It’s harvest time in California, and growers are in the middle of a big transition. Nut harvests are accelerating. Vegetable fields are under pressure. Wine grapes are being picked at a rapid rate. And across the state, everyone’s looking toward the upcoming cycle of cooler-weather crops. Here’s a region-by-region look […]

For California growers, the impacts of extreme weather are harder than ever to ignore. According to a recent Fortune report, farmers across the state have suffered more than $800 million in losses this year, thanks to a combination of drought, heat, and unusual weather patterns. The impacts of those events […]

Be sure to wash your fresh produce before you eat it! That’s good advice for any time of the year, but it’s particularly important this summer, as food-borne outbreaks of cyclosporiasis continue to climb in America. An intestinal illness caused by the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis, cyclosporiasis’ recent spread has been […]

California’s strawberry, blueberry, and cherry crops are all underperforming this year, despite early predictions of a productive — and, in some cases, record-breaking — season. Blueberry production was projected to reach 88 million pounds in 2026, an all-time high that would have considerably exceeded last year’s haul of 83 million […]

California almond growers are heading into the 2026 season with a slightly smaller crop forecast than last year. The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service projects California’s almond harvest at 2.7 billion pounds, down about 1% from 2025. Despite the small decline in total production, yields across the state are expected […]

A citrus greening quarantine in Southern California has expanded. This expansion now reaches into the Ramona area of San Diego County and the Loma Linda area of both San Bernando and Riverside counties. In total, 119 square miles from all three counties were added to the quarantine in April, including […]