As the citrus season continues, different varieties of citrus fruit are appearing at local markets every month. An unseasonably hot summer has resulted in a solid crop of Navels and Cara cara oranges. Although fruit size appears to be smaller than last year, crop quality and overall volume are both […]

Watch out, almonds! There’s a new nut in town. Pistachios generated $3 billion in California last year, with 1.36 billion pounds of nuts being harvested from 453,750 bearing acres. Those numbers make pistachios the state’s sixth-biggest agricultural commodity in value, surpassing longtime staple crops like strawberries and tomatoes. Why such […]

Of all of the nuts on supermarket shelves, pistachios are probably the most fun to eat. Merely sitting down with a packet of in-shell pistachios is enough to help you feel more relaxed — shelling and eating pistachios is a great activity to enjoy with friends, too! In California, we […]

California grows 95% of the avocados produced here in America, and this year’s growing season has been one for the books. Back in January, early estimates for this year’s avocado crop hovered around 208 million pounds. If those estimates had come true, California would’ve seen the smallest avocado harvest since […]

Agave plants thrive in the arid fields of Mexico. Here in California, though, they’ve traditionally been used in decorative landscaping. All of that may be about to change. As California continues to experience extreme heat and long periods of drought, growers have begun searching for different crops that can withstand […]

California’s fig season is already underway! Thanks to hotter-than-usual temperatures, the main harvest has started several weeks earlier than expected. By the time the harvest comes to a close in November, the overall crop size is estimated to be 10 million pounds. “After years of drought and fires, California fig […]

At the Museum of Science and Curiosity (MOSAC) in Sacramento, visitors can learn about everything from space exploration to nature. There’s also a Water Challenge Exhibit, whose interactive displays are aimed at some of the museum’s younger visitors. Together, those displays illustrate how farmers across the state are working hard […]

In California, the spring harvest for asparagus has come to a close. An estimated 3,000 acres of California farmland are currently devoted to growing asparagus. While that might seem like a lot, those numbers are down significantly from the year 2000, when 37,000 acres of asparagus were harvested across the […]