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Sun-Maid raisins are packaged in a red box featuring the “Sun-Maid Girl” wearing a red sunbonnet and holding a tray of fresh grapes. Sun-Maid raisins are grown in the Central Valley of California, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, a region known for its climate perfect for growing grapes to make raisins. The grapes are picked at ...
The history of agriculture in California began with California's indigenous peoples and was radically altered by colonization and statehood. Throughout its history agriculture has formed an important part of the state's economy. California has been the largest agricultural producer in the United States for over 60 years. [1]
The National Raisin Reserve was a raisin reserve of the United States. [1] It was created after World War II by the government in order to control raisin prices. The reserve was run by the Raisin Administrative Committee. [2] It was enforced by means of a "marketing order". In 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Horne v.
In the past two decades, raisin grape acreage has plummeted statewide from 280,000 acres, the bulk of it in Fresno County, to about 70,000 acres of conventional raisin grapes.
In 1993, The Jepson Manual estimated that California was home to 4,693 native species and 1,169 native subspecies or varieties, including 1,416 endemic species. A 2001 study by the California Native Plant Society estimated 6,300 native plants.
In 2019, the LA Department of Water and Power (LADWP) began replacing nearly 100-year-old power line poles cutting through Topanga State Park, when the project was halted within days by ...
The survey counted over 36 million dead trees, which is a dramatic increase, but there still may be more that were not counted. In a dramatic spike, 36.3 million trees died in California last year ...
These disturbed stands are especially prone to wildfire and mortality due to beetle infestation and disease. [5] It has also caused fragmentation and increased edge effect, along with releasing pesticides and chemicals into the water and land. Conservation groups are concerned about the loss of large, old growth trees that provide unique ...