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Henry Tarmy, co-owner of Ventura Spirits Company, a medium-sized distiller in Ventura, said his operation has sold all the California agave spirits it has ever produced, but they have been small ...
The California hide trade was a trading system of various products based in cities along the California coastline, operating from the early 1820s to the mid-1840s. In exchange for hides and tallow from cattle owned by California ranchers, [ 1 ] sailors from around the globe, often representing corporations, swapped finished goods of all kinds.
In 1968 the family company retained 120,000 acres (49,000 ha) of California real estate after the sale of the 1,000,000 acre Baca Grant in Colorado in early 1960. Successive land sales allowed the Newhall family to maintain their lifestyle, but William (who was known by his middle name Mayo), a graduate of Yale University , understood that they ...
In 2011, the Resnicks' real estate arm bought the development. Guinn retired from the city in 2014 and joined Wonderful as executive vice president and chief operating officer for the real estate ...
California has more certified organic farms than any other state. In 2016, more than a million acres in the state were certified organic. [188] CA grows 90% or more of the U.S. production of Organic almonds, artichokes, avocados, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, dates, figs, grapes, strawberries, lemons, lettuce, plums, and walnuts. [189]
The outcome of the fight between Wonderful Co.'s wealthy owners and California's storied farmworker union will shape the future of a divisive new process for unionizing agricultural job sites.
When the Humboldt Bay Woolen Mill was built in 1901, the company was capitalized to $100,000 [2] by several local businessmen including timber mill owner, William Carson, [3] sheep rancher Hugh Webster McClellan, [4] and rancher Robert Porter who continued as vice-president of the newly formed company. [2]
Cotton. Years ago, cotton was one of the most prevalent crops in the Valley, with harvested acreage amounting to almost 655,000 acres in 2002. But now cotton represents the crop with the largest ...