatoes, Asian vegetables, rare peppers and a diverse selection of annual flowers—all grown by the group’s members in their home gardens.
For the past four months, county officials, agricultural leaders and members of the community have been meeting to shape the future of San Benito County’s farmland. The effort will culminate in the Agricultural Element—or Ag Element—a long-term policy document that will be embedded in the county’s General Plan.
Meet Robin Pollard, who has kept the Community Garden at Vista Park Hill open to the public since 1999.
Sunnyslope held a ribbon cutting ceremony March 14 for the new Food Pantry that acts as a satellite location in a partnership with the Food Bank of San Benito County. Funding for the pantry site came from the Community Schools Grant through the State of California.
A new documentary, "American Agitators," examines the life of labor organizer and community leader Fred Ross Sr. It is narrated by El Teatro Campesino founder Luis Valdez and is scheduled to be shown at the 2025 Poppy Jasper Festival on April 14.
Tuesday, March 18 was “Farm Day” at Bolado Park—an event hosted by the San Benito County Farm Bureau that is "dedicated to raising awareness about the invaluable contributions of agriculture to our local community and economy.”All third-graders in San Benito County are invited to the annual event, which attracts more than 800 students every year.
At its March 12 meeting, the Aromas San-Juan Unified School District heard a presentation from Dan Giusti, founder of the food service organization Brigade, which conducted an on-site survey of all three district schools in Sept. 2024. Giusti proposed creating a centralized kitchen hub at San Juan School to serve all three district schools, which he said would offer students more variety, serve more scratch-made foods, and bring in more local produce.
About 40 seniors share daily meals at the Pauline Valdivia Memorial Community Center in Hollister. Over half of them stay a little longer to play bingo. Observing the environment of companionship and laughter, one would not know the organization providing those services faces an uncertain future as it expects to lose two of its major funding sources.
The United States Bureau of Reclamation has announced its initial surface water supply allocations for the Central Valley Project for the 2025 water year. CVP contractors’ south-of-Delta have been allocated 35 percent of their agricultural contract total and 75 percent of their municipal and industrial total.
Food Truck Tuesdays will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on San Benito Street between Sixth and Seventh streets until Apr. 8.
From SanBenitocom...
Frankie Berlanga’s family business, El Nopal Panaderia and Tortilla Factory in Hollister, supplies about 14,000 fresh tortillas a year to the Community Food Bank of San Benito County—reliably providing a cultural staple for the kitchens and dinner tables of local families and residents in need.
The National Audubon Society proudly announces that Paicines Ranch in California's San Benito County has earned the bird-friendly land certification through Audubon's Conservation Ranching program. This certification recognizes Paicines Ranch's commitment to managing its 7,000-plus acres of central California rangeland for the benefit of birds and biodiversity.
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