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Crop production per acre-foot of water has risen 43 percent in California between 1967 and 2010. Image: Young bell peppers in the Coachella Valley surrounded by water-saving plastic [...]

Advanced production practices over the past 20 years have helped almond growers improve their water efficiency by 33% for every pound of almonds grown today. Image: Almond shaker at harvest. [...]

Experts say that 20 percent of the water our bodies need everyday comes from the food we eat. California grows the kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables that provide our bodies with the highest [...]

California agriculture is larger than the economy of four states – South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and Vermont. US Department of Commerce – Real GDP by State [...]

If you’ve ever driven by a farm and wondered about what crops might be growing or where they’re headed after harvest consider this: they might just be on their way to [...]

The common misconception is that farmers use 80% of the water in California. That’s simply not true and here’s why: According to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), [...]

Jaxton and Ryder are learning from their Papa about the organic strawberries on the family ranch in Salinas, Ca. They had a yummy snack!

According to a report by the Center for Agricultural Business at California State University, Fresno, California farms and associated processing account for 6.8 percent of the state’s 18.9 [...]

Some people think that farms provide little in the way of economic value to the California economy but that’s simply not true. Farms provide more to the economy than simply the value of the food [...]

Californians are often able to buy fresh summer fruits and vegetables within a day or two of them being harvested. We’re fortunate that California has a Mediterranean climate, one of only [...]