Agriculture

The Story of the Oishi Family Farm

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

This newsletter is dedicated to the Japanese-American Internees The Oishi family was part of the farming community of Japanese immigrants and Americans of Japanese ancestry who were flower growers …

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Less Time to Chill

By Pia Hinckle on

Cherries are finicky trees. They don’t like it when it gets too hot, when there’s not enough rain, and when it doesn’t stay cold enough during the winter. For the last few winters, California’s …

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Subsidizing Big Ag

By Charlene Oldham on

Small Farms Left Out of Farm Bill By Charlene Oldham When the first “farm bill” was created in the late 1930s to help family farms, horses and hand plows were as common on farms as Model …

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Research, Education & Farming

By Judith Redmond on

By Judith Redmond of Full Belly Farm, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop Years ago, when I was studying at the University of California, I noticed that there was research being done on “organic” …

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Sustainability, Resources, Food Safety are Hot Topics

By Heidi Lewis on

Winter Farm Conferences The Monterey Peninsula is one of the most beautiful spots in the world, but it wasn't just the sparkly ocean breeze dancing through the pines that brought a near sell-out …

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Graft

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

My daughter broke her pinkie when she was ten years old while battling to catch a football in a Hail Mary melee on the school blacktop. She had surgery to pin the bone together so it would grow back …

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Winter Work: How Farmers Finish up the Year

By Heidi Lewis on

What does winter weather mean for you? A change in work wardrobe from grey to black? From seersucker to faux fur? Maybe a change in your bike commute? We contacted two of the farmers we work with to …

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LBAM—Two Countries, One Moth

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

I try to stay out of agricultural politics. I’d rather support farmers by buying their wonderful produce without having to testify on their behalf. Sometimes, however, circumstances land on your …

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Pest Policy Questioned: Panelists say Quarantines Unfair to California Farmers

By Pia Hinckle on

The Light Brown Apple Moth is an indigenous pest considered harmless to crops in New Zealand, Hawaii, Australia, and the UK, all countries that are free to export fruits and vegetables to U.S. markets …

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The Sound of Cold at Night

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

As a kid, I always looked forward to springtime. Winter didn’t just mean less sunlight and standing at a bus stop early in the morning in a red down jacket trying to quickly mound up disparate …

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Chris Mittelstaedt’s LBAM Testimony

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

Chairman Florz, vice-Chair Maldonado and esteemed members of the Senate Committee on Food and Agriculture –  thank you for taking the time to hear testimony today about the light brown apple moth and …

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Mothra Update

By Pia Hinckle on

In March, California held senate hearings on the status of the state’s eradication program for the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM). FruitGuys founder and CEO Chris Mittelstaedt testified in defense of …

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Good Fruit = GoodWorks

By The FruitGuys on

The FruitGuys GoodWorks Project includes our Farm Steward and Community Outreach programs which have donated thousands of pieces of fruit to charitable organizations nationwide. Our Farm Steward …

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The Budding System

By Heidi Lewis on

The first time I went to a Scion Exchange I didn't know what to expect—was it a science-fiction convention? As I drew nearer I saw people entering the building with little sticks under their arms—was …

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Profile: Chaffin Family Orchards

By Heidi Lewis on

Oroville, CA - Oroville is a gold rush town in Butte County, CA.  Oro means gold in Spanish, and during the Gold Rush prospectors stampeded over the area in a greedy frenzy.   When Del Chaffin came to …

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Fruit = Intelligence

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

Fruit is so good that scientists think it may make chimps smarter. "Chimpanzees remember the exact location of all their favorite fruit trees," wrote Matt Walker on Earth News (A BBC.com website). …

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